Karina Elias

Karina Elias

Reporter Karina Elias covers the banking and finance industry. A California native, she attended the University of California at Santa Barbara. Karina loves salsa dancing, traveling, baking, cuddling with her dog, and writing creative fiction and non-fiction.  

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Trades Night works to change construction-career narrative

Industry event looks to attract young people to construction careers
April 21, 2022
Karina Elias
Construction industry leaders are working to promote a career in the construction industry as equal to entering college, the military, or the general workforce, says Sarah Cottam, vice president of member services for the Spokane-based Inland Pacific
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Idaho Central Credit Union enters Washington market

Building changes hands; Banner Bank had vacated to consolidate branches
April 21, 2022
Karina Elias
Idaho Central Credit Union has opened its first branch in Washington state at the former Banner Bank building at 41 W. Riverside in downtown Spokane. ICCU purchased the building in November for $13.5 million from 41 W. Riverside LLC, which was owned
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Dewey Scientific to grow cannabis R&D site

Expansion includes $2.2M greenhouse
April 7, 2022
Karina Elias
Dewey Scientific LLC, an agtech company founded in 2018 by molecular plant biologists from Washington State University, has more than tripled its workforce over the past year and in 2021 increased annual revenue by 300%, says Dewey Scientific
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Union participation rate grows in Spokane

Growth outpaces U.S., remains lower than state level, data show
April 7, 2022
Karina Elias
The union participation rate in the Spokane-Coeur d'Alene area trails Washington state, but outpaces the nation as a whole, according to recently released data. At all levels, the rate of unionized workers has grown during the pandemic. In the Spoka
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Mike McLean

Selkirk Pharma completes its first plant

Biotech company plans two more structures
March 24, 2022
Karina Elias
Construction on a 147,700-square- foot manufacturing facility on the West Plains for Spokane-based biotech startup Selkirk Pharma Inc. is nearly complete, and operations are expected to begin there by early next year. Bouten Construction Co. is the
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Erica Bullock

Six Spokane-area housing developments are rising

Projects to bring 800 units, cost $109.5M
March 24, 2022
Karina Elias
Ongoing multifamily developments are expected to bring over 800 residential units with a total construction value of $109.5 million to the Spokane area in 2022. Along Riverside Avenue, on the western edge of the University District, Boise, Idaho-based
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Erica Bullock

Spokane-area colleges boast new facilities

Medical school, health, STEM, arts structures rise on area campuses
March 24, 2022
Karina Elias
Several major construction projects with a combined value exceeding $178 million are underway or recently completed at Spokane-area colleges. One of the larger projects underway is the 90,000-square-foot, four-story medical and health education building
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