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Chelsea Handler
Plus, candidates for Washington's 5th Congressional District faced off at an NAACP forum last night. And five Spokane County fire districts will have levies on the ballot this fall.
A massive deep-ocean wave is raising sea levels along the West Coast. It's called a Kelvin Wave, and it's driven by El Nino
Arts & Culture
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Star violinist Simone Porter talks with Jim Tevenan and shares her new CD, "ad tendo." -
Hitchhiker's Theatre visited the studio to discuss their production of A Year with Frog and Toad. -
Actors from the national tour of & Juliet visit the SPR studios to answer the question: what would happen if Juliet didn't end it all over Romeo?
Events
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Spokane Public Radio is a media partner for Spokane Bike Everywhere Month 2026. -
Join SPR as we welcome NPR's David Folkenflik to The Bing Crosby Theater on April 14, 2026 -
Thank you to everyone who came out and supported the 35th Annual Record Sale
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President Trump has canceled the livestreaming of the execution of the man behind the attack at Fort Hood in 2009. Some say the public proposal itself - from a Cabinet member - changes norms.
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Republican María Elvira Salazar faces a tough contest in her Miami-area congressional district, with many voters upset about President Trump's immigration policies.
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NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Washington Post investigative reporter Sarah Blaskey about new documents obtained by the Post that detail donors to the White House ballroom project.
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NPR investigations spent more than a year uncovering the company behind a skincare scheme that led to consumer complaints, lawsuits and a federal investigation.
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Russian authorities say Ukraine struck a major oil refinery southeast of Moscow Thursday. The strike was in response to Russia's attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure.
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Journalist and Russia analyst Julia Ioffe lays out how Vladimir Putin might be trying to exploit the current divide between the U.S. and Ukraine over striking Russian oil refineries.
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A hunger strike by detainees at a South Georgia ICE facility enters into its second week. They want better conditions.
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For StoryCorps, a public health nurse in Minnesota speaks with her college mentor about a moment when she almost gave up on her career aspirations.
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The Department of Justice is suing California to block the state from counting ballots from people the government says are "likely" not citizens. California says the accusations are "unsupported."
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NPR's A Martinez talks to David Becker, an election law expert and executive director of the Center for Election Innovation & Research, about the Justice Department suing California over its voter rolls.
