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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.

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

Cornerstone Cottage opened in 2016, in Post Falls, Idaho. The facility looks like a residential home, but is one of many in the “troubled teen industry,”…

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.

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Precipitation, wind change slow growth of Spokane County wildfires

By: Rebecca White / Spokane Public RadioUpdate: Interstate 90 has re-opened. Washington State Department of Transportation officials say crews have…

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

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 increasingly difficult to do so.