Spokane Public Radio Archives - Northwest Public Broadcasting

Rape, beatings and racial slurs: None of it was enough to shut down this Idaho youth facility

By Rebecca White October 6, 2023

A brown, 2-story house is shown with blue skies in the background and green trees. Curtains in the house are closed and the numbers "820" are nailed into the center representing the address. A gate and brown fence with ramp and a few stairs go down to a small green grass yard in front.

Employees at Cornerstone Cottage alerted state officials to the dangers, only to be fired themselves Cornerstone Cottage opened in 2016 in Post Falls, Idaho, a booming bedroom community 25 miles […]Read More

Precipitation, wind change slow growth of Spokane County wildfires

By Rebecca White August 21, 2023

Two firefighters face away from camera looking up at tree. They each hold large chainsaws and are dressed in long yellow sleeves, jeans and hardhats. In the distant background, smoke can be seen rising above black ground in front of scattered pine trees.

Workers remove trees impacted by the Gray Fire near Interstate 90. (Courtesy: Washington State Department of Transportation) Read By: Rebecca White / Spokane Public Radio Update: Interstate 90 has re-opened. Washington […]Read More

How Do We ‘Bridge The Divide’ Across The Northwest? We Ask That In Re:Building Democracy

By NWPB News February 23, 2021

Deepening polarization is eroding faith in the electoral and democratic process on which our democracy depends. What can we do to cultivate mutual respect, repair damaged relationships, and reweave a civic fabric frayed from years of growing division? In this episode, produced by NWPB, we discuss working and speaking together in the Northwest in a climate that is Read More