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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Schweitzer Mountain Resort first started offering lift-served mountain biking in 1991. Thirty-five years later, the sport is all over the state.
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As the Spokane Complex wildfires broke out, a geographic coordination center helped send California Complex Incident Management Team 7 north.
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Gov. Ferguson signed an amendment to the wildfire emergency proclamation, expanding access to state aid