Steve Jackson
News ReporterSteve was part of the Spokane Public Radio family for many years before he came on air in 1999. His wife, Laurie, produced Radio Ethiopia in the late 1980s through the '90s, and Steve used to “lurk in the shadowy world” of Weekend SPR. Steve has done various on air shifts at the station, including nearly 15 years as the local Morning Edition host. Currently, he is the voice of local weather and news during All Things Considerd, writing, editing, producing and/or delivering newscasts and features for both KPBX and KSFC. Aside from SPR, Steve ,who lives in the country, enjoys gardening, chickens, playing and listening to music, astronomy, photography, sports cars and camping.
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Ferguson is asking the state court system to find the merger in violation of Washington antitrust law, and to issue an injunction that would block the merger nationwide. -
The plant in Spokane Valley makes construction materials from wood that would otherwise be burned off as waste. -
Bryan Kohberger faces four counts of first-degree murder and one count of felony burglary. He’s expected to be flown back to Moscow soon to appear before a judge in Latah County. -
Despite the indicated risk, WSU researcher does not recommend against chemotherapy use. -
This week, Idaho's Department of Fish and Game reported more than 700 sockeye had made it over Lower Granite Dam, the last manmade hurdle on the Snake River on the way to breeding streams in the Idaho mountains. -
A California-based company is working to complete a bitcoin mining facility in an old newsprint plant. One local resident says it'll draw too much electricity and hire too few people. -
The Priest Lake resident challenged government timber sales for years. -
Proponents see this as a way to head off future legal trouble. -
A collaborative effort is underway to measure where north Idaho's tundra swans are exposed to contaminated sediment, and if their lead exposure is decreasing. -
Unions, nurse argue changing staffing ratios would address the nurse burnout crisis. Hospitals say it would be prohibitively expensive to implement
