Steven Saylor with his painting "Landrums," in his kitchen, where one of his stove top covers is used

Stove Art

Inside a converted 1938 baggage car from the Carson and Colorado Railway located in Dayton, artist Steven Saylor captures Nevada governors, celebrities, and the cowboys and saloons that define the Nevada’s rugged spirit, one brushstroke at a time.

Students with the Boys & Girls Club help plant the demonstration garden. Photo courtesy of UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center

A New Season to Grow

Revitalization underway for Incline Village garden. Nestled among the pine trees on the University of Nevada, Reno’s Sierra Nevada College campus in Incline Village, a once-thriving demonstration garden is undergoing a transformation. Originally established in 1994 through a partnership between community volunteers, Washoe County Master Gardeners, and Sierra Nevada College, the garden has long been…

Garlic head jerky

Chew On This

Horney Toad Meats in Fallon is not producing your average gas station jerky. Made from Nevada-raised cows, the jerky is marinated, slow-cooked, and smoked using no artificial additives, preservatives, or fillers.

Reel in Dinner

Reel in Dinner

Snow melts high in the Sierra Nevada backcountry, flooding meadows, snaking through creeks, and filling hundreds of high alpine lakes. In the Tahoe Basin, water flows down 63 tributaries into Big Blue, exiting the lake solely through the Truckee River, where it fills downstream reservoirs, boosts the Carson River, and terminates in Pyramid Lake.