As Nevada prepares to celebrate its 160th birthday next week — there's a lot of random facts you might not be aware of. Nevada became the 36th state on Oct. 31, 1864. It was the second of two ...

Now known as Prometheus, the tree was found to be nearly 5,000 years old. That means Prometheus came into existence around the time humans were exiting the Stone Age and beginning to work with bronze.

Tobacco use remains the leading cause of preventable death and disease in the United States and in Nevada. To address this enormous toll, the American Lung Association calls for the following actions ...