Top Regional News
Pat Sutphin/Idaho Capital Sun
/
PAT SUTPHIN
Hickman, political newcomer and seasoned attorney, argues Labrador politicized the AG’s office. But Labrador says he improved it by being aggressive in the role.
Gregory A. Rec/Pool Portland Press Herald
/
AP
Campaign ad spending has topped $10 billion this election cycle, as voters struggle to afford groceries and gas.
Arts & Culture
-
Star violinist Simone Porter talks with Jim Tevenan and shares her new CD, "ad tendo." -
Hitchhiker's Theatre visited the studio to discuss their production of A Year with Frog and Toad. -
Actors from the national tour of & Juliet visit the SPR studios to answer the question: what would happen if Juliet didn't end it all over Romeo?
Events
-
EventsTune to Spokane Public Radio October 28th as we celebrate Public Radio Music Day -
-
We enjoyed meeting listeners at Farmers' Market this summer at various Farmers' Markets in our region.
-
Jazz vocalist Elizabeth Bougerol, singer for the group Hot Sardines, has a self-titled solo album out. She talks about her cinematic takes on jazz standards with NPR's Scott Simon.
-
Chuck Lorre is responsible for many sitcoms in the last decade or so, "The Big Bang Theory" and "Two and A Half Men" among them. NPR's Scott Simon talks with him about his new memoir, "Sitcom."
-
More than three decades after the end of apartheid, families of victims of some of the worst crimes of South Africa's past are still fighting for justice. As survivors and perpetrators grow older, a new wave of legal efforts is seeking truth, accountability and reparations before it's too late. -
About a third of couples are willing to save money on cake and dessert, according to the wedding-planning site Zola. -
Ali plays a devout Muslim who also happens to be an assassin in Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother. After the loss of her two sons, Li says words fell short. Her new novel is Music Against the Night. -
Chip Thomas, a retired physician on the Navajo Reservation, is well known for his large photograhpic murals. Now, he's been recognized with a MacArthur "genius" grant. -
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Mayor of Bend Melanie Kebler about how the community is grieving the three children and teacher who were killed in a shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School on Thursday.
-
An armed bystander stopped a shooting at a school in Bend, Ore. We talk with experts about how rarely an armed civilian ends an attack like this and how gun rights groups are responding.
-
A new investigative series by NPR looks into the real life missing person case of American journalist Austin Tice, who disappeared in Syria over a decade ago.
-
The Irish rock band Fontaines D.C. has been trying to make sense of it in their music. Their new album is called Dopamine Chamber.
