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Tourism now accounts for more than 60% of Lake Tahoe’s $5 billion regional economy — up from 40% in 2010, according to the nonprofit center’s research released this week.

Encounters with black bears in Northern Nevada neighborhoods and on roads are up significantly in recent months, with a summer of historic wildfires near Lake Tahoe likely to blame …

Nevada health officials say rural areas with low vaccination rates remain a concern, but overall COVID-19 trends continue to improve statewide, with a test positivity rate …

The NFL has found no other current team or league personnel to have sent emails containing racist, homophobic or misogynistic language similar to messages written by Jon Gruden t

There was a time not too long ago that when the prep football teams at Palo Verde and Bishop Gorman played, it was a standing room only affair. Gorman’s rise to prominence in Nevada …

Gwen Vaughn was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease about a year ago. But rather than facing Parkinson’s alone, Vaughn said she knew exactly where to find easy, affordable access to treatment and a community of other patients: the Cleveland Clinic Lou …

Texas can continue banning most abortions after a federal appeals court rejected the Biden administration’s latest attempt to stop a novel law that has become the nation’s biggest curb to abortion in nearly 50 years.

Taiwanese officials set up an independent commission Friday to investigate the conditions at a run-down building in the port city of Kaohsiung where a fire killed 46, while authorities scoured the blackened ruins for the cause of the blaze.

Cody Bellinger pointed at the dugout and pounded his chest in triumph after delivering the biggest hit this season for the defending World Series champions.

The Seattle Kraken wound up having to wait longer to play their first regular-season game on home ice than they did their first victory.