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Kent and Black Diamond plan to spend the money to hire new officers. Officials have complained about the program’s slow rollout.
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Russia's full-scale war in Ukraine recently crossed the four-year mark. Throughout that time, one of the biggest questions has been: Is this what Russians want?
Arts & Culture
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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. -
Conversation with Spokane String Quartet violist Jeanette Wee-Yang and guest 'cellist Calvin Kung
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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NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Nicole Grajewski, professor at Sciences Po and author of Russia and Iran, about Russia's reported support of Iran's military.
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Iran's internet and phone calls are still blocked, and trying to reach the outside world comes with real risk.
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On this week's "My Unsung Hero" from Hidden Brain, one woman says she witnessed a heroic act while suffering in an emergency room.
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While commuters race through New York's Moynihan Station, dancers rehearse all down the corridor before they film their performances for social media.
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New York City isn't the only place pushing to expand free child care. We check in on this growing trend, and how states and cities are paying for it.
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President Trump recently said the only way Democrats "can get elected is to cheat, and we're going to stop it." NPR traveled through swing districts in Pennsylvania to see what people think of that.
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NPR's Juana Summers speaks with author Sarvat Hasin about her new novel Strange Girls and the complexities of friendship.
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In this charming TV series, Kevin Kline plays a Shakespearean actor who retreats to his small hometown after a crisis, and gets engaged in an effort to save the local theater. -
As a culture critic, Lemieux has spent years pushing back against the stereotypes and stigma that follow single mothers. Her new book blends her own memoir with the stories of 21 other Black women.
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The psychoactive substance in magic mushrooms appears to have a powerful effect on people trying to stop smoking.
