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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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Parting Thoughts with Downtown Spokane Partnership's Mark Richard

January 27, 2022

Karina Elias

After serving as president and CEO of the Downtown Spokane Partnership for nine years, Mark Richard has announced he will step down from his position effective mid-February and move to Tampa, Florida where he will be the vice president of expansion

Bill backed by Billig to entice manufacturing jobs

Economic development groups like the measure, but it could reduce PDA revenues

January 27, 2022

Karina Elias

A state Senate bill designed to provide incentives to create manufacturing jobs is receiving some support here, though it might reduce revenue for some public entities that were created to promote such job creation.

CarbonQuest takes its technology to NYC

Spokane Valley startup to recycle emissions from buildings, resell resulting products

January 27, 2022

Karina Elias

CarbonQuest Inc., a clean tech company headquartered in the Spokane Valley, has launched its first fully operational onsite system, named Building Carbon Capture System, in New York City. The company's technology is designed to capture, separate

Liberty Lake's golf course clubhouse to be replaced

New facility envisioned to be community center

January 13, 2022

Karina Elias

The city of Liberty Lake's capital facilities plan has committed $8.4 million to upgrade the city's 55-acre Trailhead Golf Course, located at 1102 N. Liberty Lake Road, next to City Hall.

Northwest Trustee to absorb Capstone Trust

Olympia-based company's current clients to shift to company here

January 13, 2022

Karina Elias

Spokane-based Northwest Trustee & Management Services LLC, a professional trust and estate management company, has agreed to acquire Olympia, Washington-based Capstone Trust.

Mixed-use development eyed at old Idaho Veneer site

Dual-brand hotel planned on adjacent land to north

January 13, 2022

Karina Elias

A development of over 120 residential living units is planned on the grounds of the former Idaho Veneer Co. mill site. The $20.5 million project, named Millworx, is located at 704 E. Fourth and is being developed by longtime Spokane developer A&A

Parting Thoughts with Mad Man Ed Clark

January 13, 2022

Karina Elias

Ed Clark is a lifelong Spokane resident who has spent the last 50 years in advertising, a 'mad manâ€ as he says. At 75, he is finally taking a step back from his career and looking back on decades of memories creating thousands of advertisements

Hispanic Business Professional Association steps up in pandemic

HBPA aids business owners in securing relief, financial access

January 13, 2022

Karina Elias

Oscar Escamilla, who co-owns Tacos el Sol restaurant with his wife, Irma Zuniga, says he considered closing the restaurant at 3422 N. Division, in Spokane, during the first month of the pandemic in 2020, as he put his staff of three on leave.

209 million reasons Spokane business leaders want collaboration

Some want ARP funds to lead to big initiatives; federal guidelines may create barriers

January 13, 2022

Karina Elias

Spokane and surrounding municipalities are receiving nearly $209 million in federal American Rescue Plan funds, and some business leaders want to see that money go toward an Expo 74-esque collaborative effort that could be transformative to the region.

INW ag industry expects better conditions in new year

Heat, drought impacted crop production in 2021

December 16, 2021

Karina Elias

Washington wheat production for 2022 depends on whether the Pacific Northwest receives a good amount of rainfall and moisture this coming winter, says Glen Squires, CEO of the Spokane-based Washington Grain Commission. This year, Washington experienced

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