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The hanging of Elizabeth Potts marks Nevada’s only execution of a woman. Photos courtesy of the Northeastern Nevada Museum. “It is a dreadful thing to hang a woman, but not […]

More than 30 artists demonstrate the breadth of the Silver State’s art scene in Las Vegas exhibition. BY MEGG MUELLER Thanks to the magic of seven colorful mountains, a partnership between […]

Harolds Club RENO’S WILD WEST CASINO EXPERIMENT LEAVES LASTING IMPRESSION ON GAMING. BY DORESA BANNING The giant, $60,000 mural that once hung over Harolds Club’s South Virginia Street entrance in […]

Discover the quest of two sisters to recover their homeland. By KATHIE TAYLOR Carrie Dann—an elder in the Western Shoshone Nation—goes into the mountains surrounding her Crescent Valley home one […]

BY RON SOODALTER During the mid-to-late-1800s, Nevada passed in record time from unsettled wilderness, to the nation’s premier gold and silver mecca, to its 36th state. In the process, it […]

We honor African-Americans, past and present, who have shaped our state. BY MATTHEW B. BROWN On Monday, January 20, we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day in Nevada and the […]

MOBILE MUSEUM Nevada was one of the first states to bring its rich history to children and adults alike. BY PETER BARTON [one_half] [/one_half][one_half] [/one_half] In 1953, Judge Clark J. […]

In 1959, NBC brought the Western series “Bonanza” to American homes. To sell more color televisions for its parent company—RCA Corporation (then an electronics powerhouse)—NBC crews shot B-roll of Lake Tahoe’s deep, blue water framed by lush green pines.

Horror beckons. Enter Universal Horror Unleashed, a year-round sinister experience with haunted houses, jaw-dropping live entertainment, chef-inspired creations, and themed drinks.

As modern as Reno feels these days, it still proudly marches cattle up its main drag to the Livestock Events Center for ten days of PRCA-sanctioned bull riding, steer wrestling, barrel racing, and entertainment, as it has every June for more than a century.