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Gun rights supporters to rally at Nevada statehouse Saturday

Apr 12, 2018 (5:25 p.m.)

By Associated Press

National organizers are encouraging gun rights supporters to rally at Nevada's Capitol on Saturday as part of ...

Nevada troopers warn that driving while high still illegal

December 31, 2016

By Associated Press

State troopers are warning Nevada drivers that driving while high will remain against the law in 2017 despite the legalization of ...
Cameras might circle Lake Tahoe to help warn of fires

December 7, 2014

Associated Press

Nevada scientists working to expand early earthquake warning systems around Lake Tahoe are developing new plans to eventually ring the mountain lake's basin with a network of cameras to help alert authorities to potentially disastrous wildfires.
How they’re constructing a birthday cake befitting a state the size of Nevada

March 19, 2014

By Matt Hufman

Could Heidi Englund, her husband, Eric, and her friend Misti Gower replicate the 1964 cake, which measured 21 feet long and 13 feet wide and weighed 1,300 pounds? The baking brain trust has plenty of eager volunteers because, as Gower puts it, “People love cake.” Here's what else they have going for them.
Monument near Crystal Springs stands as reminder of religious revelation

March 17, 2014

By Matt Hufman

A refrigerator-sized monument stands atop a lonely summit about 100 miles north of Las Vegas, just off State Route 375. It’s a tribute to an angelic revelation ...
Ely is a long way from the Philippines, but it’s home

March 15, 2014

By Matt Hufman

Roela Peacock works 17 hours a day, four days a week, to help provide for her family. It’s her version of the American dream — not that she ever planned to live the American dream. Especially in Ely, which is ...
In Mark Twain’s Storey County, the struggle to keep a library alive

January 17, 2014

By Matt Hufman

You'd think that, of all places, there would be a library in Virginia City, where Mark Twain launched his career. It's even called Storey County (if you can overlook the spelling). Well, there was a library here, then it lost its funding. Now it might be making a comeback.
Finding Nevada: Where junkers are planted in the desert and called art

January 5, 2014

By Matt Hufman

Passing motorists traveling past the one-time boomtown of Goldfield may well notice the collection of old junkers off the highway, assembled in such a way that it's no ordinary junkyard. Its creators call it art.
Finding Nevada: A man’s passion to renovate a 147-year-old inn into a bed-and-breakfast

December 15, 2013

By Matt Hufman

When history buff Rick Main heard of the possibility of buying and renovating a 147-year-old inn in the ghost town of Belmont, he was thrilled. But that was before he confronted some obstacles. Now he's wondering if it's worth it.
Finding Nevada: Here’s a nuclear blast site you can visit — just don’t eat the dirt

October 29, 2013

By Matt Hufman

Nevada is famous as the host of nuclear explosions at the old test site. But here's another site of an underground test — one that you can visit if you know how to find it. Just don't eat the dirt.
Finding Nevada: Falling leaves in autumn colors adorn Carson City

October 28, 2013

By Matt Hufman

Some days, the best way to enjoy Nevada is to lie on the grass and look around.
Finding Nevada: As small towns go, Yerington’s got a big museum

October 27, 2013

By Matt Hufman

There are more than a few surprises inside the brimming Lyon County Museum in the pint-sized farming community of Yerington. It's a bit of a mystery how a copy of "The Mikado" ended up in museum hands, and for now it's in a storage room.
FINDING NEVADA: Celebrating Nevada Day in the state capital

October 26, 2013

By Matt Hufman

A parade is a parade is a parade, unless it's held in Carson City and celebrates the founding of of Nevada. About the only way to start this sort of day: a pancake breakfast with the governor in an apron.
Finding Nevada: Where to explore military history and gifts that won’t bomb

October 24, 2013

By Matt Hufman

Nevada has mob, neon and children's museums, but you've got to trek to Hawthorne for a history of bullets and bombs. If nothing else, you won't believe what you can buy there to hold your potted plants.
Finding Nevada: In a state brimming with mustangs, let’s not forget our burros

October 24, 2013

By Matt Hufman

Here's an animal that can't muster the kind of following as Nevada's wild mustangs, but is due more credit for the workhorse that it has been in the settlement of the West.

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