SPR News Today
SPR News Today is Spokane Public Radio’s new daily news podcast. In 10 minutes each weekday morning, the SPR News team will take you through headlines from around the Inland Northwest and bring the context to make sense of them.
Latest Episodes
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Plus, we’re taking a look at Washington’s 7th Legislative District Senate candidates. Voters in Idaho will see Proposition 1 on the ballot. And the Spokane County commissioners vote to increase penalties for people convicted of recklessly exposing people to fentanyl.
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Plus, how Washington state will now be tracking the number of people accessing crisis services, and a look at the candidates in the race for Spokane County Clerk
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Plus, supporters and opponents give their takes on Washington’s Initiative 638, which would ban transgender athletes from girls’ school sports. And many state Supreme Court candidates declined to seek bar association ratings this year.
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Plus, the U.S. Air Force has awarded a new five-year contract to continue investigations into PFAS contamination on the West Plains. Several Spokane organizations are distributing free energy saving kits. Idaho’s version of the Liberty Bell is coming to north Idaho.
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Plus, the Spokane County Board of Commissioners will hold a public hearing today on data centers. Spokane County prosecutor candidates go head-to-head at a NAACP debate. And SPR's Audrey Nelson takes us to the Spokane Showdown Wheelchair Basketball Tournament.
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Plus, a new WSU study on AI in the workplace. And why Northwest emergency management officials are happy with the results of a national earthquake-related exercise last week.
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Plus, candidates for Washington's 5th Congressional District faced off at an NAACP forum last night. And five Spokane County fire districts will have levies on the ballot this fall.
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Plus, several neighborhoods across Spokane are nominated for a program that local and Washington state leaders say will bring new housing and business to the region. A report from a student dental clinic in Lewiston—which can cost a fraction of the normal price. There’s a new University of Washington report on Washington Department of Licensing data used in immigration arrests.