Many women have helped advance education, entertainment and business over the Silver State’s 158-year history.
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In 1987, hundreds of protestors flocked to the Nevada National Security Site (then the Nevada Test Site) to protest the United States’ continued nuclear testing after an 18-month moratorium.
The Nevada National Security Site, formerly known as the Nevada Test Site, was the site of over 900 nuclear detonations between 1951 and 1992.
August’s natural disaster was the latest chapter in a series of floods that have damaged roads and buildings at Death Valley National Park.
How Lake Mead grew, reached capacity, then fell over 80 years.
How safe are the interstate highways you frequent? Stacker analyzed data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s 2020 Fatality Analysis Reporting System to determine which interstates have the most fatalities.
Our interactive graphic shows the Las Vegas Valley’s building growth by decade, and what the population might look like in 2060. More than 2.3 million people live here now.
Stacker compiled a list of countries that Nevada exports the most goods to using data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Countries are ranked by the highest value of exports in 2020 with Nevada.
The U.S. population between 2019 and 2020 grew at the lowest rate in 120 years—just .35%, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. But low population growth didn’t stop many people from moving, as western and southern states saw influxes in population while California and New York saw the biggest drops.
Every state is growing warmer, with higher temperatures fueled by everything from powerful ocean currents and giant coal-fired power plants to commuters, cows, and leaky old buildings.
Credible used 2021 data calculated by the National Association of REALTORS to compile a list of counties with the lowest median home values and monthly mortgage payments in Nevada.
Nevada law doesn’t require consulting with Native American tribes in some cases if legal construction projects turn up a burial site.
Identity theft is a painful but important problem to deal with because it can have far-reaching and devastating effects.
The watery grave that swallowed whole an entire town 80 years ago has vanished. Where there was once 70 feet of water, there are clear skies and a faint breeze.
A small group is having a shell of a time trying to find homes for Nevada’s state reptile, the desert tortoise.
