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NBC News reported Dec 7th that, “Tens of thousands in Southern California went to bed uneasy or not at all late Wednesday as fire officials warned of powerful winds overnight that could whip up a series of wildfires that have already devoured a large swath of the region…. “Several fires also menaced the nation’s second-largest […]

The National Park Service began work this week to repair and install elevator guide rails and modernize the primary elevators at Carlsbad Caverns National Park. Work to modernize the primary elevators will include installing new motors and elevator cars. The primary elevator system was originally installed in 1955 and went out of service in November

Grand Canyon, AZ — Fire managers will take advantage of continued warm, dry weather conditions over the next several weeks and may initiate additional prescribed fires on the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park. Working as the North Zone Interagency Fire Management Program, fire managers from Grand Canyon National Park and the Kaibab National

Two women will serve a year each of supervised probation for assaulting a man in Grand Canyon National Park in October. Kyrah Kaska and Starlivia Kaska pleaded guilty to Simple Assault and were recently sentenced in federal court. They are also banned from the park and are prohibited from possessing weapons. US Park Rangers responded

BOULDER CITY, Nevada – The Boulder Beach Campground at Lake Mead National Recreation Area will undergo $3.4 million in improvements over the next few months. Construction is scheduled to begin Nov. 27 and will include the rehabilitation of 73 campsites in Loop D and the northwest section, along with the campground roads, and the sanitation

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WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke and Mark Macarro, Chairman of the Pechanga Band of Luiseño Mission Indians today signed the Pechanga Water Rights Settlement Agreement (Agreement), formally executing a Congressionally authorized pact that protects the Pechanga Band’s access to groundwater in the region and provides the tribe with more than $30

On Friday, November 24, 2017 Joshua Tree National Park received a report of a missing 18-year old male hiker. Joshua Tree Search and Rescue (JOSAR) volunteers, and National Park Service personnel began a preliminary search. The young man was identified in the park on Sunday morning, November 26, having just taken a few days longer

The 19th Annual Sand Creek Massacre Spiritual Healing Run begins at 7:00 am Thursday, November 23, 2017, at Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site. The run/walk is an annual event sponsored by the Northern Cheyenne Tribe of Montana, the Northern Arapaho Tribe of Wyoming, and the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes (Oklahoma) to honor the victims

The 3R road construction project in Arches National Park, which began last March, is nearing completion. In addition to continued daytime road work, crews will work a full day on Wednesday, November 22 instead of just a half day as originally planned. There will be no work Thanksgiving Day or Friday or Saturday after the