Karina Elias

Gonzaga, other INW universities enter NIL era

Schools focus on preparing student-athletes for personal branding, other opportunities

October 21, 2021

Months into the new NCAA policy that allows student-athletes to sell their name, image, and likeness, a handful in the Inland Northwest have begun brokering financial deals and sponsorships. Those deals are in the tens and hundreds of dollars thus

Transblue franchise debuts in Spokane

Exterior design, management company is seventh location to open in Washington

October 7, 2021

Karina Elias

Local entrepreneur and 20-year U.S. Marine Corps and Navy veteran Zach Simms is opening an exterior design and construction management company in downtown Spokane. Transblue LLC is headquartered in the greater Seattle area and began franchising in 2019.

New Wells Fargo branch envisioned on South Hill

Lincoln Heights bank location may be ready for February opening

October 7, 2021

Karina Elias

San Francisco-based Wells Fargo & Co. has begun planning a new bank branch inside the Lincoln Heights Shopping Center, on Spokane's South Hill, says Juan Lopez, Wells Fargo's senior communications consultant. The branch will be located at

Acceleration physical therapy practice plans $2.2 million new building

Practice to move South Hill location to new structure

October 7, 2021

Karina Elias

Dave Jeter and Beth Sweigert, owners and founders of Acceleration Physical Therapy PLLC, plan to construct a $2.2 million clinic at 701 S. Sherman, where they plan to move their practice from leased space on the South Hill, says Jeter. The

Gravwell receives $3 million in venture capital

Funding to help company meet data-fusion demand

October 7, 2021

Karina Elias

Coeur d'Alene-based cyber security company Gravwell Inc. has received $3 million in seed funding from three venture capital companies. Its new investors are Montana-based venture capital fund Next Frontier Capital, Utah-based Kickstart Capital LLC

Business law firm moves practice to Liberty Lake

Attorneys' offices to leave downtown for more space

October 7, 2021

Karina Elias

Spokane Business Attorneys PLLC is adding a new division, Spokane Accident Attorneys, and the firm is moving its offices to Liberty Lake from downtown Spokane, says Christal Lam, the firm's founder. Lam says the new location is part of a new

Parting Thoughts with Urbanova's Kim Zentz

CEO at Urbanova

October 7, 2021

Karina Elias

Kim Zentz will transition from her leadership role as CEO of Urbanova to senior project manager in mid-November in a gradual transition toward retirement. Zentz grew up in Chattaroy and attended Riverside High School, where she was student body president

Housing on the Horizon: $73.3 million in multifamily projects planned in region

Spokane-Cd'A complexes to have 542 living units

October 7, 2021

Karina Elias

Prominent Spokane developer Lanzce Douglass has a large new apartment development valued at $45.2 million under construction in Coeur d'Alene. The development is the largest of several new multifamily projects in various stages of planning and

DSP, city extend contract, plan for Business Improvement District expansion

Improvement District pushed southward as part of five-year deal

October 7, 2021

Karina Elias

The Downtown Spokane Partnership and the Spokane City Council have agreed to a five-year contract extension for the DSP's management of the downtown Business Improvement District, says Roy Koegen, DSP chairman. Under the new contract, DSP will work

Parting Thoughts with United Way's Tim Henkel

President and CEO of Spokane County United Way

September 23, 2021

Karina Elias

Tim Henkel has announced his pending retirement as president and CEO of Spokane's United Way. Henkel grew up in Phoenix, Arizona and attended the University of California at Santa Cruz where he studied Political Science. A year after graduating, he