Rhode Island’s Department of Environmental Management has detected the Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus in mosquitoes slightly earlier than usual.
Avory Brookins
Avory joined the newsroom in April 2017. She reports on a variety of local environmental topics, including the offshore wind industry, fishery management and the effects of climate change. Avory can also be heard occasionally filling-in as the weekend news host/anchor.
Before joining the station, she was a general assignment reporter at Wisconsin Public Radio and completed two reporting internships at Philadelphia's public radio station, WHYY.
Avory is a Philadelphia native and proud Temple Owl.
When she's not reporting on the environment, she loves listening to K-pop, eating breakfast for dinner and dancing the weekends away.
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