Community leaders are again encouraging residents to take steps to protect their property in our High Desert communities. It ...

About 100 miles outside Las Vegas, deep in a remote patch of desert, is a $19 billion hole in the ground. That's how much it has cost to fight over and build a five-mile test tunnel under Yucca ...

Yuccas are a type of plant with pointed leaves native to parts of southern North America. Indigenous people have used yucca for centuries for its health effects and material properties. There are many ...

Hesperoyucca whipplei, or chaparral yucca, is a species native to the rugged hills of southern California and has been vital to local indigenous peoples for thousands of years. The plant's leaves ...

Learn how to make yucca shampoo right at home. Used extensively by native peoples, there are many yucca soap benefits including helping dandruff and hydrating your skin. The various species of yucca — ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A red yucca plant growing near a sidewalk. - You Touch Pix of EuToch/Shutterstock It's easier than you think to diversify your ...

A look at the attempt to establish Yucca Mountain in Nevada as a site for a nuclear waste repository. Yucca Mountain is located approximately 90 miles northwest of Las Vegas. Congress passes Nuclear ...