That belief brought Potter into frequent conflict with the National Park Service. While climbing and even free soloing are ...

The primary elections are fast approaching and there are several offices, candidates and ballot questions that are up for a vote of the people on June 9. To help sift through it all, the Sierra Nevada ...

For years, Frank Padilla has collected stories from the people around him. At 70, he spends his retirement helping people ...

On a quiet Tuesday morning, April Cole walks through the quiet, yet full corridor of the Truckee Library. She passes by a class of students huddled on a large rug for the monthly Lego Club, notices a ...

The Oppidan Data Center will be the second in the city of Reno. Photo Richard Bednarski / Sierra Nevada Ally Last month, the Reno City Council approved the Oppidan Data Center to become the city’s ...

Climate action plans are often high on ambition and optimism—filled with bold targets, sweeping strategies, and polished policy documents. But transforming those ideas into reality? That’s where the ...

In 1998, when I was in fourth grade, I joined a class field trip to Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado. But when we got to Cortez, the road was barricaded. Hours earlier, three men had stolen a ...

Grand as they are, it’s easy to overlook giant sequoias, even for those who visit the Sierra Nevada range often. Tahoe skiers and Yosemite climbers don’t even pass close to the biggest clusters of the ...

Photos courtesy of @renoafterdark and @renoresponders via Instagram. Approximately 90,000 Renoites are currently within evacuation zones as the fast-growing Hawk Fire burns near Peavine Mountain and ...

Aerial views of the Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center from August 2025. Photo courtesy of Evan Petty. This story is part of an ongoing series, Who Controls the West, which examines the people, companies ...

In the years before Nevada became a state in 1864, hundreds of hopefuls made their way out West, hoping to strike it rich as part of the California Gold Rush. Along the way, these white settlers often ...

This reporting has been a collaboration between Sierra Nevada Ally and the Daily Yonder, with photography provided by the Deep Indigo Collective From one side of the city limits sign, a groundwater ...