Spokane Public Radio has a long history of reporting regional news, going all the way back to its founding in 1980 when one person manned the news department.
Now there are two full-timers, Owen Henderson and Doug Nadvornick, along with Monica Carrillo-Casas, the Murrow Fellow SPR shares with the Spokesman-Review. SPR will add a reporter in June, details to come soon, as the replacement for local news host Brandon Hollingsworth. SPR also employs part-time reporter Steve Jackson and part-time news hosts Kyrsten Weber and Tom Lee.
General Manager John Decker hopes with the uncertainty of funding for public broadcasting that SPR will be able to continue growing our emphasis on local news…