California's Sierra Nevada ... railroad over the mountains, and the first ice harvesting in the Basin in 1868. The most tragic chapter occurred in 1847 when The Donner Party, a group of 87 ...

The mountain range straddling California and Nevada has had mostly warm storms this winter. Finally, a cold one has piled up ...

Such stories inspire readers with ideas and give rise to questions of whether they, too, would have the strength of character ...

Explore key historical events from Sunday, Feb. 16, to Saturday, Feb.22, including King Tut's tomb unsealing, Fidel Castro's ...

It’s interesting how the southwest metropolitan area of the Twin Cities grew into a patchwork of cities, but there might have been more today if a few more places had survived. Today, we consider them ...

Although the snowfall is sometimes unpredictable, California's Sierra Nevada mountains usually rise to the occasion ... and Sugar Bowl are some of the closest. Tahoe Donner Ski Hill is also right in ...

The Pacific storms also brought heavy mountain snow ... highs in the upper 40s for the western Nevada valleys and in the upper 30s to 40s in the Sierra valleys. Snow flurries are expected ...

In 2015, Blair performed at Sierra Expeditionary Learning School (SELS ... “They’re singing about the Donner Party. In Idaho schools, they’re singing about Captain John Stanley. When you put a little ...

Lake Havasu is famously known as a party lake and teeters on the border of eastern ... This is a lesser-known California destination in the Eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains, so you’re unlikely to see ...

A proposed electricity rate hike in Tahoe raises concerns about affordability, wildfire mitigation costs, and the fair ...