Think you know just about everything there is to know about Nevada? Well, we have a handful of random, quirky facts about the state that even the biggest trivia buff may think we made up ourselves.

Truck hits vacant building on Rock Boulevard; crews respond to evening crash Regional H.E.A.T. task force cites, arrests eight men in Reno-area demand reduction sting Local law enforcement targeted ...

This article by Guy Rocha, former state archivist with the Nevada State Library and Archives, originally appeared in the Reno Gazette Journal on Oct. 31, 2010. Who hasn't heard ad nauseam that our ...

Get ready to blow out 161 candles, Nevada — it’s your birthday! This Friday marks 161 years since Nevada became the 36th state to join the Union on October 31, 1864, right in the thick of the Civil ...