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Construction workers and educators gather to celebrate a milestone in constructing the new Adams Elementary School in Spokane, Wash.
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With her 1974 book, "Pilgrim at Tinker Creek," Annie Dillard became the youngest woman to win the Pulitzer Prize. We take a moment to remember her and her work.
Arts & Culture
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Conversation and music with SSO Music Director James Lowe and guest pianist Mackenzie Melemed around the first Masterworks concert of the SSO season. -
Jim Tevenan, James Lowe and Dr. Jason Moody discuss the great variety of projects that bring the Spokane Symphony out to the Inland Northwest community. -
Conversation around the new Symphony season and the great variety of performances planned
Events
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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 -
Spokane Public Radio was a media partner for BANFF Mountain Film Festival
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The DOJ is making it easier for people convicted of felonies to have their gun rights restored. An estimated 330,000 people are expected to apply through the new process, which opens in mid-September.
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Status trackers are ubiquitous on online apps and ordering. We have the story the seminal Domino's Pizza Tracker that led to many copies, and we check on why many of the trackers now aren't accurate.
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Rhiannon Giddens is out with a new album. For her latest project — called Hope is the Thing With Feathers — Giddens went with BIG emotions.
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When it comes to housing, what's considered affordable all depends on how much you make. This could matter in a state that is home to a key Congressional race this election season.
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The International Rescue Committee warned that its goals of ending poverty, hunger, disease are failing. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with the IRC's president about how to reverse course.
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Diesel prices soared to another record high today, averaging $6.44 a gallon. Trucking, farming, and flying is getting more expensive. But so far it hasn't crimped most Americans' spending.
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President Trump threatens to ban three major news organizations from the White House. It's his latest salvo in an ongoing war on the media.
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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Richard Haass, Council on Foreign Relations' president emeritus, about the Polish prime minister's warning that Russia may be planning attacks on NATO countries.
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An informal network of dialogues at think tanks and universities is bringing together experts from the U.S. and China to talk about the shared perils of AI — and possible paths forward. -
Shape-shifting aliens attack a South Korean border town in Hope, a big-budget thriller that blends third-rate CGI with exhilarating action scenes.
