Ashley Gross
Youth and Education ReporterIn July 2017, Ashley Gross became KNKX's youth and education reporter after years of covering the business and labor beat. She joined the station in May 2012 and previously worked five years at WBEZ in Chicago, where she reported on business and the economy. Her work telling the human side of the mortgage crisis garnered awards from the Illinois Associated Press and the Chicago Headline Club. She's also reported for the Alaska Public Radio Network in Anchorage and for Bloomberg News in San Francisco.
She studied history at Brown University and earned a master's in international affairs at Columbia University. She grew up in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She lives in West Seattle with her husband and two sons.
One of Ashley's most memorable moments in radio happened several years ago in Northwest Alaska: "I was visiting an alcohol and drug rehab program in the tiny village of Selawik. It helps Alaska Natives recover by helping them get back in touch with their subsistence lifestyle. It was spring, which meant the river was still frozen - barely. We went out on snowmachines to go ice-fishing, but late in the day, as we headed back, the river had melted to the consistency of a Slurpee. It was a harrowing ride and a good lesson in trust - I rode with my eyes closed, clinging for dear life to the woman driving. A week later, three people drowned trying to ride a snowmachine over that river, and that's when I realized just how dangerous life in rural Alaska can be."
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The Bellevue School District will bring first-graders and kindergartners back for in-person learning in February, a couple of weeks later than originally…
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Amid a dispute over the Bellevue School District’s expansion of in-person learning to young students, the district asked a King County Superior Court…
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UPDATE, 4:12 pm: Adds information about the Sedro-Woolley School District.Bellevue Superintendent Ivan Duran says the district will continue with its plan…
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Roll out of bed, turn on your laptop, wander to the kitchen to get food during class – online school during a pandemic is pretty different from regular…
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Republican and Democratic leaders of education committees in the Washington Legislature are urging Gov. Jay Inslee and the state Department of Health to…
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Eighth-graders in Seattle and South King County trying to figure out where to go to high school will have a new option to consider. A regional high school…
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UPDATE, Jan. 6: Adds comments from a kindergartner, her mom and school principal.Seeing your teacher, meeting your classmates, getting used to having your…
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The frustration among families over remote learning has built up over months. Now some districts, including Mercer Island, Bellevue and Tacoma, are taking…
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Author’s note: Since this story originally aired, Denny International Middle School has continued to be an important site for meal distribution in Seattle…
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UPDATE, 6:26 pm: Adds comments from Whatcom County Sheriff and from a Washington Department of Ecology spokesperson.BNSF Railway says seven train cars…