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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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Cookie Crunch: Girl Scouts council here sets goal to sell 1 million boxes despite supply-chain disruption

Local council delays shipment with promise of securing more product

March 16, 2023

Karina Elias

The Girl Scouts of Eastern Washington & Northern Idaho council has been building its annual cookie sales, cresting 1 million boxes of Girl Scout Cookies sold for the first time in 2022 and keeping that goal amid a national cookie shortage.

GSI, partners launch Believe Spokane initiative

Program targets $1B in economic impact

March 16, 2023

Karina Elias

Greater Spokane Incorporated and community fund partners have raised $3 million ahead of schedule to fund economic development initiatives and talent recruitment and retention efforts for the region. Alisha Benson, CEO of GSI, says the goal was to

Big Table expands hospitality worker outreach

Spokane-based nonprofit aims to grow presence to 10 cities by 2029

March 2, 2023

Karina Elias

Spokane-based nonprofit Big Table has grown steadily and is opening a fourth location next month. Launched in Spokane in 2009, Big Table was formed to assist workers in the hospitality and restaurant industry with struggles, including housing stability

Chicana Esthetics caters to multicultural skin

Studio owner: Diverse clients need specialized cosmetic treatments

March 2, 2023

Karina Elias

Chicana Esthetics LLC has seen strong growth in its number of clients since launching in November as a cosmetic skin studio focused on skin health issues for people of Native American, Asian, African American, and Latino backgrounds.

Parting Thoughts with John and Ken Towner, of Towners Conoco

March 2, 2023

Karina Elias

Brothers John and Ken Towner retired late last year after selling the family's 55-year-old business, Towner's Conoco gas station, located at 1906 N. Ash in Spokane's West Central neighborhood. The new owner is local businessman, Avtar Brar, who runs

Residents lead activities at Affinity at Mirabeau

Amenities include travel program, trails, movie theater, pub

February 16, 2023

Karina Elias

At the recently opened Affinity at Mirabeau retirement complex, residents take the lead in planning celebrations, holidays, happy hours, and other activities. 'It really is a community. It's people coming together as neighbors, and they become

Fig. 1 Patents law firm adds pharmaceutical division

Firms gains materials, chemistry, medical devices expertise

February 16, 2023

Karina Elias

Fig. 1 Patents PLLC, a Spokane-based patent preparation law firm, is expanding its expertise into pharmaceuticals with the hiring of Scott Chapple. Chapple says he started working at Fig. 1 on Jan. 29.

Meet & Greet with Vera Water & Power's Jim Fields

February 16, 2023

Karina Elias

Jim Fields stepped into his new role as general manager and CEO of Spokane Valley-based Vera Water & Power on Jan. 1. Fields, 60, took over for Kevin Wells, who retired after 49 years with the utility.

Remote Possibilities: INW tech firms recruit workers laid off in other markets

More highly skilled applicants surface in current environment, employers say

February 16, 2023

Karina Elias

The startup ecosystem here, particularly relating to software and information technology, has benefitted from the emergence of remote and hybrid work, making way for Spokane-based companies to draw on talent from anywhere in the world, some entrepreneurs

Key Tronic ramps up as customers leave China

Contract manufacturer hires 500 in Mexico, projects higher sales

February 16, 2023

Karina Elias

Key Tronic Corp. is on the receiving end of a tenfold increase in contract-bidding opportunities as many companies-prompted by production delays, rising costs, and tensions with China-are pulling business out of that country and bringing it back to

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