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Plus, Spokane authorities open a wildfire resource center for displaced people. A few Spokane election races tighten up as ballots trickle in.
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Living in the desert is "not for everybody," says Watkins. Her home, in the Mojave Desert near Death Valley, is staggeringly beautiful and brutal. Her new novel Yellow Pine shares this landscape.
Arts & Culture
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Rose of Nevada, now playing at the Magic Lantern Theatre, is a slow, dreamy meditation on time travel and maritime economies. Nathan Weinbender says it’s a challenging, heady film from British writer-director Mark Jenkin.
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The Odyssey is less a depiction of the Homeric poem than it is a reflection of Christopher Nolan’s trademark themes, Dan Webster says.
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This week, Movies 101 will be discussing three movies made by foreign directors. They are the haunting British time-travel tale “Rose of Nevada,” the Icelandic domestic study “The Love That Remains” and the Croatian historical documentary “Fiume o Morte!
Events
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Spokane Public Radio is a media partner for the 2026 Blue Waters Bluegrass Festival -
SPR was a Media Partner for Rock the Block: West Central! We also hosted our first-ever Record Sale Pop-Up Shop at the event! -
Thank you for joining SPR Staff, Hosts, and Volunteers at Art on the Green 2026!
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After winning the Democratic nomination Tuesday, Abdul El-Sayed will face former Republican Congressman Mike Rogers for Michigan's open U.S. Senate seat in November.
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Iran says it's close to a deal with Oman over navigation on the Strait of Hormuz, a look at the challenges both candidates for Michigan's U.S. Senate seat will face, Trump touts U.S. economy in Vegas.
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NPR's A Martinez talks with actor and comedian Bresha Webb about her new comedy special, "LOL Live with Bresha Webb." It streams on Disney+ and Hulu beginning Aug. 7.
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Ukrainian officials say their country is low on missile interceptors. NPR speaks to Oleksandr Merezhko, a member of Ukraine's parliament, about the country's defensive capabilities.
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Extreme heat waves sweeping across East Asia have forced zoos in South Korea and Japan to implement emergency cooling measures.
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To devotees of the Grateful Dead, the first nine days of August are known as the "Days Between." This annual celebration commemorates the birth and death of guitarist Jerry Garcia.
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NPR's Leila Fadel asks the chair of a U.N. commission, Srinivasan Muralidhar, about a report alleging that Israel targets Palestinian children, which Israel denies.
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Iran says it is close to a deal with Oman over navigation on the Strait of Hormuz, in the latest effort to end the U.S.-Iran conflict.
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NPR's Michel Martin talks to Michael Singh, a former Middle East adviser during the George W. Bush administration, about negotiations over the Strait of Hormuz.
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The Senate Finance Committee held a hearing yesterday on how to prevent deep cuts to Social Security benefits in a few years. The math is simple but the politics are not.
