Top Regional News
Lauren Gallup / NWPB
PLus, WA state exchange healthcare premiums could increase by more than 20% again. Outgoing Kootenai County GOP officials look to undercut the incoming moderate leaders. Death toll rises to two, remains of nine still unrecovered after Longview chemical rupture. Beavers could pose a bigger threat than mountain lions to most north Idahoans—financially, at least. And maybe the wine industry isn't dying because millennials and Gen Z don't want to drink wine; maybe it's because they can't afford it.
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U.S. forces carried out new defensive strikes on Iran on Wednesday as President Trump insisted November's midterm elections won't make him rush to make a deal to end the Iran war.
Arts & Culture
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Lucas Hallauer (Marty McFly) from the national tour of Back to the Future: The Musical joins host Henry McNulty to discuss the show's Spokane run. -
Movie ReviewsBlue Heron is director Sophy Romvari’s hushed, intimate memory of being an immigrant family in Canada and of her own brother’s fracturing mental health. Nathan Weinbender says it’s a potent study of time and loss, and it’s now playing at the Magic Lantern.
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Movies 101On this week’s show, Nathan Weinbender, Mary Pat Treuthart and Dan Webster recap their time at the recent Seattle International Film Festival. They talk about the SIFF experience and highlight some of their festival favorites.
Events
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EventsStop by your local Farmers' Market this summer and visit with SPR staff and volunteers at various Farmers' Markets in our region. -
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EventsSpokane Public Radio is a media partner for Spokane Bike Everywhere Month 2026.
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U.S. conducts another strike against Iran, Democrats are hopeful about their chances to retake GOP-held Senate seats, a town in eastern DRC is emerging as the epicenter of the latest Ebola outbreak.
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The documentary "Room to Move" follows choreographer and performer Jenn Freeman as she creates her first evening-length solo performance after an autism diagnosis at age 33.
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President Trump has proposed suspending the federal gas tax to lower the cost at the pump. But that could cost drivers another way -- potholes.
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Reporter Sharyn Alfonsi is a "60 Minutes" correspondent whose contract was not renewed by CBS News. Anderson Cooper has already left. What does it mean for the storied news magazine?
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Bangladesh is scrambling to vaccinate more children amid a measles outbreak that has killed more than 500 people, most of them children.
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An Ohio lawmaker is backing the Charlie Kirk American Heritage Act, which would permit teaching religion's impact on U.S. history. Opponents say it's a skewed view of history that could be divisive.
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Democrats see an opportunity to flip several GOP-held Senate seats this fall, including Texas, where the matchup was officially set this week.
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Democrats see an opportunity in Texas to retake the Senate, but how realistic is that goal? NPR's A Martinez speaks with Kyle Kondik {KAHN-dik} of the University of Virginia Center for Politics.
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The American Cancer Society is changing its screening recommendations for colorectal cancer, suggesting adults begin screening at age 45 and adding blood-based tests as an option.
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Nine people remain unaccounted for following a deadly chemical implosion at a paper mill in Washington state. Two people died and hazardous conditions have slowed cleanup at the damaged tank.
