Top Regional News
The unemployment rate for young adults with new degrees is higher than the rate for all workers, according to the New York Fed. Is AI the problem, or is it more complicated?
Arts & Culture
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Jim Tevenan and guests discuss the North Idaho Philharmonia's upcoming production of Carl Orff's beloved cantata, "Carmina Burana"
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Spider-Man: Brand New Day proves that a superhero movie can have a heart at its center, Dan Webster says.
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This weekend, the bizarre, brazenly stupid 2001 cult comedy Wet Hot American Summer returns to theaters. Nathan Weinbender says it’s a great excuse to see some brilliantly silly jokes and an all-star cast before they were stars.
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.
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Spokane Public Radio was a media partner for the 2026 Blue Waters Bluegrass Festival
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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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Fighting immigration detention can be expensive and some families now struggle with the financial fallout from the mass deportation campaign.
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Divers in Florida are seeking sunken slave ships for connections to history.
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For the first time, China has established a scheduled shipping route through the Arctic. NPR's Michel Martin asks Marc Lanteigne of the Arctic University of Norway why that matters.
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Recovery is underway on Indonesia's Flores island after a 7.7 quake killed dozens. Damaged roads and 1,600 aftershocks complicate aid deliveries to residents sleeping outside.
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The U.S. focus on Iran has pivoted key resources away from another key geopolitical region -- Asia.
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NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Jung H. Pak, former U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, about the Trump administration's evolving Asia policy.
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Tuesday's primary races include Republican Rep. Cory Mills who is under a House ethics investigation for allegedly assaulting a former girlfriend and violating campaign finance laws.
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Testimony began Monday in the murder trial of a former gang member implicated in the 1996 death of hip hop icon Tupac Shakur.
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Rodney Scott says he is "pausing all construction activity" on President Trump's wall in Big Bend National Park, ahead of a visit to the area this week.
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Money continues to pour into primaries, including Alaska where Super PACs have spent more than $2 million to help their preferred candidate by trying to game the state's unique voting system.