Top Regional News
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The Cayuse, Umatilla and Walla Walla tribes view their traditional foods as something that deserves the utmost respect. So, they're striving to repurpose their food waste.
Prosperity Eastern Washington
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U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth asked Army Chief of Staff Randy George to step down and retire. NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with The Atlantic's Nancy Youssef.
Arts & Culture
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The Oscar-nominated French-Spanish thriller Sirāt is now available on digital rental platforms. Nathan Weinbender says it’s unflinching and brutal, but also a bit empty beyond its blunt-force style.
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If you have fond memories of the video store, the documentary "Videoheaven" is for you. Director Alex Ross Perry uses hundreds of clips to show us the video store's rise and fall, and Nathan Weinbender says it's an engrossing academic visual essay. -
Movies 101On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss the latest sci-fi space venture, “Project Hail Mary,” a Ryan Gosling vehicle based on Andy Weir’s best-selling novel. They also share their choices for, as they like to say, “their favorite space-travel movies that aren’t ‘2001: A Space Odyssey.’”
Events
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EventsJoin SPR as we welcome NPR's David Folkenflik to The Bing Crosby Theater on April 14, 2026 -
Thank you to everyone who came out and supported the 35th Annual Record Sale -
Spokane Public Radio was a media partner for BANFF Mountain Film Festival
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Advocates hope recent verdicts against social media platforms will build momentum for bigger changes in Silicon Valley. -
With the last major firing of its engine, the Artemis II spacecraft is now on a path that will take it around the moon and back. -
Attorney General Pam Bondi out at the Department of Justice, Iran introduces new toll system for passage through Strait of Hormuz, over 40 countries meet to discuss reopening Strait of Hormuz.
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NPR's Michel Martin speaks with America's beloved late-night TV host Arsenio Hall who writes of the ups and downs of his remarkable career in his new memoir, "Arsenio."
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Iran has introduced a new toll system for ships it allows to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, asserting its control over the key waterway.
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NPR's A Martinez asks the Atlantic Council's Olga Khakova how China and Russia could potentially benefit from the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran.
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An invention at the heart of our modern world helped create radios, cars and smartphones. The team from Planet Money traces the origins back to a fight over who invented the sewing machine.
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NPR's Steve Inskeep meets the National Trust's Alison Hoagland {HOHG-lund} near the White House to talk about her role in challenging the construction of President Trump's ballroom complex.
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How expensive is it to make an easter basket this year? NPR went to two stores in the D.C. area to find out.
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Foreign ministers from more than 40 countries meet virtually to discuss President Trump's request for help in ensuring shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.
