Audrey Nelson
ReporterBorn in Massachusetts, raised in Washington, and educated at Wesleyan University in Connecticut, Audrey Nelson is a lifelong public radio nerd. She worked as a freelance reporter in Seattle before moving to Spokane in 2026. Her work has been featured on KNKX Public Radio, Vox Media’s Today, Explained, and BBC World Service’s The Food Chain. When not reporting, Audrey enjoys playing basketball, writing fiction, and collecting dangly earrings.
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Even in races where Democrats are poised to lose, many drew a higher percentage of the vote than in previous years. -
Plus, there's still time to register to vote in today's election. And the Christmas tree that will stand outside the U.S. Capitol is taking a tour through Idaho this month. -
August’s wildfires destroyed more than 600 homes in a region already struggling with housing cost and supply. -
Homelands Fitness creator Danny Brigman hopes his app will strike a chord with runners unfamiliar with Indigenous history and affairs. -
Plus, supporters and opponents give their takes on Washington’s Initiative 638, which would ban transgender athletes from girls’ school sports. And many state Supreme Court candidates declined to seek bar association ratings this year. -
Originally known as the Spokane Regional Sports Commission, the nonprofit works alongside private and municipal partners to attract sporting events to Spokane. It celebrates its 40th anniversary this week. -
Plus, the Spokane County Board of Commissioners voted to extend a moratorium on data centers until June of next year. And construction of Spokane’s North-South freeway reached a new milestone this week. -
This year’s Spokane Showdown came at an interesting moment for the all-volunteer organization, which offers six adaptive sports and a strength and conditioning program. -
Plus, candidates for Washington's 5th Congressional District faced off at an NAACP forum last night. And five Spokane County fire districts will have levies on the ballot this fall. -
Meacham, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and scholar, will speak at Whitworth University’s President’s Leadership Forum tonight.
