The weather is cooling down here in Louisiana, which means outdoor events are heating up across our state. Out on the Cajun Prairie, Le Grand Hoorah, a festival dedicated to the music, food, and ...

MURFREESBORO, Ark. (KATV) — A couple from Indiana recently unearthed a 2.71-carat diamond at Arkansas's Crater of Diamonds State Park. On October 2, Dewy White and his wife of Paoli, Indiana, embarked ...

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) is moving to acquire 54,000 acres of rugged Hill Country terrain in Kinney and Edwards counties, with plans to convert the land into a new state park.

Randy Simons has a vision for the proposed High Falls State Park in Rochester and it's vivid. When the commissioner pro-tem of the state Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation looks ...

Monarch butterflies migrate south every year to spend the winter in Mexico, starting in October. A festival this weekend in Gorges State Park in Sapphire is set to celebrate the epic journey. The ...

GOBLIN VALLEY STATE PARK, Utah (KUTV) — Search crews were dispatched to Goblin Valley State Park after multiple people were trapped and missing due to sudden flash flooding in Little Wildhorse Canyon.

DENVER (KDVR) — State park rangers announced Friday night that they are closing Cherry Creek State Park overnight after a rise in law enforcement concerns and vandalism. The park will no longer be ...

CUSTER, S.D. (KELO) — South Dakota’s 60th Buffalo Roundup is quickly approaching. It kicks off Friday morning, so crews at Custer State Park are hard at work, making sure the park is ready for a surge ...

BACK TO YOU. A STATE FAIR STAPLE WON’T BE BACK THIS YEAR. SCULLY SAYS IT WILL NOT BE OPENING THE PUMPKIN STORE AT STATE FAIR PARK. THE GIANT INFLATABLE USUALLY GOES UP AFTER LABOR DAY. NOW, SCULLY DID ...

LETCHWORTH STATE PARK — The park’s the place to be this weekend as the fall foliage season gets into gear. Up to 40 percent change is reported at Letchworth State Park, with emerging pockets of red ...

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