Beneficial Gopher snakes are showing up in local yards 3' Gopher snake seen crossing a local patio this last week. Reports are coming of gopher snake sightings in the area of South Washoe County. The sub-species Great Basin Gopher Snake are native and common to Western Nevada. Despite being

The fire science experts are reporting that the wildfire season will start early this year and last longer into the fall. Truckee's Sierra Sun reports that even though the Sierra received notably less snow, precipitation was near normal creating a "wet snow drought". This could create

The nursery will be open from 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. from April 30 through June 6. The Nevada Division of Forestry Conservation Nursery opens for the season on Thursday, April 30th with locally grown plants for sale. The nurseries focus is on locally viable plants

Nevada Public Health offers free testing for PFAs in Washoe County private wells. Northern Nevada Public Health has sent Washoe County residents postcards offering to test for PFAs (commonly known as "Forever Chemicals) in samples from residential wells. This website has a good explanation of what PFAS are, where

This Earth Day I was thinking about how our environment affects all of us, some perceive it differently and are affected in different ways but basically most of us like to have nice surroundings. No matter our political differences or incomes, we value our location here in South Washoe County

You may have felt a 4.7 earthquake centered on the Silver Springs area to the east at 7:39am on Sunday, April 19, 2026 as aftershocks continue to affect the region. An earthquake swarm is a sequence of many earthquakes that occur in the same area over a short