Interior Department Pauses Plans for Layoffs Amid Shutdown

The agency had been planning to eliminate more than 2,000 positions before the lapse in federal funding, but a federal judge ...

Officials want Fort Monroe to rival NY’s Central Park. 4 firms seek to reimagine it.

The Fort Monroe Authority wants to remake the 560-acre national landmark and park into an experience rivaling New York’s ...

Mass. lawmakers seek answers on Trump admin’s Park Service cuts amid layoff pause

The Friday letter sent by Markey, U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and the nine members of the state’s all-Democrat U.S.
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Want to visit a president’s home? Two Upstate NY sites ranked among the nation’s best

Newsweek published its list of top presidential attractions as voted on by readers. Coming in at No. 2 is Grant Cottage State ...

He Alone Tracked Leaky Oil Wells in National Parks. He Was Let Go.

Forrest Smith was forced to step down last month as the National Park Service’s chief petroleum engineer. He wasn’t replaced.

He hitchhiked from NY to Alaska, then fell in love with Big Cypress National Preserve

Old-school hitchiker and rail-rider, Matthew Schwartz found his way to the Yukon for his 18th birthday. Now he's fighting ...

Trust for the National Mall avoids most lawmaker questions about White House ballroom project

Hours before the deadline Friday, the Trust for the National Mall mostly evaded questions in response to a letter from ...

N.Y. weather: Latest outlook reveals shift in November forecast

The latest monthly weather outlooks by the National Weather Service’s Climate Prediction Center indicate that there has been a shift in the forecast for November. It now appears that what was ...