A big rig crash closed eastbound Interstate 80 near Donner Pass early Tuesday morning, causing major traffic delays in ...

Eastbound Interstate 80 remained blocked in the high Sierra near Truckee after a big rig crash early Tuesday morning.

The Donner Party was heading from Illinois to California in 1846. Sadly, the group arrived in the Sierra Nevada Mountains too ...

Join local historian Terry McAteer on one of three summer walking tours of the Transcontinental Railroad Tunnels constructed ...

"E-mail a photo of a working DSR lift operator on their cell phone that day and receive a voucher for a free lift ticket." ...

NWS upgrades warnings across the full Sierra Nevada range. Totals revised to 5 feet above 6,000 feet, crest winds 90 MPH. Chain controls are active on I-80. Highway closures are expected on Saturday ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 attracted crowds during its display day in Roseville, Calif., on Friday, April 10, 2026. Elrond ...

What began as a three-day backcountry ski trip to remote huts near Donner Pass ended in catastrophe Tuesday when a powerful avalanche swept through the group, killing eight people and leaving one ...

Crews found the bodies of eight backcountry skiers and are searching for one more who remains missing after an avalanche in the Castle Peak area near Lake Tahoe, authorities said Wednesday, making it ...

Eight skiers lay dead on a Sierra mountainside Wednesday, their bodies unreachable by rescuers, a day after a powerful avalanche tore through backcountry terrain near Donner Pass. One more person ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... On Oct. 5, 1846, John Snyder was angry that James Reed’s slow-moving heavy wagon was keeping the Donner Party from making good time. Snyder tried to pass ...