The City of Nevada City is proposing to take operational control of the Miners Foundry Cultural Center, following a Feb. 12 ...

Some of the most remote areas of the foothills and Sierra Nevada will finally be connected to reliable high-speed internet thanks to a partnership between a local internet ...

But in the push for cleaner energy sources, coal, known as the dirtiest fossil fuel, has fallen out of favor. In 2013, at the urging of Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV), Nevada lawmakers passed a bill requiring ...

Shutterstock The Ghost Town Born from a Gold Mine While many ghost towns are scattered across the American Southwest, Vulture ...

Over the years, many abandoned mines have transformed into captivating tourist attractions, drawing visitors for both their ...

A group of journalists were allowed to tour a weapons laboratory deep underground in Frenchman Flat, Nevada. NPR's science correspondent Geoff Brumfiel was among them.

Navajo communities along the 174-mile stretch of the uranium haul route on Diné lands say the tribe and mining company are ...

Rising demand for clean tech minerals drives a re-evaluation of recovering low-value mine waste, writes Theresa Smith, ESI ...

With little attention in the media, except in a few Western states, former President Joe Biden on Dec. 19 signed the Good Samaritan Remediation of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act. It ...

Image Fraga and Donnelly mapping out areas of proposed lithium mines. The region’s distinctive geography and geology make Nevada and its borderlands a hot spot for lithium projects.Credit ...

Rosalind C. Morris does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations ...

Nevada was the second-fastest growing state in the West in 2024 and the sixth-fastest growing nationwide. The state’s population grew by 1.7% between July 2023 and July 2024, according to U.S ...