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 ...

Inside the Holland Project in midtown Reno, a projector cast the face of a man in a suit, and a seemingly simple question: “Who is this, and what is his current title?” Around the room, the reaction ...

Serrell Smokey is chairman of the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California, which recently purchased significant portions of ancestral land in the Sierra region. This land return marks one of the largest ...

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 ...

In Part 2 of this series, we explored the use of solitary confinement in Nevada and the United States, tracing its reach and comparing its toll to that of other Western nations. The continued use of ...

Emerging technologies will be at the forefront of this summer’s launch of the ten-year, multi-agency effort to address aquatic invasive species (AIS) as laid out in The Lake Tahoe Region Invasive ...

First, it was East Reno. At one point, it was New Town Tract. Then it became Harriman, after the president of Southern Pacific Railroad, whose workers built a switching yard and repair center in 1904.

In Part 1 of this series, we met Frank De Palma, a man who spent 22 years in solitary confinement at Ely State Prison. Though Frank’s story is harrowing and singular, it is far from unique. It stands ...

Even while the recent heatwave is over and warming temperatures are ahead, the central Sierra snowpack remains at nearly 300% of normal, with much of the Truckee River watershed at 200%. The heatwave ...

The way mines are taxed in Nevada is enshrined in the State Constitution, and the Constitution is not easily revised, but any one of 3 joint resolutions passed during the recent special session of the ...

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 ...