That reads as if there aren't that many people with internet access and browsing skills out there "in the territories."
I honestly think it's less that than the fact she really was a nobody even at the apex of her "career". The other "porn star" in this territory is even less of a somebody from the 90s. Add to it that for the last few years she's been living a straighter life, or at least not getting busted for anything big enough to warrant a story in the paper connecting her to the past. She's been off the radar.
Not to carry the local hobbyist's water, but like I said, there's no real connection between porn and local whores. The local whores are hometown, or at least regionally grown. We all know who she is/ was. But this is, on it's face, a porn fan board. I think as a whole we have a bit more interest in porn whores and their antics than the average. Very seldom does local whoring come up here. The local board guys are the same way. Their obsession is with the neighborhood souls, not some nameless faceless porn soul from the 90s.
I wouldn't have stumbled on it had it not been the top posting on the thread list, because I seldom check out the Spokane ads. But I remembered the name...being a porn junkie that does some chipping on the whore forums.
Good work on the research, NW.