The Sierra Nevada, once a tranquil stretch of towering pines and snow-capped peaks, is now a stage for a new kind of ...

San Diego adopted its current official flower, the carnation, on April 28, 1964, via a secret ballot. More than 7,700 people ...

Nevada also ranked near the bottom among its Western counterparts, according to World Population Review: Hawaii – No. 10 ...

State symbols frequently take center stage on the state seals—as animals (California's grizzly bear, New Jersey's horse), birds (Louisiana's brown pelican), flowers (Idaho's Syringa ... realities of ...

Members of the Wildlife Conservation Club at Seminole High School urged a Senate committee recently to make the Florida Scrub-Jay the state bird. And the committee's vote was unanimous. The students ...

Nevada assembly speaker Steve Yeager introduced legislation on Monday aimed at removing college degree requirements for most state government positions in Nevada. The bill, AB547, also seeks to ...

There’s a moment when you round a bend on Highway 93 in eastern Nevada and suddenly feel like you’ve been transported to another planet – that’s your first glimpse of Cathedral Gorge State Park ... a ...

Forget crowded beaches and overpriced resorts – the spring break destination you never knew you needed is hiding in plain sight among Nevada’s eastern desert landscapes. Cathedral Gorge State Park ...

Also selected for enshrinement: WNBA greats Sue Bird, Maya Moore and Sylvia Fowles, Chicago Bulls coach and two-time NCAA champion Billy Donovan, Miami Heat managing general partner Micky Arison ...

Under the bill, which passed unanimously, the flamingo would be the state bird and the Florida Scrub-Jay would be the state songbird A group of high school and college students came to Tallahassee to ...

Vijayawada: Andhra Pradesh government has ruled out any bird flu affecting the poultry during the month of March in the state. In a statement on Wednesday, Animal Husbandry director T. Damodar ...

SHREVEPORT, La. - Hundreds packed the Shreveport Chamber Wednesday afternoon to see the Shreveport Garden Study Club's "Fly and Flourish" flower show. The show followed a morning of judging ...