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The state Employment Security Department is offering free webinars to all federal workers in the state who’ve been subject to job cuts, covering topics like applying for federal unemployment insurance and skills training opportunities from area schools.
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Just because a medical bill arrives in the mail doesn't mean you have to pay that exact price. NPR's Life Kit has tips to eliminate, reduce or negotiate a medical bill.
Arts & Culture
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Helen Byrne and Jeanette Wee-Yang talk with Jim Tevenan about the SSQ's upcoming concert. -
Host Michael Millham and friends discuss Spokane luthier Pat Foster and his guitars, and play music illustrating their own Foster instruments. -
Jim Tevenan and Dr. Phillip Baldwin in conversation
Events
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SPR is a media partner for BODYTRAFFIC at the Myrtle Woldson Performing Arts Center on the Gonzaga University campus, Saturday, October 19th. -
September's Free KPBX Kids' Concert featured Olivia Brownlee in the River Park Square Atrium Saturday, September 21st at 1 pm -
Spokane Public Radio is a media partner for the 2024 Blue Waters Bluegrass Festival
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NPR asks Everett Kelley, national president of the American Federation of Government Employees, about uncertainty for federal workers amid Trump administration cuts and a looming government shutdown.
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President Trump is going to the Department of Justice to deliver a speech about law and order. It is rare for a president to physically visit the agency meant to independently uphold the rule of law.
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Joe Maslanka moved to Collegeville, Penn., in 1971, bought a local bar, kicked out the biker gang that hung out there and moved in upstairs. His family visited StoryCorps for a remembrance.
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John Feinstein, a long-time sports columnist at "The Washington Post" and a prolific author of popular sports books, has died at 69.
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Many will fill out their March Madness brackets this weekend. NPR speaks with Jonathan Cohen, author of "Losing Big: America's Reckless Bet on Sports Gambling," about the rise in legalized betting.
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For believers, the holy month is about much more than fasting. It's a time for reflection and compassion — to give to the less fortunate, gather with community to break the daily fasts, and pray.
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Amid the devastation and fear in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, a mother reflects on one way she and her family found some joy and connection along some train tracks.
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NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Amanda Seyfried, star of the new series Long Bright River. She plays a police officer investigating the murders of women from Philadelphia's Kensington neighborhood.
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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Pastor Jamal Bryant of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church about leading a movement to swear off shopping at Target for Lent.
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Impeachment threats against judges — and sometimes physical threats to their safety — compromise the independence of the judiciary, experts warn.
