Top Regional News
Carmela Conroy for Congress
Conroy is running to represent Eastern Washington at the federal level. She sat down with SPR's Audrey Nelson to discuss her priorities.
The Labor Department offers an update Friday on the strength of the U.S. job market. The news comes as long-term interest rates have been climbing.
Arts & Culture
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Spokane Symphony Music Director James Lowe and From the Studio host Jim Tevenan talk about the second Masterworks program of the new SSO season. -
Mandy Scheffler and Anna Gyure Havlek from Vytal Movement Dance visited the studio to talk about their upcoming event, Resonance. -
Composer Eric Whitacre spoke with host Henry McNulty about the album Eternity in an Hour.
Events
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EventsTune in to SPR News to hear live broadcasts of conversations with the candidates for the 3rd, 4th, and 6th Washington State Legislative Districts. -
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 Michel Martin speaks with Robert Garland, artistic director of the Dance Theatre of Harlem, a company where he was once principal dancer and that he is taking back to the African continent for the first time since the 1990s.
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The U.S. Supreme Court opens a new term, with test cases on religion, guns, immigration and climate change ahead.
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Google has launched an experimental satellite that will test the feasibility of putting AI data centers in space.
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Car crimes have plunged in San Francisco over the last four years. The city credits, in part, Flock cameras. We investigate the claim.
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Since the 2024 election, Black voters have led a surge in Democratic voter enthusiasm by responding to a Supreme Court decision that weakened the Voting Rights Act.
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School districts that drive long distances are navigating record high diesel prices in different ways. Some have transitioned to electric or propane buses to ease the pinch.
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Reaction was swift after the execution of a Tennessee woman was halted because she survived two lethal injections.
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NPR's Michel Martin asks Randy Spivey, a lawyer representing a death row inmate who survived two lethal injections, about Tennessee's handling of executions.
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The family of a woman killed during an immigration enforcement surge in Minnesota is filing two civil suits against the federal government.
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Brazil's election this weekend pits Lula against Bolsonaro — this time, Jair Bolsonaro's son, Flávio — in a closely fought presidential race.
