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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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288 residential units envisioned in Liberty Lake development

Plans include dog park, community center, playground for children

July 14, 2022

Karina Elias

A mixed-used development, tentatively named Neighborly Ventures Apartments, is planned in the city of Liberty Lake, says Allyson Andrade, marketing communications coordinator for Whipple Consulting Engineers Inc., the project applicant.

$17 million warehouse project planned in Spokane Valley

Panattoni, developer of several large facilities submits new application

July 14, 2022

Karina Elias

A new 193,000-square-foot facility is planned on 17710 E. Euclid Avenue, just north of the Union Pacific main line and roughly halfway between Flora and Barker roads.

Meet & Greet with new EWU President Shari McMahan

July 14, 2022

Karina Elias

Shari McMahan began her duties as the 27th president of Eastern Washington University the last week of June, taking the helm after David May served as interim president for almost two years.

In housing shortage, mobile home values soar

Washington state leads US with most expensive manufactured homes

July 14, 2022

Karina Elias

Manufactured homes historically haven't been known for appreciating in value. That's no longer the case, Spokane-area lot owners and real estate agents say.

New Mister Car Wash planned on South Hill

Facility to be located near Maverik store

June 30, 2022

Karina Elias

A Mister Car Wash facility is planned at 4337 S. Regal, on the South Hill, according to preliminary planning documents submitted to the city of Spokane.

ALS nonprofit prepares to open second INW site

Matt's Place provides smart homes rent-free for duration of disease

June 30, 2022

Karina Elias

Matt's Place Foundation Inc. anticipates opening its second smart home by the end of summer, on Spokane's North Side, says Theresa Whitlock-Wild, co-founder and communications director for the Coeur d'Alene-based nonprofit

Mushroom farming grows in the Inland Northwest

Some compare growth trend to that of breweries in INW

June 30, 2022

Karina Elias

Josh Yake, founder and owner of Gourmet Foragables & More, of Spokane, says he remembers when he was the only mushroom vendor at Inland Northwest farmers markets.

Parting Thoughts with HSSA's Susan Ashe

June 30, 2022

Karina Elias

Susan Ashe, executive director of the Health Sciences and Services Authority of Spokane County, has announced her retirement, effective by the end of this year. She is 72 years old.

Infill on the outskirts: More homebuilders look to small towns for available land

Developers are turning to nearby small towns for homebuilding as urban sites become sparse

June 30, 2022

Karina Elias

Small towns that are within an hour's drive of Spokane are seeing an increase in new home starts as developers turn to them for buildable land as infill opportunities in the urban area become harder to find, industry and planning officials say.

RESCU sees membership grow during pandemic

Small institution has updated tech services

June 16, 2022

Karina Elias

When calling Responders Emergency Services Credit Union, or RESCU, located at 924 W. Sinto, it is likely that the financial institution's CEO, Joyce Lockard, will answer the phone. Lockard says that it's the credit union's personal touch that

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