Top Regional News
Plus, an update on wildfires in the Inland Northwest and a pessimistic water forecast for the Columbia Basin.
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The agreement between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia gives American companies priority access to nuclear reactors and fuel to Saudi Arabia. It's expected to last decades and be worth billions of dollars.
Arts & Culture
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Theater on the Verge visits the studio to preview their first concert, The Art of the Possible: Songs for a Marginally Less Terrible World, featuring performances from singers Abbey Crawford and Robby French. -
Maddie’s Secret, from comedian John Early, is a hard film to classify. It plays like an homage to a 1980s TV movie about a woman with an eating disorder, and Nathan Weinbender says it’s a surprisingly thoughtful and sometimes absurd study of an often-mocked genre.
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Movie ReviewsWith his film Fiume o Morte! director Igor Berzinović uses a novel way of telling the history of a troubled city, Dan Webster says.
Events
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Thank you to everyone who came out and supported the 35th Annual Record Sale -
Spokane Public Radio was a media partner for BANFF Mountain Film Festival -
We are no longer accepting donations for the 2026 Record Sale
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Plas Johnson, the saxophonist behind "The Pink Panther Theme," has died at 94. We remember the Hollywood session legend whose playing shaped decades of music.
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An independent autopsy of the body of Nolan Wells was inconclusive as to the cause of death of the 18-year old who was left on a Mississippi island by friends on July 4th.
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President Trump says Iran is desperate to negotiate — but experts warn the conflict may be drifting further from diplomacy.
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The ICE officer who shot and killed a man in Maine had a history of domestic abuse and mental health issues. Policing experts say these red flags should have come up in the hiring process.
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Cancer diagnoses are on the rise in sub-Saharan Africa and the Eastern Mediterranean regions, but care lags behind.
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There are nearly 2,000 communities of religious sisters and nuns in the Catholic church. Two nuns in Kentucky want to start the first devoted to ministering to people harmed by abuse in the church.
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NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Sean Krankel, head of Interactive Storytelling at Netflix, about the platform's foray into video games amid the success of its game Unhinged.
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Israeli attacks have left a historic hub of Lebanon's south, Nabatiyeh, in ruins — despite a three-month old ceasefire and security talks between the nations.
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From Cesária Évora to a new generation of performers, women are keeping Cape Verde's music alive and thriving on the world stage.
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Several entries in the Latin music category were among the highlights for judges in the 2026 Tiny Desk Contest.
