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Aspen Ford/Washington State Standard
Thousands of public employees took part in the lunch hour action, which comes as their union negotiates new labor contracts ahead of an Oct. 1 deadline.
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Idaho Department of Agriculture
The Supreme Court is allowing construction to continue on the White House ballroom over dissents from the chief justice and the court's three liberals.
Arts & Culture
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This week, "Movies 101" will be discussing two films that feature teen characters. One, titled Tony, is based on the early life of a real person, the late chef and travel documentarian Anthony Bourdain. The other is a trek into horror titled, appropriately, Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma. -
As the biopic Tony shows, movie attempts to capture the character of a real person all too often fall flat, Dan Webster says.
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The End of Oak Street is a standard family-in-crisis movie with a fantastical dystopian conceit, Dan Webster says.
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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Spiking prices and rental bidding wars are raising fears of more displacement in a city where previous tech booms and a housing shortage have already driven out many. -
Supreme Court allows President Trump to continue construction of White House ballroom, Army Secretary Dan Driscoll steps down, world finance leaders meet in North Carolina for G-20 summit.
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NPR's A Martinez speaks with folk/bluegrass guitarist Billy Strings, whose new album "So Much for Goodbyes" pays tribute to his late mother.
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A rematch in a swing district Pennsylvania is showcasing how Republican messaging from 2024 is getting a replay, this time from Democratic candidates.
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NPR's A Martinez speaks with Financial Times sports columnist Simon Kuper about soccer superstar Lionel Messi's announcement that he is retiring from Argentina's national team.
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Ongoing rain chances are making search and rescue operations at the Grand Canyon more hazardous following Saturday's deadly flooding.
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The U.S. is playing host to finance ministers from around the world this week. Russia's top economic official made a stir on Monday when he showed up in person at the meeting in North Carolina.
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NPR's Leila Fadel asks former Deputy National Security Adviser Jon Finer about U.S. efforts to cultivate global support to economically isolate and pressure Iran.
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Several New York state sheriffs are suing the governor for signing a law banning ICE cooperation agreements. It's just the latest such lawsuit challenging state bans on these controversial deals and unlikely to be the last, according to experts.
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art will no longer honor famed fashion designer John Galliano with a career retrospective. Neither will he be celebrated at this year's Met Gala.
