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

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

When the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law was passed in late 2021, the U.S. Geological Survey received an influx of funding to support the mapping of areas with potential deposits of critical minerals.

In the Museum of Natural History at the University of Nevada, Reno, curator of herbarium Jerry Tiehm inspects specimens of Nevada plants. Credit: Vanesa de la Cruz Pavas/Hitchcock Project. Before the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Air Liquide, an international industrial gas company, projects their new hydrogen plant in North Las Vegas will finish construction in November of this year. Although hydrogen production plants have ...

Editor’s Note: This story contains accounts of violence in prison including sexual violence. This story has been updated to include information about the type of attack that occurred during this time.