Nevada’s landscapes are etched with stories, from sprawling mountains to stretches of arid desert, all bearing traces of a past too often forgotten in today’s rush to the future. Scattered along ...

As Nevada prepares to celebrate its 160th birthday next week — there's a lot of random facts you might not be aware of. Nevada became the 36th state on Oct. 31, 1864. It was the second of two states ...

To many he was Nevada’s longtime state archivist. For others, he was “Rocko,” a crackshot softball player with a mean pitch. For Victoria Rocha, however, he was simply “dad.” Guy Rocha, a historian ...

One of the region's worst fears was realized June 24 when the Angora Fire erupted in South Lake Tahoe, Calif., charring more than 3,000 acres, destroying homes and revisiting concerns about national ...

Just in time for Nevada’s 161st birthday, Mormon Station State Historic Park in Genoa is growing — and with it, a piece of ...

President Donald Trump appeared to suggest the U.S. will resume testing nuclear weapons for the first time in three decades, reopening a chapter of Nevada history that leaders want to remain ...

Nevada is known for its desert bighorn sheep — the official state animal — and the desert tortoise, its official reptile. But there are other official designations that are lesser known, including a ...

University of Nevada, Reno herbarium curator Jerry Tiehm and his colleague Jan Nachlinger have compiled the first complete ...

President Trump ordered the Pentagon to resume nuclear testing “immediately,” ending a moratorium that has been in place since 1992.

The Kneebone family ranch and cemetery were recognized as a Nevada County historical landmark, with plaques unveiling their ...