Why not honor Susan Thew instead? Women mountaineers were nearly nonexistent when she hiked hundreds of High Sierra miles ...

As a Reno metro resident, I was shocked to watch the mountains north of the city go ablaze. Nevada’s wildfire insurance rules ...

Laura Longero is the Editor-in-Chief of CarInsurance.com and a Nevada-based insurance expert. With more than 15 years of ...

Climate action plans are often high on ambition and optimism—filled with bold targets, sweeping strategies, and polished policy documents. But transforming those ideas into reality? That’s where the ...

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.

Allison Jolley, along with numerous other forestry professionals, directly connect our ability to fight wildfire to the resilience of our workforce. Right now, however, our workforce is not as ...

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 ...

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 ...

Reducing the risk of wild fire devastation in the Sierra Nevada is a daunting and multi-faceted task. Much of the effort is focused on reducing fuel load in the forest so that fires that do flare up ...

Nevadans will elect officials to represent them in state government, ahead of next year’s biennial legislative session. According to the state: “Members of the Assembly are elected every two years, ...

A proposed toll road would connect Spanish Springs to USA Parkway to give commuters another option and avoid Interstate 80. Photo Richard Bednarksi / Sierra Nevada Ally Update: A previous version of ...

This story is part of an ongoing series, Who Controls the West, which examines the people, companies and organizations that make decisions over how land and resources are used across the American West ...