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This is the second award in the five-year Rural Health Transformation grant. Idaho allocated all of the first-year funds for projects statewide.
Donna Gordon Blankinship/Washington State Standard
Dolores Huerta was a civil rights icon and labor leader who met countless famous people in her long life. She was also a passionate jazz fan, who found herself speechless when she met Charlie Parker.
Arts & Culture
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This week, "Movies 101" will be discussing a trio of films that boast supremely interesting characters. We’ll start off with the imaginative documentary You Can See Everything, and we’ll follow first with Aaron Sorkin’s The Social Reckoning and the re-release of Ken Russell’s 1971 film The Devils. -
You Can See Everything is already the most talked-about documentary of recent years. Nathan Weinbender says it lives up to the hype as a fascinating, exhilarating brain teaser about the nature of truth and objectivity.
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Chris Grant shares a preview of the new SBBB season.
Events
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EventsTune to Spokane Public Radio October 28th as we celebrate Public Radio Music Day -
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We enjoyed meeting listeners at Farmers' Market this summer at various Farmers' Markets in our region.
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Iconic civil rights leader, Dolores Huerta, has died. She was 96 years old. In the 1960s, Huerta co-founded, with Cesar Chavez, the Mexican-American union that would become the United Farm Workers.
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Fans are enraged that Game 6 of the WNBA finals will be played in the middle of the day Thursday to make room for a routine NBA game.
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With no clear winner in Israeli elections, the opposition has to decide if it allies with Arab parties.
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Fatherland imagines the Nobel Prize-winning author's 1949 return to Germany after years of exile. Just 82 minutes long, this gorgeous film is meticulously staged and shot in black and white. -
Jordan Neely was frightening fellow passengers. A former Marine named Daniel Penny put Neely into a chokehold, killing him. Journalist Anand Giridharadas investigates the incident in Man in the Mirror. -
The Federal Reserve opted to leave its benchmark interest rate unchanged — but investors widely expect the central bank to raise rates at its next meeting in December to combat stubborn inflation. -
President Trump crisscrosses the country with scattershot closing messages ahead of the midterm elections.
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NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with political analyst Larry Sabato about President Trump's messaging and the issues likely to determine the outcome of the midterm elections.
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The Tampa Bay Rays won a thrilling 12-inning game to keep their World Series hopes alive. The Milwaukee Brewers have a 3-1 lead as the Series goes to Game 5.
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NEA President Princess Moss wants to move her organization, the nation's largest labor union, toward issue-based advocacy — and away from party politics.
