(Springdale, UT) — Utahns have six days to visit the state’s national parks at no charge. The National Park Service said there are six “fee-free” days in 2025, which allows people to visit any of the country’s national parks, monuments, and historic sites without handing over any money. The first […]
(Page, AZ) — A man is dead after falling from a houseboat on Lake Powell. San Juan County dispatch told the National Park Service Sunday of a 41-year-old who fell 20 feet from the boat in Wetherill Canyon. The man, who was a Utah resident, was recovered several hours after […]
(St. George, UT) — There is a new attendance record for Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. The National Park Service released its report on attendance and Glen Canyon ranked as one of the highest and reported it had 5-point-2-million visitors in 2023. The previous yearly high was in 2017 with […]
(Page, AZ) — The National Park Service is asking for help with its investigation into boat fires on Lake Powell last week. In a statement yesterday, officials explained one boat caught fire in Wahweap Marina on Friday and then spread to several other vessels. Two people had to be looked […]
(Zion National Park, UT) — A wildfire is burning in Zion National Park. The blaze the National Park Service has named the Cedar Hill Fire started sometime before 8 p.m. yesterday in the southwestern section of the park. Wildland firefighters from the Park Service, BLM, Color Country Interagency Fire Center, […]
(Undated) — Utahns who have the day off because of the Martin Luther King, Junior holiday might want to head to one of the state’s very popular national parks. The National Parks Service is waiving entrance fees today to honor the late civil rights leader. Some parks are also holding […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The family of a women’s rights activist from Uganda has sued the National Park Service after she was decapitated last year by a gate at Utah’s Arches National Park. The lawsuit filed this month in Denver says the gate had been left unlatched against federal […]
GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities at Grand Canyon National Park continue to search for a California man reported missing after a hike. National Park Service officials say 66-year-old Peter Francis Schwab of Healdsburg was last seen Friday on a river trip on the Colorado River. They say […]
