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Eliza Billingham
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The plan outlines Spokane’s 20-year strategy for land use and development. City officials are considering more ways to work wildfire preparedness into the draft plan.
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President Trump heads to his golf club in Doonbeg while working in some Irish diplomacy.
Arts & Culture
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Guitarist John Pizzarelli spoke with host Henry McNulty about about his concert John Pizzarelli Presents Dear Mr. Bennett. -
Jim Tevenan talks with String Orchestra of the Rockies Artistic Director, Maria Larionoff, about their new season opening this weekend. -
Music from and conversation around the INO's upcoming production of the Johann Strauss II classic
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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Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, begins at sunset Friday. For many Jews around the world, a highlight of the holiday will be hearing the shofar: an animal's horn blown like a trumpet.
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NPR's Scott Simon asks Nate Amos, who performs as This Is Lorelei, about his latest album, "The Singer in My Band."
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Despite a diagnoses of stiff-person syndrome, Celine Dion will perform 16 shows in Paris over the next two months.
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President Trump is working in some Irish diplomacy as he attends a golf tournament at his club in Doonbeg.
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The best preserved feather from the age of the dinosaurs was just revealed — and it was inside a blob of fossilized poop. That feather is from an aquatic bird that lived 66 million years ago.
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President Trump attended a 9/11 memorial service at the Pentagon on Friday after speaking on both nights of a Republican gathering in Dallas.
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Fed chairs wield great power and they take great care to signal what they intend to do ahead of time to avoid surprises. Not Kevin Warsh though. He wants to say less, and investors are worried.
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We visit the Turkish breakfast capital, Van, where one street is dedicated to the most important meal of the day.
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NPR's Scott Simon talks with Emily St. John Mandel about her new novel, "Exit Party." Set in the near future, it's an exploration of identity involving doppelgangers and a mysterious painting.
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A moment to remember those lost in the 9/11 terrorist attacks 25 years ago yesterday.
