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, new wildfire relief funds from the state. And representatives from the Association of Washington Business are on a bus tour that includes Spokane County's manufacturing industries.
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Filmmaker Seth Randal brings his documentary to Coeur d'Alene. Washington's governor pushes for a statewide school cell phone ban. Spokane County auditor candidates make their case to voters.
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Plus, Spokane's West Plains could be getting a new park, if the state forks over some money. Washington's U.S. senator blames the Postal Service for Washingtonians not having their ballots counted in August.
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Plus, five north Idaho first responders receive one of their state's highest honors and Spokane is in the running to host another major sporting event.
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Plus, the Coeur d'Alene City Council gives the green light to a new residential development. Washington state workers walk out for a day to protest potential budget cuts.
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Plus, how the evacuation drills may have helped reduce the human damage caused by Spokane’s wildfires, and we speak with a restoration expert about what to do to get your house back to pre-fire safety levels.
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Plus, students at Spokane's Indian Trail Elementary look forward to returning to class today. Washington's transportation agency plans new pedestrian bridge over I-90 to link parts of East Central neighborhood.
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Plus, the Spokane River in the Spokane Valley temporarily disappears for a short stretch. Five Central Valley schools to open academic year with new safety measures.
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Plus, a look at two Spokane ballot measures approved during the August election. Two big eastern Washington wildfires are close to full containment.