Doug Nadvornick
Program Director, News Director, Interim Morning Edition HostDoug Nadvornick has spent most of his 30+-year radio career at Spokane Public Radio and filled a variety of positions. He is currently the program director and news director. Through the years, he has also been the local Morning Edition and All Things Considered host (not at the same time). He served as the Inland Northwest correspondent for the Northwest News Network, based in Coeur d’Alene. He created the original program grid for KSFC. He has also served for several years as a board member for Public Media Journalists Association. During his years away from SPR, he worked at The Pacific Northwest Inlander, Washington State University in Spokane and KXLY Radio.
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We talk with Chad Pritchard about where he has found PFAS in the ground water and whether the West Plains has enough water to accommodate future growth. -
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![Adams Elementary School students pose for a photo with Mayor Lisa Brown [back row, fourth from left], school Superintendent Adam Swinyard [back row, far left], Parks Director Garrett Jones [back row, right] and others at a Wednesday celebration of the passage of the school district's $200 million bond issue and the Parks Department's $240 million property tax levy. A new Adams School will be one of the first projects funded by the bond issue.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/237d108/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2911x1622+0+545/resize/280x156!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fd5%2F4c%2Fc0b5fe6c4af39fe84f520fd3ee41%2Fadams-school-ceremonial-photo.jpeg)
The Spokane School District and city Parks Department have apparently convinced voters to fund dozens of new and maintenance-level projects. Today, officials from the two agencies gathered to celebrate. -
Andrew Chanse issued a public letter urging patrons to contact elected officials in Spokane to reverse this year's budget cuts. -
UW Provost Tricia Serio joined SPR's Doug Nadvornick to talk about a big loss to research funding and UW's future in providing medical education in Idaho. -
A two-tiered economy? Slower growth? AI bubble? Three Spokane economists hash out the possibilities.Steve Scranton, Vange Ocasio Hochheimer and Grant Forsyth shared their views of the current economy and what to look for next year during this week's GSI economic forecast. -
Many economists say the current economy is great for people at the upper end of the wage scale, a slog for people at the other end. Also, historian Kristin Kobes Du Mez talks about how a fringe strain of Christianity has come to dominate the national conversation. -
Coeur d’Alene voters also chose to retain three city council members during Tuesday’s general election. -
First night results show most races are ready to be called. -
Spokane voters have given a tentative yes to ballot measures meant to expand and improve facilities at schools and parks. Washington voters approve a state constitutional amendment that will allow the state to invest money from the WA Cares long-term care fund.
![Adams Elementary School students pose for a photo with Mayor Lisa Brown [back row, fourth from left], school Superintendent Adam Swinyard [back row, far left], Parks Director Garrett Jones [back row, right] and others at a Wednesday celebration of the passage of the school district's $200 million bond issue and the Parks Department's $240 million property tax levy. A new Adams School will be one of the first projects funded by the bond issue.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/b04190b/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2911x1622+0+545/resize/560x312!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fd5%2F4c%2Fc0b5fe6c4af39fe84f520fd3ee41%2Fadams-school-ceremonial-photo.jpeg)
