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Plus, the Coeur d'Alene City Council gives the green light to a new residential development. Washington state workers walk out for a day to protest potential budget cuts.
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Nearly a week after flash floods devastated parts of Nepal and Tibet, rescuers are still searching for people trapped in hydropower plants. But first they have to find the plants.
Arts & Culture
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In Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, two women are pulled into the intoxicating, problematic world of ’80s slasher movies. Nathan Weinbender says its exploration of fear and desire is stronger than its dissection of horror tropes. -
This week, "Movies 101" will be discussing two films that feature teen characters. One, titled Tony, is based on the early life of a real person, the late chef and travel documentarian Anthony Bourdain. The other is a trek into horror titled, appropriately, Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma. -
As the biopic Tony shows, movie attempts to capture the character of a real person all too often fall flat, Dan Webster says.
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. -
Spokane Public Radio was 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!
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School districts across the country are closing campuses as enrollment falls. New research says the financial savings may be smaller than expected.
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NPR's Juana Summers talks with award-winning author Marlon James about his new book, The Disappearers, the story of a brutal attack on a group of gay men in Jamaica and its aftermath.
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The jury in the trial of Lindsay Clancy, the mother charged with murdering her three children, said it's not yet come to an unanimous decision. The judge has urged them to keep trying.
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The White House has confirmed the Venezuelan company that says it will work with the U.S. to develop a vast amount of Venezuela's oil reserves. Energy experts are skeptical that it's up for the task.
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In Massachusetts' Democratic Primary, generational change is being debated, spurred by Rep. Seth Moulton's challenge to the incumbent, Sen. Ed Markey, as well as who can carry on a progressive agenda.
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Amid floods in Nepal, the U.S. is experiencing serious floods in the west, including the Grand Canyon. We break down if they are connected and how Americans can understand this monsoon season.
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A program called the Veggie Chop Shop enlists volunteers to gather extra produce from farmers' markets that would otherwise go to waste. They then cook meals for people facing food insecurity.
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Dry eyes are a very common chronic eye condition among women in perimenopause and beyond. Here's why you shouldn't ignore it.
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The resignation of Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is just the latest in a line of high profile exoduses at the Pentagon under Pete Hegseth.
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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta about the resignation of Army Secretary Dan Driscoll and what it says about the health of the military.
