Throughout his childhood, Davis watched Chavez reinvent himself as a charismatic leader who promised to rescue Venezuela from ...

Recent New York Times reporting on a Minnesota scandal may have cast unwelcome attention to the state’s Somali community, but ...

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On Forest Service land in the Lake Tahoe Basin alone, it was estimated that there were 250,000 burn piles in 2021—conditions that can elevate wildfire risk. In an article published by UC Davis, forest ...

Despite overwhelming public support, a funding measure for a new library has led to contentious arguments around its ...

Immigration Lawyer Kyle Edgerton on his way to work. Photo by Alex Couraud / Sierra Nevada Ally As a bike commuter, Kyle Edgerton spends his mornings navigating the hills and curves around Reno to get ...

This article first appeared on High Country News. Fifty miles east of Reno, Nevada, on the edge of Fallon, a small agricultural and military town, John King looked across a noisy highway toward the ...

Editor’s Note: The following is part of a series from the Sierra Nevada Ally, called Vet Voices, where military veterans in our region share their diverse perspectives, experiences, and ideas–in their ...

When Crystal, a Sparks resident, contracted COVID-19 in 2021, she lost her taste and smell for nine months. Just as her senses began to return, new complications emerged — fatigue, memory fog, and a ...

Editor’s Note: This story contains accounts of violence in prison including sexual violence. This story has been updated to include information about the type of attack that occurred during this time.

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.