As the 2026 election season continues, a coalition of Nevada grassroots organizations holds local trivia night to encourage ...

Thousands of cyclists labored to climb in the High Sierra’s thin air. Lungs and thighs burned as the grade steepened near the ...

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The Oppidan Data Center will be the second in the city of Reno. Photo Richard Bednarski / Sierra Nevada Ally Last month, the Reno City Council approved the Oppidan Data Center to become the city’s ...

Aerial views of the Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center from August 2025. Photo courtesy of Evan Petty. This story is part of an ongoing series, Who Controls the West, which examines the people, companies ...

Serrell Smokey is chairman of the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California, which recently purchased significant portions of ancestral land in the Sierra region. This land return marks one of the largest ...

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 high desert of Western Nevada is a land of starkly beautiful multi-colored peaks, endless waves of sagebrush, and stands of drought resistant pinyon pines. It is a hardy land of quiet allure, but ...

Emerging technologies will be at the forefront of this summer’s launch of the ten-year, multi-agency effort to address aquatic invasive species (AIS) as laid out in The Lake Tahoe Region Invasive ...

A new bill in the Nevada Legislature would allow cyclists to turn without stopping at stop signs, like this one near the campus of the University of Nevada, Reno. Photo Richard Bednarski / Sierra ...

In Reno and Sparks, residents are set to elect a new mayor and officials to serve on the City Council, and Washoe County residents have choices for county commission. Mayors, city council members, and ...