Top Regional News
The state budget approved last year shortchanged wildfire spending lawmakers committed to previously. A bill that’s cleared the House could backfill some of the funding.
Rev. Jesse Jackson died this week at age 84. NPR's Scott Simon remembers covering Jackson's 1984 presidential campaign in Mississippi.
Arts & Culture
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Director Chelsea Duvall and actor Melody Deatherage joined Host Henry McNulty to discuss Spokane Civic Theatre's production of POTUS.
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CarliAnn Forthun Bruner and Monica Mota from Kindling Productions joined host Henry McNulty in the studio to discuss Rising Tide Season 3.
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Pianist Yun Park plays music of Beethoven and chats about her upcoming all-Beethoven recital
Events
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SPR and IAE present David Sedaris on November 13th, 2025 at the Fox Theater.
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SPR is a media partner for the Fall Folk Festival, taking place November 8th and 9th, 2025 at Spokane Community College.
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SPR Staff attended the Fall Arts Preview in Comstock Park on Labor Day, September 1st, 2025
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NPR's Erika Ryan reports from the site of one of the nation's largest sewage spills ever — just outside of Washington, D.C. — in January.
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His KCRW show in which he interviewed authors was nationally syndicated until 2022. He was 73.
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NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Victor Schwartz, founder of New-York-based wine importer VOS Selections, about prevailing at the Supreme Court in his case against some of President Trump's tariffs.
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South Carolina is seeing the biggest measles outbreak in the U.S. in decades, spreading mainly among unvaccinated children. At the epicenter is a story as much about politics as it is about a virus.
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President Trump claimed the justices opposing his position were acting because of partisanship, though three of those ruling against his tariffs were appointed by Republican presidents.
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In the semifinal, Slovakia had few answers for the American onslaught. Now, the U.S. men will meet Canada for a chance to win the team's first Olympic hockey gold since the "Miracle on Ice" back in 1980.
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NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Jennifer Bergman, who says she had to close her family's toy store business of 44 years in July 2025 due to President Trump's tariffs.
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The Supreme Court ruled that Trump overstepped his authority when he ordered widespread tariffs using a 1970s "emergency" statute. Here's how tariffs have impacted the economy.
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NPR's Michel Martin discusses the decision with Diane Swonk, economic advisor and chief economist at KPMG US.
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Wiseman's narration-free documentaries, including Titicut Follies, Hospital and Central Park, examined institutions and neighborhoods. He died Feb. 16. Originally broadcast in 1986.