KNPR's State of Nevada

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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; discussion and profile 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.

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Coming up on Thursday's program ...

Tracking the pandemic through human waste; a new national monument; pole vaulters descend on Reno

Thursday, January 20, 2022

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A UNLV researcher models the pandemic's future by studying sewage

Jan 20, 2022

When UNLV researchers want to predict the path of the pandemic they pop open a manhole.

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Pole vaulters from around the world descend on Reno

Jan 20, 2022

Think sports and Reno and what comes to mind? Skiing and snowboarding at Lake Tahoe?

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Elected officials, indigenous people push for new national monument in Clark County

Jan 20, 2022

Avi Kwa’ Ame — otherwise known as Spirit Mountain — lies just 80 miles south of Las Vegas, just northwest of Laughlin and east of U.S. Highway 95.

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Wednesday, January 19, 2022

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Vegas Chamber event offers upbeat economic forecasts for '22

Jan 19, 2022

Forecasters gave a mostly upbeat assessment of Southern Nevada’s economy during the Vegas Chamber’s an

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Whistleblower wins round in fight against state workplace safety agency

Jan 19, 2022

Commentator John L. Smith says a federal appeals court “opened the door” for a whistleblower’s closely watched lawsuit to proceed against Nevada’s workplace safety agency.