Top Regional News
Dave Upthegrove says House and Senate budget writers have reinserted money for wildfire prevention and suppression programs in their supplemental budgets after initial cuts.
Iran has retaliated to U.S. and Israel strikes. Several countries that host American military bases in the region including the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Bahrain say they have been attacked.
Arts & Culture
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Music and conversation with conductor Shira Samuels-Shragg and pianist Wynona Wang
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The Spokane International Film Festival visits the SPR studio to discuss this year's SpIFF events.
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Movie ReviewsEveryone already has a strong opinion about Emerald Fennell’s maximalist retelling of “Wuthering Heights.” Nathan Weinbender is no exception: He says the movie is dramatically murky, emotionally inert and generally unbearable.
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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Pakistan struck several sites in Afghanistan early Friday in what it calls an "open war." We look at what's driving the renewed fighting.
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On Wild Card, well-known guests answer the kinds of questions we often think about but don't talk about. Author Jennette McCurdy talks about her experience with eating disorder recovery.
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The deal struck by Paramount to acquire CNN's parent company leaves a series of questions over the cable TV news giant. Journalists there are girding for what could be next if the deal is approved.
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In an effort to stabilize child care in America, the Biden administration changed how child care subsidies are paid. The Trump administration says the change invited fraud and is preparing a reversal.
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NPR's Juana Summers talks with Hilary Duff about her new album. It's called Luck... Or Something, and is her first release in more than 10 years.
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WXXI News' Alex Crichton is retiring Friday, after 42 years at the station and hosting All Things Considered in Rochester, N.Y.
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2016 was a complex year for Black music, between the last year of the Obama presidency, and the numerous high-profile deaths of Black people at the hands of police.
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Many GOP primary voters in North Carolina say they want a candidate who will support the president after Sen. Thom Tillis chose not to seek reelection following disagreements with President Trump.
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NPR's Juana Summers speaks with journalist Tina Brown, one of the first to report about Jeffrey Epstein's sexual abuse, about the fallout of the Epstein files.
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NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Helena Bottemiller Evich, founder and editor in chief of Food Fix, about tensions between the MAHA movement and President Trump over glyphosate.