Reno adds a world-class indoor climbing facility Climbers are moving indoors. The sport of indoor rock climbing is in steep ascent, underlined by the fact that it will make its Olympic debut at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Games. “There is a change of philosophy from...
Nevada Museum of Art exhibition traces the history and evolution of Burning Man Among the tens of thousands of diehard “Burners” stretching the globe, only a select few know the history behind the countercultural phenomenon quite like Michael Mikel. With the assistance of Mikel and...
Beloved San Francisco Giants broadcaster relishing life in spite of debilitating disease "We love it here," says Mike Krukow, his unmistakable broadcaster’s voice forming clouds of fog over his frozen backyard. Krukow pauses as his golden retriever, Bella, beckons for a game of fetch. The longtime San...
At first glance, the photo is unsettling: A child inside a newly constructed home, not just playing near insulation, but sticking her arms inside of it. For Andrew Legge, founder of Sparks, Nevada–based Havelock Wool, the image encapsulates what sets his product apart from the...
The Flood of 1997 is remembered as one of the Reno–Tahoe area’s worst natural disasters in modern history The first drops fell on the northern Sierra on a Monday. It was December 30 and the forecasters had warned for several days that an enormous storm system...
Midtown music venue and brewpub bolstering the city’s rising social status It’s a Friday night and The Saint is buzzing and brimming with a cocktail of people. Bespectacled hipsters. Bearded folkies. Leather-clad rockers. Blitzen Trapper, a revered alt-country band from Portland, Oregon, is launching into its 90-minute...
New nonstop flights bolster the region’s air service Don’t be surprised to hear a few more Southern accents—from both Southern California and the Southern United States—on the ski slopes this season. Dallas, Atlanta and several locations in Southern California are among the latest additions to the slate...
Longtime president of Nevada’s premier environmental science institute steps down Looking at the list of recent projects at Desert Research Institute (DRI) makes it clear the institution’s reach extends far beyond its two main campuses in Reno and Las Vegas. There is an analysis of extreme aquatic...
Aces Ballpark to host professional soccer team...
NMA adds rooftop event venue...