From trading posts to mining towns, Nevada's oldest towns emerged during the Gold Rush, as more people headed to the Western United States to settle and seek their fortune. Here's a look at the five ...

Nevada is the 11th most biodiverse state in the nation but ranks third for having the most plants and animals at risk, according to NatureServe, a nonprofit that provides conservancy data to public ...

Iwas on the phone the other day with a new Nevada Mining Association member company, talking about the buzz building across our state’s mining sector. As soon as that call ended, I was lining up a ...

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - Many of you have trouble getting a doctors appointment. In fact, some Nevadans say they resort to urgent care or the emergency room just to get in front of a doctor in the ...

Nevada has one of the lowest levels of educational attainment in the country, according to a new WalletHub study. The personal finance site compared all 50 states using metrics like college degree ...

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — It's no secret that the Nevada education system has been a work in progress for a long time. Historically, when compared to the other 49 states, Nevada is usually in the bottom 10.

Though the highest point in Nevada -- Boundary Peak -- towers 13,147 feet above the remote wilderness of Southern Nevada, the tallest buildings are concentrated in the Silver State's population hub: ...

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A vast triangle-shaped region north of Las Vegas over the last six decades has developed a reputation as a hot spot for plane disappearances by conspiracy theorists and aviation enthusiasts. Some ...

At the end of “Spider-Man: Homecoming,” Netflix’s “Stranger Things,” and dozens of other movies and TV shows, there’s a logo that has become familiar to cinephiles over the past decade: a Georgia ...

The Nevada City Council approved rezoning the former Story County Medical Center to allow for a 60-unit apartment building called Nevada Flats. Despite previous rejection and community concerns about ...

LAS VEGAS — Conference championship week is really starting to heat up now. The Mountain West men's basketball tournament ramps up another notch Thursday as the top seeds drop in to the quarterfinals ...