TOFTE, Minn. — Crews are battling a wildfire near a state park in northeastern Minnesota after firefighters detected smoke in a remote area near the Caribou River, according to fire officials. The ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Parks and Wildlife Department staffers say they want to buy ranch land in the Hill Country and turn it into a state park. They're working to acquire the 54,000-acre Silver Lake ...

MURFREESBORO, Ark. (KATV) — A couple from Indiana recently unearthed a 2.71-carat diamond at Arkansas's Crater of Diamonds State Park. On October 2, Dewy White and his wife of Paoli, Indiana, embarked ...

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) is moving to acquire 54,000 acres of rugged Hill Country terrain in Kinney and Edwards counties, with plans to convert the land into a new state park.

MANITOWOC – Manitowoc police are seeking the public’s help identifying whoever is responsible for vandalizing a war memorial at Red Arrow Park, 1931 S. Ninth St. Police said they were made aware of ...

Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium has operated at a financial loss every year since 2020, accumulating a deficit of nearly $1.5 million. The stadium's largest revenue source is parking fees paid ...

Randy Simons has a vision for the proposed High Falls State Park in Rochester and it's vivid. When the commissioner pro-tem of the state Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation looks ...

In an underutilized corner of Rochester, at the intersection of the city's industrial history, rich ecology and divided neighborhoods, the plans for a new state park at High Falls are grinding toward ...

Editor's note: A previous version of this story ran in September 2023. This story has been updated with the most recent information provided by the Department of National Resources and the Indiana ...

AURORA, Colo. — One of Colorado's busiest state parks is back open at night. Cherry Creek State Park closed nightly from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. starting Monday night, Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) ...

It was late fall in 1844 when a group of pioneers, horses, oxen and wagons arrived on the shore of a beautiful lake embedded below the wall of the Sierra Nevada. Snow had already accumulated on the ...