With 1,000 full-time employees out, and the fate of thousands more seasonal workers unclear, tours are being canceled and some wonder who will empty the trash.

Thousands of Park Service and Forest Service employees have been fired, leaving few left to clean bathrooms, maintain trails ...

A Stearns County business faces a new challenge after electrical issues sparked a fire Wednesday afternoon. The Stearns County Sheriff's Office got a call about Centre Pallet and Lumber at roughly ...

Tourists refer to the natural phenomenon as the “firefall,” although park officials reserve that term for the days when people used to push bonfires off Glacier Point. According to Yosemite ...

A grrreat animal is making its official debut at Florida's Walt Disney World. Bakso, an adorable 5-month-old Sumatran tiger cub, can now be seen by Animal Kingdom park guests. He was the first ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Fairbanks, Alaska, offers one of the best vantage points for viewing the Northern Lights, or aurora borealis, during winter.

In two decades, Grand Prismatic Spring ascended from a beautiful backwater spot to the second most popular destination in Yellowstone National Park. Grand Prismatic’s profile has exploded as ...

Formed over thousands of years of erosion caused by hydrothermal activity, water and other natural forces, the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone is the primary attraction in the Canyon Village area ...