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Plus, the Spokane County Board of Commissioners will hold a public hearing today on data centers. Spokane County prosecutor candidates go head-to-head at a NAACP debate. And SPR's Audrey Nelson takes us to the Spokane Showdown Wheelchair Basketball Tournament.
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Writer David Treuer's Ojibwe mother saw America as a country that tried to destroy her people. For his father, a Jewish refugee, the U.S. was the country that saved his life.
Arts & Culture
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This week, "Movies 101" will be discussing at least one film that should be an Oscar candidate. That would be Digger, an Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu project starring Tom Cruise. We’ll follow that with a dissection of Verity, a mystery/drama starring Dakota Johnson, Josh Hartnett and Anne Hathaway. And we’ll end with a look at one of John Wilson’s wry documentaries, this one titled The History of Concrete. -
In his new documentary The History of Concrete, now playing at the Magic Lantern Theatre, John Wilson explores the quirks of American life and urban development. Nathan Weinbender says it’s one of the funniest and most poignant movies of the year. -
Verity is evidence that a beach read doesn’t necessarily make for something worth watching on the big screen, Dan Webster says.
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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The DOJ also filed an emergency request in federal court to stop California from processing ballots returned by people on the voter rolls the federal government says are "likely noncitizens." -
What is it about Amelia Earhart? Nearly 90 years after she and her plane disappeared, we check in with her hometown.
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Many farmers across the U.S. are reaching retirement age. But lately, increasing volatility and sky-high prices in agriculture are making it tough for the next generation to take over.
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One of the unexpected consequences of the El Nino weather pattern causing drought at the Panama Canal has left Magic: The Gathering trading card enthusiasts hoping for better weather
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The Trump administration wants to turn a historic public golf course into championship links. Despite a judge's order, hundreds of trees were cut down to make way for the renovation. -
Leftist President Luiz Inácio da Silva and Flávio Bolsonaro, the son of the convicted former far right president, squared off in their first and only face-to-face debate before Sunday's election.
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NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Dominique Moisi of Institut Montaigne about the protests happening in France and their potential impact on the country's upcoming elections.
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Historic drought had western states entering summer anxious about wildfires. Some suffered significant destruction and death, but there were wins, too.
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In parts of the Great Plains and Midwest, Democrats are betting that harnessing anger at corporate power and both parties might succeed when voters believe the economy and government are not working. -
A documentary about a Kentucky miner's strike endures 50 years later. Harlan County USA's message still resonates today.
