Nicholas Deshais
Inland Northwest CorrespondentNick Deshais roams eastern Washington, North Idaho and northeastern Oregon as the Inland Northwest correspondent for the Northwest News Network.
Nick has called the region home since 2008. As a journalist, he has always sought to tell the stories of the area’s many different people, from the dryland farmers above the Odessa aquifer to the roadbuilders of Spokane.
Prior to joining the Northwest News Network, Nick worked as a print reporter in Washington, Oregon and Michigan. Most recently, he covered city hall and urban affairs at The Spokesman-Review in Spokane.
Nick was raised in rural Northern California, and is a graduate of Portland State University, where he earned degrees in history and math.
When off the clock, Nick enjoys state-spanning bike tours, riding subways in foreign cities and walking slowly through museums.
Nick’s reporting and writing has been recognized by the Society of Professional Journalists, the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies and the Best of the West. He was a Knight-Wallace fellow at the University of Michigan in 2017, and a finalist for the Livingston Award for Young Journalists in 2011.
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Jordan Dyck grows a lot of produce on his three-acre farm in North Idaho.“We got a lot of lettuce crops, tomatoes,” Dyck sayd. “A lot of root crops. Fair…
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Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has been called “an example of effective crisis leadership.” His early intervention in the coronavirus outbreak, along with…
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A resident at the Spokane Veterans Home has died after testing positive for COVID-19. It marks the first death at a state-run veterans’ home in…
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A state legislator in North Idaho is using her official government newsletter to urge constituents to defy Gov. Brad Little’s order to stay home in face…
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Rent is due this week. But with stay-home orders in both Washington and Idaho, shuttered businesses and a troubled economy, some people wonder if they’ll…
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NOTE: This story is a collaboration between the public media Northwest News Network, Spokane Public Radio, Northwest Public Broadcasting and the…
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Idaho Governor Issues 21-Day 'Stay-At-Home' Order, Reversing Course On Using 'Peer Pressure' InsteadQUICK LINKS:–Here’s What The Order Says –Here Are Essential Jobs And Services–Here Is Idaho’s Coronavirus Info SiteIdaho Gov. Brad Little issued a…