Once a year, early mornings in Reno get a little more magical. Each September, the dawn sky transforms into a canvas of color as nearly 100 hot air balloons rise with the sun, marking the return of ...

Sierra Nevada Ally contributor and filmmaker Richard Bednarski recently completed a documentary all about the project, what ...

From Nevada’s Area 51 mythology to McMinnville, Oregon’s UFO Fest, alien lore continues to turn curiosity, conspiracy, and ...

For the most part, however, warming temperatures mean precipitation falls as rain instead of snow, changing the decisions water managers make about storing runoff from the Sierras, which supplies ...

Anti-ICE messages line the fence of a house across the street from where ICE killed a peaceful observer on Jan. 7. Photo by Claire Carlson. This story by Claire Carlson originally appeared in The ...

It may not seem like it at first, but heat is a serious health threat. Extreme heat is the No. 1 weather-related killer in the United States. Last summer, 526 people died in Clark County, and since ...

Since its first tour stop in Reno in 2018, the Dragon Lights Festival has become a seasonal tradition for many Northern Nevadans. Playing host to an array of art displays, a food court, and market ...

This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. “Getting access to that information when you’re right there is a way to see with your own eyes what is going ...

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 ...

Should we worry, as massive book-banning efforts imply, that young people will be harmed by certain kinds of books? For over a decade and through hundreds of interviews, my colleague, literacy ...

As of December 2025, more than 7.9 million Venezuelans, or 23 percent of the population, have left the country since 2014, according to U.N. International Organization for Migration. So when the ...

Drag performers taking a group photo before their routines. Photo by Christopher Harman. Walking into the LGBTQ Center of Las Vegas, visitors are handed three beaded necklaces by a drag queen dressed ...