Las Vegas, not surprisingly, is home to the tallest buildings in Nevada. How do our skyscrapers compare to others around the ...

Built in the mid-1940s from 20-year-old plans, the Mapes' art deco style was already becoming nostalgic. It opened as Nevada's tallest building in 1947, and its Sky Room overlooked a town that ...

Reno police identified the three suspects as members of the North Side Gangster Crips, a violent gang from Stockton, ...

With Reno roots dating back to the late ... First built in 1947, the Mapes Hotel was the brainchild of one of Nevada’s gaming pioneers Charles Mapes Jr. The hotel-casino was as grand as Mapes ...

From his childhood and college days to his last visit before it was torn down, Rick Casazza remembers his time at Reno’s Mapes Hotel.

The American Red Cross of Nevada has hired a new executive director. The agency announced this week that Bridget Posson will ...

Mullen, originally appeared in the Reno Gazette-Journal on Jan. 30, 2000, the date of the Mapes Hotel-Casino's implosion. Since its publication, Nevada lost three of its great keepers of local ...

On Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays throughout the year, hotels raise their ... Pyramid Lake and the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Culture hounds can also find their fix thanks to Reno's warm weather ...