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Plus, a roundup of Inland Northwest wildfires, a new Washington law makes it easier for tenants to install air conditioning units, and a Boston company with a research study is looking for PFAS-exposed people in the Spokane area.
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Evacuees from fire zones often scramble to find shelter for pets, and some are just found wandering. A shelter in Colorado is busy trying to help.
Arts & Culture
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Maddie’s Secret, from comedian John Early, is a hard film to classify. It plays like an homage to a 1980s TV movie about a woman with an eating disorder, and Nathan Weinbender says it’s a surprisingly thoughtful and sometimes absurd study of an often-mocked genre.
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Movie ReviewsWith his film Fiume o Morte! director Igor Berzinović uses a novel way of telling the history of a troubled city, Dan Webster says. -
85 years ago, Orson Welles released his debut feature Citizen Kane, and movies were never the same. In the decades since, it has been exhaustively analyzed; the subject of countless books, documentaries and biopics; and regularly cited as the greatest American movie.
Events
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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! -
EventsJoin SPR Staff, Hosts, and Volunteers at Art on the Green 2026 -
EventsStop by your local Farmers' Market this summer and visit with SPR staff and volunteers at various Farmers' Markets in our region.
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NPR's Life Kit breaks down what you really need to know about skincare.
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth testified in the Senate on Tuesday. It's the first time since May that anyone has had a chance to ask questions in public about the escalating war in Iran.
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Testosterone is getting a lot of attention lately. The military just announced it will screen service members for low testosterone. Meanwhile, the Trump administration wants to expand access.
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President Trump takes aim at Canada with his latest round of tariffs hitting a variety of goods at 50%.
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Arizona is holding its primaries Tuesday. For many GOP voters, the weight of President Trump's endorsement may sway them in choosing which candidate to back in their party's nominating contests.
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Out of thousands of entries, several R&B artists stood out to the judges in the 2026 Tiny Desk Contest.
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Colorado's biggest wildfire this year has destroyed more than 300 homes. People who lost them are just now being allowed back to their properties.
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As the war with Iran again intensifies, families of sailors deployed around the world are feeling anxious as they watch deployments growing longer.
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Rachel Lynn Solomon has a new book out titled, Extracurricular. She speaks with NPR's Juana Summers about the adult romance novel.
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Eagle advocates say that the famous eagle-cam pair Jackie and Shadow are being threatened by a proposed housing development close to their habitat. Eagle researchers say it's not that simple.
