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It's been nearly two weeks since wildfires broke out in Spokane, sending thousands of people fleeing for safety. For hundreds of victims, recovery will be a long road.
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Iranians visiting the city of Van, Turkey, near the Iranian border say how expensive and difficult life back home is.
Arts & Culture
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You’ve probably never heard of the microbudget Burt, but Nathan Weinbender says this unassuming comedy about a musician and his estranged son is a buried treasure worth digging up. It’s now streaming on Kanopy.
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Blue Heron tells the story of how one child’s emotional problems affects the other members of his family, Dan Webster says.
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Rose of Nevada, now playing at the Magic Lantern Theatre, is a slow, dreamy meditation on time travel and maritime economies. Nathan Weinbender says it’s a challenging, heady film from British writer-director Mark Jenkin.
Events
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EventsStop by your local Farmers' Market this summer and visit with SPR staff and volunteers at various Farmers' Markets in our region. -
Spokane Public Radio was a media partner for the 2026 Blue Waters Bluegrass Festival -
SPR was a Media Partner for Rock the Block: West Central! We also hosted our first-ever Record Sale Pop-Up Shop at the event!
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With the Strait of Hormuz effectively closed, pressure on the Panama Canal has increased. And combined with lower water levels, transit prices through the canal are soaring.
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NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Dylan Meyer about her directorial debut, The Wrong Girls and the value of seeing women being silly and making dubious decisions onscreen.
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Older workers are delaying retirement more and more. But it's causing younger workers to wonder if they're missing out on job advancement because senior roles aren't opening up. Is this true?
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The staggering pace of China's economic growth these past four decades has been historic. The chief architect of the financial reforms that made way for that growth died on Wednesday at age 97.
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NPR Music's Stephen Thompson reports on the commercial performance of the pop star's latest hit.
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Evacuations orders continue to be issued in Ohio following days of rain that has washed out roads and caused widespread flooding across Indiana and Illinois, too.
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In the Big Bend area of West Texas, contractors are beginning to set the stage to build the Trump administration's planned border wall and barriers, despite bipartisan opposition.
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Almost 5,000 sailors have spent months aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln. As another carrier heads to relieve them, a former pilot takes us inside life on the ship.
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Recent episodes of AI agents escaping test zones and hacking other systems may be a harbinger of what's to come, as some experts believe the systems are fundamentally unpredictable.
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Federal Medicaid dollars can no longer pay for gender-affirming care for youth. Doctors who treat trans kids say it will harm vulnerable people.
