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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Cody Desautel, executive director of the Colville Confederated Tribes, says Tribes have shifted fire management over the last few years to create landscapes that can accept fire, instead of preventing fires completely. -
YWCA's legal services are averaging more than 100 intakes per month. That's nearly double the number of people they were serving last year, but they haven't gotten any new funding. -
The demand for YWCA Spokane legal services from domestic violence survivors is growing. How can we recognize and treat mental illness in elderly people? Health insurance premiums on Washington's exchange go up significantly again next year. The Colville tribes prepare for wildfire season. -
Zero Emissions Northwest and Avista are loaning electric cars and trucks to companies considering a switch from gas to electric vehicles. -
The Spokane organization, formed by Itron, Avista and McKinstry, is recruiting partner organizations to help identify priority issues and serve as a catalyst toward creating solutions. -
The Washington State Green Bank was authorized by the legislature to provide another funding source for homes and businesses interested in renewable energy projects. We talk with its director. -
We'll talk with Kim Pearman-Gillman and Dale Silha about Spokane's new Novara Energy Institute. Avista and Zero Emissions Northwest give Inland Northwest businesses a chance to test EVs before they buy. We meet the head of a new non-profit bank that will loan money for renewable energy projects. -
We have results from Idaho's generally status quo primary election. Central Washington redistricting advocates petition to the U.S. Supreme Court. And a Spokane theater changes the way it stages its production of "Shrek" to appeal to sensitive viewers.
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Primary election day in Idaho and Oregon; Spokane police to get an upgrade to its training facility; and Washington's newest Supreme Court justice takes the oath. -
Plus, a Spokane renewable energy company is betting that rising fuel prices will get business owners to shift their fleets from gas to electrical. Oregon wildfire survivors are asking the state Supreme Court to take up their case against utility giant PacifiCorp. The Spokane Zephyr break club records in their last regular season game, but it's not enough to clinch a playoff spot. And Spokane is planning for intensified growth around its transit corridors.
