Joe Schoenmann
Host/Senior ProducerJoe Schoenmann joined Nevada Public Radio in 2014. He works with a talented team of producers at State of Nevada who explore the casino industry, sports, politics, public health and everything in between.
Prior to joining KNPR, he worked in newspapers and magazines in Wisconsin, then in Nevada at the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Las Vegas Sun and Las Vegas Life magazine. He’s won awards for investigative reporting, feature writing and deadline reporting, and has written a little-known book looking at a Vegas hitman and his son through the eyes of the son’s mother.
A Midwest native, Joe graduated from University of Wisconsin-Madison. After a stint as a janitor, he turned to journalism. A Las Vegas resident since 1997, he spends his free time with friends, writing unproduced scripts, and observing life’s rich pageant.
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Today, the platform is yours, to share whatever is on your mind in our community — your concerns, hope, stories and more. -
Patience Frazier, who lived in Winnemucca — a town of around 7,000 people 70 miles south of Oregon, or 500 miles north of Las Vegas — spent two years in prison after having a miscarriage in 2018. -
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Let’s discuss something candidates try to make political but really aren’t: sports. -
When Commercial Center opened in 1963 — 61 years ago — it was the jewel of Las Vegas with 200 storefronts on 40-plus acres. Over time, it's worn down. -
Pedestrian deaths — people walking on the road hit and killed by vehicles — is almost as high as it was the last two or three years, and we still have two months to go before the end of the year. -
The Nevada Supreme Court ruled Monday that mail-in ballots with smudged, indecipherable or missing postmarks can be counted for up to three days after polls close on Election Day. -
As the nation focuses on the race for president, many are looking to Nevada as the key to controlling or losing power in Congress. -
This budding Hollywoodian knows there's more to the business than fun and games ... but she's still having fun -
Early voting is already underway in Nevada. Nevada Public Radio and Vegas PBS co-hosted a special broadcast of State of Nevada to discuss the election.
