The residents of the cowboy town of Elko, Nevada have a massive secret in their backyard. It’s called the Ruby Mountains Wilderness. Just 30 minutes southeast of Elko, rising from northeastern ...

2003-04-06 04:00:00 PDT Lamoille, Nev.-- He told me his name was Johnny and he'd lived his whole life here, except for "the two years I gave to Uncle Sam." I didn't ask which two years. It was the ...

It’s almost time for the Forest Service to make a recommendation on a proposal to offer oil and gas leases in Nevada’s Ruby Mountains. But first the agency is giving the public another chance to weigh ...

Almost 400 miles north of Las Vegas and just over the hill from Elko is one of Nevada's natural treasures, a mountain range with 10 jagged peaks that climb past 10,000 feet in elevation. The highest ...

As President Joe Biden nears the end of his time in office, his administration is proposing lasting protections for a mountain range commonly referred to as the “Swiss Alps of Nevada.” Even though ...

The Christmas Tree Pass Scenic Drive begins 2.3 miles south of Searchlight, Nevada and allows visitors to see the Newberry Mountains section of Avi Kwa Ame. About half of the drive is within the new ...

necessarily Alaska levels, but the snow here is pure western fluff.

ELKO COUNTY, Nev. — Elko County's Ruby Mountains may be the site of oil and gas drilling after the Trump administration announced plans to reopen the range to speculative drilling. For tribal ...