Inland Empire

American  

noun

1. a region in the U.S. Pacific Northwest, east of the Cascade Range, in eastern Washington, northeastern Oregon, northern Idaho, and northwestern Montana.

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Inland Empire

The station has served the Inland Empire since first hitting the airwaves in 1965.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026

Temperatures are expected to near or exceed triple digits across the Inland Empire, raising the risk of critical fire weather and heat-related illness.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

The couple drove two hours from the Inland Empire to catch the bloom, which had been on Cruz’s bucket list.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026

Longtime radio personalities Evelyn Erives, Nick Nack and Garrison King were all cut from the Inland Empire station last week as part of iHeartMedia’s latest round of national layoffs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026

They call this part of California the Inland Empire, and it’s always smoggy, because whatever nastiness is in the air gets blown here and caught against the mountains.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman