For four years starting Jan. 1, insurers in Nevada will have a "sandbox" option to create homeowner policies excluding or ...

Lake Tahoe’s forests are beloved by many for their beauty. Yet they are vulnerable. Tahoe forests, like those throughout the Sierra Nevada, have lost much of their resilience due to overcrowding ...

Up until the 1890s, the tribal people residing in Sierra Nevada’s forests manually initiated small-scale brush fires to keep the ecosystem healthy. But then entered into picture human intellect.

Areas across the state could record anywhere from one to five or more inches of rain. The Sierra will get some snow.

The Garnet Fire has scorched nearly 60,000 acres of the Sierra Nevada in central California. The wildfire burning in the mountains northeast of Fresno was 85% contained as of Tuesday, Sept. 16, after ...

A lightning-sparked wildfire has torn through a grove of ancient giant sequoia trees in California’s Sierra National Forest, with some of the majestic specimens catching fire. The blaze, known as the ...

A lightning-sparked wildfire in California’s Sierra National Forest burned Tuesday through a grove of giant sequoias and set some of the ancient towering trees on fire. Wildland firefighters with tree ...

California’s Sierra Nevada. Scientists and journalists share a core belief in questioning, observing and verifying to reach the truth. Science News reports on crucial research and discovery across ...

Nevada homeowners enjoy some of the lowest insurance premiums in the country, even as national averages continue to rise. While Gulf and coastal states struggle with steep affordability challenges, ...

Nevada homeowners enjoy some of the lowest insurance premiums in the country, even as national averages continue to rise. While Gulf and coastal states struggle with steep affordability challenges, ...