Carson City, Nevada’s capital, is a short drive away with its own historical attractions and museums. Virginia City, the famous silver mining boomtown, makes for a fascinating day trip that ...

Mormon Station State Historic Park anchors the town’s historical identity, marking the spot where Nevada’s first permanent non-native settlement took root. The reconstructed trading post stands as a ...

Anjelica Hustons Los Angeles home suffered "significant" damage in the wildfires but she has been able to sort things.

Reno mayor Hillary Schieve, who will cast one of the votes on the Grand Sierra Resort's request for up to $90 million in ...

A professor's casual hike in the High Sierra turned into a new elevation record for California's highest tree, the Jeffrey pine, which wasn't formerly known to grow at extreme elevations.

The Jeffrey pine, one of the iconic trees of the Sierra Nevada, appears to have eclipsed other pines to become the ...

The results for USA TODAY's 10Best Readers Choice Awards list of brewery tours is in and one brewery nestled at the foot of ...

Scientists discover deep earthquakes in California's Sierra Nevada, revealing a process that could offer insights into the formation of continents.

Years ago, I moved to Reno, one of the sunniest cities in the US. Before, I lived in one of the cloudiest regions in the ...

Six conservancies throughout the state will oversee work largely in Southern California and the Sierra Nevada.

A series of atmospheric river events during the winter and spring have caused reservoirs to swell to more than 118% than is ...