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Also, a first court appearance for the man accused of setting one of Spokane's wildfires and results from Washington's (and Spokane's) primary election.
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.
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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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.
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Puerto Rico's government will begin rationing water on Friday as the island copes with its worst drought in more than a decade.
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President Trump gave a speech in Las Vegas Wednesday, where he praised the U.S. economy but workers in the city say his administration's policies aren't helping.
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Despite a deadly public health crisis, most U.S. doctors, nurses and other health workers turn away many patients with alcohol and drug addiction without offering them science-based medications.
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Controlling weeds is a perennial problem for farmers. The EPA issued rules earlier this year for one controversial herbicide that can be prone to drifting and harming some other crops and trees.
