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Late last week, rumors on social media swirled that the Omak Library was on the brink of closure, prompting more than 100 people to attend Monday’s city council meeting.
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Europe is increasingly alarmed by Trump's talk of annexing Greenland, an autonomous Danish territory in the EU and NATO, especially after the U.S. incursion in Venezuela last weekend.
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Nathan Weinbender runs down his picks for the best 10 movies of 2025. -
Movie Reviews“The Secret Agent” is an intense study of what it meant to be a target of corrupt forces in 1970s Brazil, Dan Webster says. -
Movies 101On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender and Mary Pat Treuthart will be doing what they annually do: giving their impressions of the past year’s films—the good, the bad and the ugly.
Events
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EventsSpokane Public Radio is a media partner for BANFF Mountain Film Festival -
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Tune to SPR News Saturday, December 6, 2025 from 6-7:30 pm to hear holiday favorites played by local musicians.
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President Trump seems to have settled on a provocative playbook for his second go-around in the White House.
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NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Heather and Hattie Anderson, a mother and daughter from Minneapolis, about their community, immigration enforcement operations and protests.
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NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Ofelia Riquezes, human rights lawyer and professor at Florida International University, about the status of human rights under the Maduro regime in Venezuela.
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NPR's Scott Simon and sportswriter Howard Bryant discuss the College Football Playoff and more.
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Following the U.S. operation in Venezuela, AI content has proliferated.
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Despite a close relationship with Caracas stretching back for decades, Russia has been reserved in its response to the U.S. attack on Venezuela.
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NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Caroline Nienhuis, a Swiss biologist with the Zurich Beaver Advisory Center, about a hotline established to help residents deal with a growing local beaver population.
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On Jan. 20, nearly a third of the population in the small city of Lexington, Nebraska, will lose their jobs. The city's main employer, Tyson Foods, announced last fall that it is shutting down its beef processing plant in Lexington and will scale back operations at another plant in Texas to "right-size" its beef business.
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NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Buddy Guy about his appearance in the movie "Sinners" and about playing on its soundtrack.
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NPR's Scott Simon talks to Tom Hiddleston about starring in the series "The Night Manager," based on a John le Carré novel of the same name.
