When Dos Rios Ranch opens to visitors next month in the San Joaquin Valley, California will have 280 state parks — making it one of the nation’s largest systems, as well as one of its most popular, with about 70 million visitors a year. Who knew? The short answer is: hardly anyone. Over the past 20 years I’ve asked several thousand Californians to name five state parks. Fewer than 5% can do so. And most of these baffled respondents are outdoorsy folks — the kind of people I meet on the trail or...
HURRICANE — The Utah Division of State Parks released the name of the man who died while swimming at Sand Hollow State Park on Saturday. Just after 2:20 p.m., Christian Jeffrey Fisher from Las Vegas, Nevada, was swimming with friends in the dive park area at Sand Hollow State Park. While swimming, Fisher’s friends reportedly […]
Lake Sylvia State Park will be closed June through September for a major construction project that will replace the culvert beneath the entrance road with a bridge and a new road.
Grayson Shehan slid into home plate, flexed, put his emotion on display and ignited an eruption of cheers from his teammates in the dugout. Here at Hammond Stadium in Fort Myers on a hot and humid Wednesday afternoon, the Royals were now up two runs in the seventh inning of a 1A state semifinal against second-ranked Lafayette.
Schafer State Park is ready to welcome visitors to its expanded campground, just in time for its centennial anniversary as a state park.
The Hernando DeSoto Lake campsites can be reached in multiple ways, allowing you to choose your own adventure.
The DNR also recommended signing up for an Indiana State Nature Passport, which is free and makes those who sign up eligible to earn prizes when they check in at a passport location.
Brady Godwin breathed a sigh of relief as he threw one last pitch and watched the ball fly through a sky lit by stadium lights and drop into the glove of Landon Golden in right field. Players in the dugout on this Jay baseball team chanted ‘let’s go, let’s go’ and waited for it to be caught so they could spill out onto the field and celebrate a dream come true on a hot and humid evening in Fort Myers.
A grand opening is set next month for a new state park in Ohio.
Fire District 8 rapidly extinguished the blaze, but several acres of grass were destroyed
Every summer, throughout the month of July, 42 North hosts a series of Friday evening concerts. The live music series, called Sunset at the Stables, features some of the region’s []
MONROE - Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser has selected 12 chefs from around the state to compete in the 17th annual Louisiana Seafood Cook-Off, one of whom may be a familiar face. Among the 12 chefs competing is Baton Rouge's Frederic Terluin from Rouj Creole. Terluin will be competing against chefs from New Orleans, Monroe, Nachitoches, and other locations around the state. The winner of the competition will be chosen to represent Louisiana in the Great American Seafood...