Ward Charcoal Ovens State Historic Park near Ely delivers exactly that kind of head-scratching, jaw-dropping moment when you ...

The pristine white snowpack blanketing the Rocky Mountains may look pure, but a new study reveals it carries an invisible ...

As the second-largest US state and the site of its most famous gold rush, there is a significant collection of ghost towns in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Catawissa Creek, a visually beautiful waterway that drains into the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania, suffers from acid mine ...

Explore seven of the most fascinating abandoned mines in Texas and learn a bit about their history, location, and eerie allure. This video takes you through old mining sites that once powered local ...

Karen Budd-Falen, the No. 3 at the Interior Department, didn’t disclose a $3.5 million water-rights contract between her husband and the developers of a Nevada mine, records show. By Lisa Friedman A ...

Now that high school basketball teams have several games under their belts, we can start to get a feel for who the top teams are around Northern Nevada. With school on winter break for two weeks, many ...

High school basketball season is in full swing now, and three teams — Reno, Spanish Springs and Bishop Manogue — are the early top contenders in the Class 4A-North, while Fernley and Fallon are the ...

MCDERMITT — It’s nearly impossible to find a family in McDermitt that hasn’t been scarred by a cancer death. Flanked by the Fort McDermitt Indian Reservation to the south and north, the town’s ...

New Mexico's Environment Department plans to finish cleaning up at least one abandoned uranium mine by next summer, and has begun site evaluations at 15 uranium mine and mill sites in the northwest ...