Spokane's Maddie's Place neo-natal nursery looks for permanent funding, while exporting its care model. Should med students learn more about caring for dying patients? The West Central Abbey turns to artists for fundraising help.

SPR's Doug Nadvornick talks with Spokane legislators Marcus Riccelli, Suzanne Schmidt and Timm Ormsby about the 2026 legislative session that begins Monday.

Hear our 2025 interviews with Hannah Cvancara, Cathy McMorris Rodgers and Julie Tate-Libby.

FAVS News takes us to a warehouse where food is "rescued" and re-routed to people who need it. We talk with the author of a new book about what may have been Spokane's greatest baseball team and learn how apples became established in Washington in the 19th century.

We learn about the Spokane Regional Land Bank, which seeks to buy and sell land for affordable housing. Eppa Epperly from Idaho Ed News tells us how politics and education have become entwined in Kootenai County. Spokane County's Guardianship Monitoring Program turns 25.

A panel of experts talk about the basic but deceptively complicated questions that are at the heart of the affordable housing conversation.

Researcher/author Jim Thomas talks about his "atomic pilgrimage." ER nurse Hannah Cvancara wants amputees to have more military opportunities. International students navigate Spokane-area culture.