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The state Employment Security Department is offering free webinars to all federal workers in the state who’ve been subject to job cuts, covering topics like applying for federal unemployment insurance and skills training opportunities from area schools.
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Just because a medical bill arrives in the mail doesn't mean you have to pay that exact price. NPR's Life Kit has tips to eliminate, reduce or negotiate a medical bill.
Arts & Culture
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![From left: 26th Annual SpIFF logos and assorted film stills from La estrella que perdí [The Star I Lost] (2024), I Am Gitxsan (2024), A Good Wolf (2024), Vision Quest (1985), Tim Travers & the Time Traveler's Paradox (2024), and The Birds Who Fear Death (2024); Mikey Madison with her Best Actress Oscar in the 97th Academy Awards broadcast.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/5525621/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1280x713+0+3/resize/280x156!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fcf%2F6a%2F09354c3e45ebb95449391566b8a0%2Fmovies-101-thumbnail-3-7-25.png)
Movies 101On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart preview this year's Spokane International Film Festival, which began March 7th and ran through the 9th. They also have a few words to say about the recent Oscars broadcast. -
Movie Reviews“Universal Language” is a true sleeper, a Canadian comedy that imagines a version of Winnipeg that has an Iranian cultural influence. The movie is opening at the Magic Lantern, and Nathan Weinbender says you should give it a shot.
![From left: 26th Annual SpIFF logos and assorted film stills from La estrella que perdí [The Star I Lost] (2024), I Am Gitxsan (2024), A Good Wolf (2024), Vision Quest (1985), Tim Travers & the Time Traveler's Paradox (2024), and The Birds Who Fear Death (2024); Mikey Madison with her Best Actress Oscar in the 97th Academy Awards broadcast.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/b0c3d58/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1280x713+0+3/resize/560x312!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fcf%2F6a%2F09354c3e45ebb95449391566b8a0%2Fmovies-101-thumbnail-3-7-25.png)
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Join SPR Staff, Hosts, and Volunteers at Art on the Green 2024 -
SPR staff and volunteers enjoyed meeting listeners at a variety of Farmers' Markets this past summer. -
KPBX Kids' Concert featuring The Canote Brothers, June 22nd at 1 pm at nxʷyxʷyetkʷ Hall at Spokane Central Library (third floor)
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Dr. Kurt Papenfus, CEO of a small rural hospital in Colorado, was a memorable voice on NPR 5 years ago when he recounted his run in with "the 'rona beast." How is he five years later?
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The president says we're in a transition period and tariffs will remake the economy for the better. Economist Matthew Slaughter tells NPR's Ailsa Chang he thinks they're a recipe for long-term pain.
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It's now been one year since the start of the largest wildfire in Texas' history. Residents of hard-hit Canadian, Texas, say the heartbreak lingers on and recovery will take years.
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Amer grew up in Kuwait, where he enjoyed a comfortable life — until the first Gulf War forced his family to flee to the U.S. His Netflix show Mo is in its second season. Originally broadcast in 2022.
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Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbender play a high-ranking spy couple in Steven Soderbergh's new film. Black Bag offers Bond-style globe-trotting intrigue and marital dramedy. -
Hamas, the militant group the U.S. has labeled as terrorists, says it's willing to release the one living American hostage and bodies of four others it's held in Gaza since the 2023 attacks in Israel. -
Dorothy Thompson saw the rise of Nazi Germany as a foreign correspondent in Berlin. A new series from Radio Diaries tells the story of Thompson's career as a radio broadcaster. -
In a recent appearance on Fox News, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ate French fries cooked in beef tallow and mused that 'food is medicine.' Nutrition scientists are scratching their heads. -
The president's contention that birthright citizenship is unconstitutional is considered a fringe view because the Supreme Court ruled to the contrary 127 years ago. -
In North Dakota, many farmers are still recovering from the 2018 trade war and are now bracing for more losses as President Trump levies sweeping tariffs on everything from soybeans to pork.
