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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The plan outlines Spokane’s 20-year strategy for land use and development. City officials are considering more ways to work wildfire preparedness into the draft plan. -
Karrie Docterman-King wants her students to understand what the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks did to the country they now live in. -
The ordinance was in response to the Spokane Complex Wildfires, but will apply to any future emergency that the city declares. -
Crews arrived in Spokane to clear dangerous materials from wildfire-damaged homes. They have 60 days to do it — and they're making good time. -
The Alta Heritage Foundation has arrived in Washington for the first time. The volunteer archaeologists have one mission: to find and recover the cremated loved ones of people who lost homes to the Spokane wildfires. -
Schweitzer Mountain Resort first started offering lift-served mountain biking in 1991. Thirty-five years later, the sport is all over the state. -
As the Spokane Complex wildfires broke out, a geographic coordination center helped send California Complex Incident Management Team 7 north. -
Gov. Ferguson signed an amendment to the wildfire emergency proclamation, expanding access to state aid
