Sierra Nevada

On Saturday afternoon, the Nevada National Guard took a group of local educators and community leaders on a helicopter tour as a part of a recruitment push.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is spending more than $490 million to reduce wildfire risk in the West.

A winter storm dropped several feet of snow in higher elevations over the weekend on the Sierra Nevada and is now traveling east.

Recent storms brought mountain snowpack above normal levels across much of the West, but the precipitation only slightly improves the region's long-term drought conditions.

As summer quickly approaches, snow is melting on the mountaintops. This time of year, some of that snow won’t be the pristine white color you think of. It…

Here are your local news headlines for the morning of Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021.Blizzard Conditions Making For Treacherous TravelA blizzard warning is in…

Originally published on February 14, 2020 on The Hitchcock Project.ENGLISH MEADOW, Calif. — Come spring, when the snow melts, this high mountain meadow…

Summertime in Northern Nevada can really bring the heat. Fortunately, for most of us, cooling down is as easy as heading to the refrigerator. But it…

This year marks the 150th anniversary of the completion of the transcontinental railroad, a massive undertaking that employed thousands of Chinese…

After the first couple of storms of the winter season, much of the Eastern Sierra is at or above the historic median snow totals for this time of year,…