The humble Humboldt River may not be much to look at, but it has traced a colorful narrative arc through Nevada’s history. From leading explorers across the Silver State to providing sustenance for ...

State officials say tribal reservation or not, the TeMoak Tribe has no right to stop a state court water commissioner from crossing their land to regulate irrigation gates controlling the Humboldt ...

STATE DISASTER DECLARATION AND HER FEMA APPLICATION. AS WATER FLOWS DOWN RIVER, COMMUNITIES LIKE HUMBOLDT ARE PREPARING FOR FLOODING. THIS IS A PICTURE SENT TO US BY THERESA SCHMIDT SHOWING THE WEST ...

Sunday, flooding in Humboldt County required several families to be evacuated from their homes, caused a multi-hour closure of U.S. 101 near Loleta, and trapped people in cars stuck in deep water.

Winnemucca owes much of its existence to the fact it was a place where travelers could easily cross the Humboldt River. Trapper Peter Skene Odgen was the first non-American Indian to visit the area ...

ELKO, Nev. (AP) - Most Nevadans love water, probably because it exists in such limited supply. But what many of us refer to as the “Mighty Humboldt” was hotly scorned by early travelers. Our river may ...

The Des Moines River crested in Humboldt and Webster Counties on Thursday.In Humboldt County, about a half mile east of the river, the entire south side of Bradgate is underwater. People there have ...

HUMBOLDT — Ron Marchant woke up at 7 a.m. Wednesday to see water from the west fork of the Des Moines River nearly covering his mailbox. The river in Humboldt, a town of about 5,000 people in north ...

Editor’s note: The article was updated to reflect that the suit would not affect cannabis permits. A local environmental group is suing the county in order to get it to better regulate groundwater in ...