SARASOTA COUNTY, Fla. — Sarasota County has decided that a waterway reopened by storm surge from last year’s hurricanes will remain open. Midnight Pass connects Little Sarasota Bay and the Gulf. It ...

Yosemite National Park’s search and rescue teams kept busy with 191 rescue missions in the park in 2024, the latest data available. Photo by Caleb George via Unsplash National park pass will cost ...

SKYKOMISH, Wash. — Last week's floods left Stevens Pass completely inaccessible, just as the resort was preparing to open after a delayed season. Now Vail Resorts, the owner of the ski resort, is ...

BOULDER, Colo. — A Boulder artist is creating removable stickers featuring her nature paintings to cover the 2026 America the Beautiful annual pass. Jenny McCarty said she learned recently what the ...

A winter weather advisory was issued for Oregon's mountain passes on Dec. 19-20 for snow accumulations up to 6 to 12 inches and high winds, according to the National Weather Service. The advisory ...

Stevens Pass will open this winter and Vail Resorts will not issue refunds for season passes at this time, the ski area’s leadership says, with a likely scenario requiring a 100-mile-plus detour for ...

SNOQUALMIE PASS, Wash. — Wintry conditions largely settled by Wednesday evening at Snoqualmie Pass, after a blizzard warning earlier in the day was accompanied by gusty winds and snowfall. A thin ...

The House on Wednesday voted to pass a bill that could imprison health care providers for providing gender-affirming care for minors. The bill — titled the “Protect Children’s Innocence Act” and ...

Jenny McCarty is a national parks junkie—her water bottle is covered in stickers from the NPS sites she’s visited over the years. So when the U.S. national parks became a political football this past ...

In response to the Department of the Interior’s announcement that designs on newly issued America the Beautiful passes will include President Donald Trump’s face, one artist has taken matters into her ...

An environmental group is suing to stop the use of Trump's portrait on some 2026 National Park Service annual passes. The lawsuit alleges the new design violates a law requiring the pass to feature a ...