Recent New York Times reporting on a Minnesota scandal may have cast unwelcome attention to the state’s Somali community, but ...

Despite overwhelming public support, a funding measure for a new library has led to contentious arguments around its ...

On Forest Service land in the Lake Tahoe Basin alone, it was estimated that there were 250,000 burn piles in 2021—conditions that can elevate wildfire risk. In an article published by UC Davis, forest ...

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Giant sequoias, always majestic and impressive, appear even more so beneath a coat of snow. When I toured Mariposa Grove in Yosemite National Park for the first time in winter, enormous, beautiful ...

With the recent walkout by students across our region and the nation, we thought it’d be a good time to take a look at some of the more prominent youth movements throughout the country’s history. The ...

As more people move into the Truckee River watershed, demand for water is increasing while more and more nonpoint source (NPS) pollution is making its way to the river. Nearly half a million people ...

Nevada is going ‘all in’ on critical minerals to boost its economy, bolster rural communities and take charge of the burgeoning electric vehicle market. Not everyone is on board. Critical minerals are ...

While there have been many close calls over the years, no U.S. ski resort had experienced a strike in more than 50 years—that is, until last last month in Park City, Utah. After 10 months of ...

In the far corner of Northeastern Nevada, hours away from paved roads and nestled in a deep canyon lies a small town—and a monster. According to tradition, the Shoshone named the creature of this ...

Those of us who live in the western Great Basin Desert, up in the foothills on the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada, are all too familiar with a wind that is known locally as the Washoe Zephyr.

The state of Nevada is already a starting and ending point for lithium batteries, both as the largest source of lithium in North America and as one of many end-user markets for electric vehicles. But ...