Top Regional News
The campus will be built on land donated by Catholic Charities of Eastern Washington. The Salish School, which aims to teach and revitalize four Southern Interior Salish languages, has raised more than $17 million for the project.
Gov. Bob Ferguson joined local officials and residents to announce a new push for recovery funding after destructive wildfires this summer.
Arts & Culture
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Composer Eric Whitacre spoke with host Henry McNulty about the album Eternity in an Hour.
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Music and conversation around the SSQ's season-opening concerts.
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Lake City Playhouse joined Henry McNulty in the studio to talk about their production of Finding Neverland.
Events
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EventsTune in to SPR News to hear live broadcasts of conversation with the candidates for the 3rd, 4th, and 5th Washington State Legislative Districts.
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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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After a botched lethal injection in May, dozens of Tennessee medical professionals told the governor that healthcare professionals shouldn't help with executions, ever. No matter the method.
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Much of what we are hearing about AI leaves many people anxious about the risks posed by the technology. The writer Michael Sacacas takes a long view of how to manage such feelings.
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Landlords are using AI chatbots to manage interactions with their tenants. We hear from one renter who just wants help from a human.
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Bucking the national trend, poverty has been steadily rising among seniors and older adults. A new survey sheds light on how low-income people are struggling in the crucial years before retirement.
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Five British men have been released on bail after being detained near a military base for alleged terror offenses. The British base is used by the U.S. military for strikes on Iran.
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NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Charles Spencer about his new book Swan Song.
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We speak with a grandma in Scotland who has earned a Guinness record for playing Fortnite.
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The legendary calypso singer Slinger Francisco, known popularly as Mighty Sparrow, has died at 91 years old.
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Sophia Dasser, editor-in-chief at The Cornell Daily Sun, talks with NPR's Juana Summers about an alleged 2024 gang rape at Cornell and the campus fallout.
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U.S. health and development aid to many countries may soon fall off a cliff. At the end of the U.S.'s fiscal year, more than $1 billion allocated for aid remains unspent by the Trump administration.