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 ...

The National Poetry Month Reading Series, hosted again by the Mountain Music Parlor in Reno, Nev. and Lindsay Wilson, takes place Thursdays in April. Events begin at 6:30 pm. Teresa reads this ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Throughout the United States, the majority of housing is made up of suburban, single-family homes. However, as an increase in housing demands is met with a lack of usable space–especially in the ...

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 ...

Nevadans will elect their next lieutenant governor in 2026 in a statewide race that often receives less attention than the governor’s office—but plays an important role in economic development, ...

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 ...