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WDFW's largest union sent a letter to the governor Thursday saying that Tim Ragen had helped to give them fresh hope that long-running concerns about a lack of workplace safety, gaps in training, and supervisor retaliation against employees might finally be addressed.
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Under the Trump administration, federal agencies are calling employees into the office. At the VA, therapists and doctors say this change is more than inconvenient — it could compromise patient care.
Arts & Culture
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Director Blake Anthony Edwards and actors Abi Renner and John Murphy joined host Henry McNulty in the studio to discuss Gonzaga University's upcoming production of "Stupid F**king Bird," a "(post-) modern re-telling of Russian playwright Anton Chekhov's 1895 masterpiece 'The Seagull.'" -
Duality members Vanessa Silert and Catherine Anderson perform and chat with Jim Tevenan. -
Movies 101On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss two surreal foreign films—one from Canada, titled “Universal Language,” and the other from Italy, titled “Parthenope.”
Events
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SPR was a media partner for Delfeayo Marsalis & The Uptown Jazz Orchestra, March 5th at the Myrtle Woldson Performing Arts Center -
The free concert took place March 1 at 1 PM at 1110 W. Riverside Ave. -
The 2025 Record Sale took place February 15 and 16 at CenterPlace Regional Event Center, Spokane Valley
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NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with activist and astronaut Amanda Nguyen on her new book, Saving Five: A Memoir of Hope,
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The case is nearly identical to a case the court ruled on two years ago from Alabama, though the outcome could make it more difficult for minorities to prevail in redistricting cases. -
Israel's war against Hamas has killed tens of thousands of people, with the latest strikes targeting a hospital and journalists.
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Fighting growing wildfires in western North Carolina is hampered by debris left over from Hurricane Helene-related flooding, which was 6 months ago this week.
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K-pop group NewJeans, also known as NJZ, announced in Hong Kong on Sunday that they would be taking an indefinite break. The decision comes amid an ongoing legal battle with the group's record label.
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NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Rachel Cohen, who wrote that she was resigning from her major law firm if it would not stand up to threats from the Trump administration.
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President Trump is banking on the public caring more about the politically popular things he is trying to do than how he is going about doing them in his fights with the judicial branch.
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Russian and Ukrainian negotiators are meeting separately with U.S. officials in the capital of Saudi Arabia to discuss a ceasefire and other issues.
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Scientists have been curious about how kangaroos evolved to hop with such efficiency. To investigate that, researchers turned to a sort of evolutionary second-cousin of the kangaroo, the musky rat-kangaroo.
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Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor of The Atlantic, said he was mistakenly added to a group chat with U.S. national security leaders about imminent military strikes on Yemen.
