The National Park Service is banning the sale of plastic water bottles within Grand Canyon National Park, more than a year after the move was announced and then put on hold after Coca-Cola - which bottles water under the Dasani brand - raised concerns ...

A bill that allows the retail sale of alcoholic beverages at the Indiana Dunes State Park Pavilion has passed the state Senate and awaits action in the House of Representatives. State Sen. Karen Tallian, D-Portage, wrote the bill to attract private ...

Reporter Jay Hamburger’s beat is county government in the 7,500-population hamlet of Park City, Utah – but anything goes when the Sundance Film Festival kicks in. “How could I forget my story, ‘Lady Gaga-dressed man arrested at Occupy ...

Park officials in west Texas are hunting for a mountain lion that mauled a 6-year-old boy just steps from the lodge where he was staying with his family. Rivers Hobbs was walking with his mom and dad on a sidewalk on Sunday between a restaurant ...

Jennifer Park knows her dad is proud of her. The Nanaimo bowler was named the female individual athlete of the year at the Nanaimo Sport Achievement Awards Saturday night at the Coast Bastion Inn, but what was still paramount in her mind was the passing of ...

One peek inside the bungalow James Bogard once owned and you can see why Oak Park has fined him for failing to maintain the property — the interior is such a wreck that it looks like professionals trashed it. Which is exactly what happened, he ...

COPRUS CHRISTI - Cole Park is undergoing a two-million dollar renovation but a year's worth of work at to Kids Place is almost complete. The City wanted to make sure the park would be nice, but safer. In the past, the ground was covered in mulch, where ...

A new column: Explore some of the country’s best hiking options with tips on how to make the most of your visit. Tourist Israel is Israel’s "cool" travel guide. Hayarkon Park is Tel Aviv’s “green lung.” An oasis of lush nature,this hike is, in ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- The park service is reconsidering plans to ban dogs from certain areas of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area after receiving thousands of comments about the proposal, many of them critical. Park service representatives announced this ...

Turning management of Overton Park over to a private conservancy already is paying dividends. A Feb. 3 story by Commercial Appeal reporter Tom Charlier detailed how the Overton Park Conservancy has launched an attack on invasive plants that have ...