Kathryn Styer Martínez / OPB A man convicted of planning to harm participants at a climbing festival in Central Oregon two years ago has been sentenced to three decades in prison. Portland resident ...

BEND, Ore. — A Deschutes County judge sentenced a Portland man on Monday to 30 years in prison in connection with a planned mass shooting at Smith Rock State Park in 2023. The sentencing came down ...

The Turning Point USA (TPUSA) chapter at Illinois State University had its table flipped twice by a teaching assistant, who has now been fired from the school as a result. "No one has ever gone out of ...

Rock Bridge Memorial State Park and Gans Creek Wild Area will be closed to visitors on Nov. 3 and 4 for a managed deer hunt, meant to control the park’s overpopulation of deer. The Missouri Department ...

Catherine S. Comeaux and her family spent three summers exploring state, national and provincial parks — from Louisiana to Alaska then Nova Scotia and along the Mississippi River in between. This year ...

For the most part, South Carolina hiking trails are relatively flat. The exception, of course, lies in the northwest region right on the edge of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Table Rock State Park is ...

BARABOO, Wis. (WKOW) — A man died after a fall at Devil's Lake State Park while rock climbing over the weekend. Emergency services were dispatched to north side of West Bluff at 11:36 a.m. on Sunday ...

West Virginia State Parks officials today announced the opening of the first five stargazing cabins at Coopers Rock State Forest, adding a new way for visitors to stay overnight and experience one of ...

As the summer disappeared like smoke, my family — including my wife Beth and high school-aged daughters Eleanor and Abigail — decided to take a hike up to Chimney Rock in Whitewater State Park. The ...

SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY, Pa. — A state park known for a phenomenon that bubbles up from the ground also has a unique tradition. Jon Meyer found the 'penny rock' as he takes us On The Pennsylvania Road to ...

A fire at Table Rock State Park burned nearly 16,000 acres, making it the largest in South Carolina's history. The fire was started by a cigarette butt tossed by hikers and spread quickly due to dry ...