Top Regional News
Courtesy of Catholic Charities
Catholic Charities of Eastern Washington, a nonprofit that helps communities with housing and other resources, completed its 72-unit housing development, called the Dominican Sisters Haven, ahead of schedule.
Courtesy Columbia County Hospital District
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Courtesy Idahoans United for Women and Families
How will the Trump administration's cuts to HIV research impact the progress that's been made towards ending the epidemic in the U.S.?
Arts & Culture
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conversation and music samples around SVST's second production of the season -
Guitarist and composer, Abe Kenney, in the SPR Performance Studio, talking with host Michael Millham about his album Chess Suite, and playing live with colleague, flutist Jennifer Slaughter -
Movies 101On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss two films that embody the emotion we know as love in entirely different ways. First up is Wes Anderson’s latest, titled “The Phoenician Scheme.” Following that is Celine Song’s second feature film, titled simply “Materialists.”
Events
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SPR was a media partner for the 2025 Methow Valley Chamber Music Festival -
EventsStop by your local Farmers' Market this summer and visit with SPR staff and volunteers at various Farmers' Markets in our region. -
Hear the MusicFest Northwest Live Broadcasts that aired May 14th, 15th and 16th from 10 AM to noon on KPBX 91.1 FM.
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At least 24 people are dead after flash flooding on the Guadalupe River in Texas. Rescue efforts are underway to find 20 people who are still missing.
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Florida's attorney general has gone to the U.S. Supreme Court asking permission to enforce the state's new law against illegal immigration. A judge has found him in contempt and some have been arrested under the law even as it's blocked in court.
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President Trump had a major legislative victory this week as his party once again rallied around his agenda. Looming next week is another major priority of his: new tariffs and trade deals.
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Ukraine is facing a summer of escalating Russian airstrikes on its cities. The Ukrainian President has called on the U.S. to provide more air defense systems.
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As part of our StoryCorps' Military Voices Initiative, we hear from three childhood friends from the small town of Webster, Florida, who all joined the military after graduating from high school.
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The movement of moths inspires a new music project by composer Ellie Wilson. She used data shared by ecologists to create a piece where the insects take center stage.
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NPR's Scott Simon and ESPN's Michele Steele talk about the first week of Wimbledon, soccer's Gold Cup final between the U.S. and Mexico, and Joey Chestnut's return to the hot-dog-eating big stage.
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The U.S. dollar's long dominance as the world's currency is fraying as global investors warm to a "sell America" trading strategy.
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We look at the impact of the Republican tax and spending bill, passed just in time for Fourth of July, and we discuss President Trump's looming trade deal deadline.
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NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Richard Nephew, a senior research scholar at Columbia University, about the prospect of a new nuclear deal between Iran and the U.S.
