KNPR's State of Nevada
Weekdays
KNPR's State of Nevada is the essential public affairs broadcast to understand what's happening here. Newsmakers and experts give context to local issues; interviews explore the unique character — and characters — of our region. KNPR's State of Nevada is a daily conversation about this place we call home.
Latest Episodes
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With the holidays, people start to feel more giving, more generous. But with so much money exchanging hands, criminals are waiting with new methods of tricking unsuspecting consumers into scams. -
If people didn’t know about George Knapp before, they might now. Netflix last month released a six-part series, Investigation Alien, that follows Knapp in his search. -
In September 2020, Area15 opened to enthusiastic crowds tired of pandemic quarantine. Four years and 13 million guests later, its growth has led to a full-blown entertainment district. -
Each year, our city-regional magazine Desert Companion honors the best restaurants, chefs, and restauranteurs in Southern Nevada. -
According to a recently released CDC report, our state had the second-biggest rate increase in the number of deaths due to drug overdose from June 2023 to June 2024, compared with the previous year. -
Would you like to have high-speed, low-cost fiberoptic internet at your house? Do you even know what that is? Or better yet, would it be worth potentially having your lawn wrecked, your car towed, or even your sewer line damaged? -
For longer than Las Vegas has been a city, people have fanned out across this country every winter to do one thing: count birds. -
As you know, this radio station is pretty much all-talk, all hours of the day. But some of you may remember that in the 1980s and 1990s, KNPR was renowned for producing a Monday night jazz program. -
Thursday is Thanksgiving. And while the history of the holiday is fraught with misgivings, it’s a time to celebrate with friends, family, even strangers. -
Thacker Pass, near the Nevada-Oregon border, is an area rich with lithium ore. However, environmentalists and tribes have fought the effort for years now.
