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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The 2025 Washington legislature allocated money for which local policing agencies could apply to fund new hires. Nearly a year later, the first grants are going out. Holy hopes more will follow. -
This week, the Washington House of Representatives debated — for more than 24 hours — and then approved an income tax on people who make more than a million dollars a year. We hear some of the arguments they made in this week's Inland Journal. -
Plus, the National Weather Service forecasts blizzard-like conditions in the Cascades. And a YouTube "cottage industry" is making Spokane County consider making people pay for body cam footage. -
Plus, Stevens County doesn't have designated funding for its ambulance service and the Spokane City Council rejiggers its public comment process at council meetings. -
Plus, how a record-low snowpack could impact Washington orchards. And some toxins from pesticides and fungicides are sticking around far longer than researchers originally thought. -
Mery Noel Smith loves learning and teaching. She'll get the chance to tutor Spokane's new student poet laureate. -
The Idaho Secretary of State rebuts suggestions that he's too weak to stand up to federal election officials. -
Idaho Secretary of State Phil McGrane talks about his political style. Also, actress Michelle Azar on playing Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Spokane Poet Laureate Mery Noel Smith talks about her craft. -
Plus, the Washington House approves a ban on masks for law enforcement. And the Colbert Superfund site still needs significant attention. -
Dave Upthegrove says House and Senate budget writers have reinserted money for wildfire prevention and suppression programs in their supplemental budgets after initial cuts.
