In her “Last Words” interview that was broadcast after her death, Jane Goodall talked about her calm in the face of “the dark ...

CAROL. THANK YOU JANE. THIS TIME OF YEAR, WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA HITS TOURISM SEASON STRIDE. BUT WITH THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN UNDERWAY, ONE POPULAR NATIONAL PARK COULD PARTIALLY SHUT DOWN. OUR PEYTON ...

Capitol Reef National Park offers some of the darkest skies in the U.S., making it an exceptional spot for stargazing. The park’s remote location and the nearby Dark Sky Community of Torrey protect it ...

BOULDER, Utah (KUTV) — A motorcyclist has died after a crash on State Road 12 near Boulder, close to Capitol Reef National Park. The rider was a 75-year-old man and was traveling alone northbound just ...

A federal government shutdown has cut off services at the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Restrooms will remain open and trash collection will continue as they are considered essential services.

Washington — The National Park Service will furlough more than half of its workforce during the government shutdown, but will keep trails, open-air memorials and other areas at least partially open to ...

The federal government shutdown means facilities in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park will close. After failing to pass a stopgap spending bill, the shutdown began Oct. 1, meaning thousands of ...

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Capitol Reef National Park is one of Utah’s “Mighty Five” national parks. This remote park is less well-known and receives fewer visitors than some of the other, more popular parks in southern Utah.

The Gatlinburg Bypass is closed "until further notice" due to a landslide, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park announced just before noon Sept. 27. Park officials called it a large landslide that ...

A group of former national park superintendents is calling on the Trump administration to close the parks to visitors in case of a government shutdown. Past shutdowns in which parks have remained open ...