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A four-member volunteer board in a rural Eastern Washington town sold an apartment complex for $1, hoping the move will help protect one of the town’s only low-income options.
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Critics say diplomacy with Iran may have been a cover for military buildup, as questions grow over whether the U.S. walked away from a real chance at a deal.
Arts & Culture
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Host Jim Tevenan chats with winners of the SYS annual Young Artists Concerto Competition -
Movies 101On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss the importance of two cinema giants, artists who in their respective ways represented the best that moviemaking has to offer: the Oscar-winning actor Robert Duvall and the master documentary director Frederick Wiseman. -
Movie ReviewsIt’s been two and a half decades, but the documentary “WTO/99” recalls when Seattle’s streets were wracked with protests, Dan Webster says.
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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Americans are betting on sports, elections, award shows and even military actions. The Atlantic writer McKay Coppins bet $10k from his employer in his investigation of this gambling world.
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The Pritzker Prize was awarded Thursday. "In every work, he is able to answer with radical originality, making the unobvious obvious," said fellow Chilean architect and prize chair Alejandro Aravena. -
A potentially strong El Niño weather pattern will likely emerge this summer and persist through the rest of the year. The hottest years on record generally occur in years when El Niño is active. -
Iran has effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz as the U.S. and Israel continue airstrikes in the country, triggering what's being described as the "largest oil disruption in history."
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NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut, who says the Trump administration's war plans for Iran are "incoherent and incomplete."
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The White House wants tougher rules for commercial licenses after several high-profile crashes involving foreign-born drivers. But critics say that would do little to make the nation's roads safer. -
U.S.-Israel strikes continue as Iran effectively closes Strait of Hormuz, Trump ran on lower gas prices, but the Iran war challenges that, probe points to U.S. being at fault for Iran school strike.
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NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Rep. Kevin Kiley of California about changing his political party affiliation from Republican to independent.
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The Department of Justice has quietly restarted a decades-dormant program to restore gun rights to felons. One name on the list is raising questions about transparency.
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President Trump made lowering gas prices the centerpiece of his affordability agenda. He now faces the political perils of the war with Iran, as Middle East energy infrastructure is disrupted.
