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Late last week, rumors on social media swirled that the Omak Library was on the brink of closure, prompting more than 100 people to attend Monday’s city council meeting.
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Europe is increasingly alarmed by Trump's talk of annexing Greenland, an autonomous Danish territory in the EU and NATO, especially after the U.S. incursion in Venezuela last weekend.
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Nathan Weinbender runs down his picks for the best 10 movies of 2025. -
Movie Reviews“The Secret Agent” is an intense study of what it meant to be a target of corrupt forces in 1970s Brazil, Dan Webster says. -
Movies 101On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender and Mary Pat Treuthart will be doing what they annually do: giving their impressions of the past year’s films—the good, the bad and the ugly.
Events
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EventsSpokane Public Radio is a media partner for BANFF Mountain Film Festival -
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Tune to SPR News Saturday, December 6, 2025 from 6-7:30 pm to hear holiday favorites played by local musicians.
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250 years after Thomas Paine published 'Common Sense', what can we learn from the revolutionary work today?
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Orlando Higginbottom, the electronic music artist who performs as TEED, on the sounds and influences behind his new album, 'Always With Me'.
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In 1955, Ruth Ellis was hanged for killing her abusive partner. Her case became one of the catalysts for abolishing the death penalty in the UK, and 70 years later her family is seeking a posthumous pardon.
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After the death of legendary DJ Art Laboe, his beloved oldies radio show has found a new host in Angel "Baby" Rodriguez, who's continuing Laboe's tradition of love dedications and connections across California.
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Renee Good won a national prize six years ago for her poem "On Learning to Dissect Fetal Pigs," which muses on science and faith. Good was shot to death by an ICE agent this week in Minneapolis. -
The scene in Minneapolis in the days after an ICE agent fatally shot a 37-year-old mother.
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Following fraud investigations in Minnesota, five Democratic-led states are suing the Trump administration after it said it's freezing funding intended to help low-income families and children.
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President Trump met with oil executives on Friday. Trump wants major investments in Venezuela. He announced a near-term plan to control Venezuelan oil sales.
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Tehran has imposed a nationwide internet blackout as protests continue to spread across Iran.
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An immigration court in San Francisco is the latest to close its doors, NPR has learned, as the Trump administration seeks to remake the system that offers immigrants due process.
