GATLINBURG, Tenn. (AP) — A National Park Service report says that visitors to Great Smoky Mountains National Park spent $953 million in communities near the park last year.

BROOKLINE, Mass. (AP) — The National Park Service is marking two Kennedy milestones this week.

On Wednesday, events are planned to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the opening of the John...

ROANOKE, Va. (AP) — Visitors to Virginia's scenic Blue Ridge Parkway had an estimated $1.3 billion economic impact last year in the park's various communities.

TUPELO, Miss. (AP) — The National Park Service is considering dismantling some historic buildings in Mississippi because nobody has been willing to lease or restore them.

BAR HARBOR, Maine (AP) — The National Park Service says numerous improvements are taking place at Acadia National Park in Maine over the coming months.

WEST GLACIER, Mont. (AP) — The National Park Service has awarded a $4.7 million contract to complete the reconstruction of the Sperry Chalet in Glacier National Park by this fall.

DENVER (AP) — U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse is calling for an investigation to be reopened into allegations that the National Park Service tried to remove references to human-caused climate change from a...

BUXTON, N.C. (AP) — A new beach access and parking area is opening along Cape Hatteras National Seashore.

National Park Service officials say the new access opens Friday in Buxton, at a site...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A career employee with the National Park Service has been named interim director of the New Mexico History Museum and Palace of the Governors.

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) — From worker morale to preservation of the park's natural wonders, new Yellowstone National Park superintendent Cam Sholly spoke with a singular philosophical...

KEYSTONE, S.D. (AP) — The National Park Service has named an acting superintendent for Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota.

Denice Swanke is currently deputy superintendent of...

GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) — The National Park Service plans to partially replace and shorten the frequently broken 50-year-old pipeline that supplies water to the Grand Canyon...

MEDORA, N.D. (AP) — Part of the scenic drive and some trails are being temporarily closed at Theodore Roosevelt National Park's North Unit while prescribed fire projects are...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A firefighter who was struck and killed by a falling tree during a California wildfire last year had finished a 32-hour shift two days earlier and may have misjudged which way...

BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — Wildlife biologists will be baiting and trapping grizzly bears in Yellowstone National Park from May 13 through July 31 as part of ongoing research.

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) — Yellowstone National Park staff will be holding community meetings in Montana and Wyoming over the next couple of weeks regarding its efforts to restore...

BEATRICE, Neb. (AP) — There was a time when plows were drawn across the prairie by early settlers, starting lives in a new world.

These early versions of the plow are long retired, and a...

ZION NATIONAL PARK, Utah (AP) — A man found dead at the bottom of a popular narrow trail bordered by steep drops at Zion National Park has been identified as a hiker from Salt Lake City.

ASTORIA, Ore. (AP) — The National Park Service is investigating the looting of an archaeological site at Lewis and Clark National Historical Park.

GRAND CANYON, Ariz. (AP) — The National Park Service says it will apply cut-stump and occasional spot spray treatments of herbicide along Colorado River's banks in the Grand Canyon to control...

LANSING, W.Va. (AP) — A road construction project will cause delays for some visitors to the New River Gorge National River in southern West Virginia.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin lawmakers have introduced a bill that seeks to elevate the status of two trails, therefore providing access to more funding to expand and maintain the...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield plans a celebration to mark the 175th anniversary of Lincoln's purchase of his home.

GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) — Officials at the Grand Canyon say they're expanding programming at a historic watchtower where visitors can learn about Native American culture.

KINGMAN, Ariz. (AP) — The National Park Service has finalized its environmental assessment of Lake Mead, declaring that the man-made lake situated in Nevada and Arizona is at a safe level for...

SANDY HOOK, N.J. (AP) — The last public beach in New Jersey to allow alcoholic beverages has joined the rest of the state in banning them.

The National Park Service announced Tuesday that...

BOLEY, Okla. (AP) — A building in central Oklahoma connected to one of the most infamous bank robbers of the 20th century could soon be restored, the founder of a historical preservation nonprofit...

FRISCO, N.C. (AP) — Officials at Cape Hatteras National Seashore say a suspicious fire that burned more than an acre of the national park is under investigation.

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Authorities say a large sinkhole has closed lanes of the George Washington Memorial Parkway in Virginia near the Capital Beltway.

COOLIDGE, Ariz. (AP) — The Casa Grande Ruins National Monument is getting rid of its entrance fee.

National Park Service officials announced Wednesday that the admission charge was...

NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The National Park Service is seeking public comment as it drafts a document that will help direct the future of Camp Nelson National Monument.

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) — Yellowstone National Park has recorded its first grizzly bear sighting of the year as bears start to come out of hibernation with the pending end of...

MAMMOTH CAVE, Ky. (AP) — Federal authorities are investigating the discovery of a body at Mammoth Cave National Park.

News outlets say the discovery was reported around 9:40 a.m. Monday. The...

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — Rocky Mountain National Park recorded nearly 4.6 million visitors last year, making it the third most-visited national park in the U.S.

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — The National Park Service says researchers in Southern California have re-captured a female mountain and treated it for mange, a parasitic disease of the hair and...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Springfield officials have approved an ordinance that would allow the city spend up to $50,000 to keep Abraham Lincoln's home open during a federal government...

JEMEZ SPRINGS, N.M. (AP) — Officials at Valles Caldera National Preserve in northern New Mexico have started closing all vehicle access along the preserve's main entrance road due to the threat of...

LITTLE SWITZERLAND, N.C. (AP) — The Blue Ridge Parkway has lost its spot atop the rankings of the most visited national parks.

Citing data from the National Park Service, news outlets report...