At least 28 governors have now ordered flags to be flown at full-staff on Inauguration Day, raising flags before the end of ...

Maybe one day, with a National Scenic Trail designation, Ohio’s Buckeye Trail -- which already attracts millions of hikers ...

Deep in the stark desert of Southern California, a lakefront ghost town showcases a haunting history, frozen in salt.

It marks the latest roadblock for states in a running feud with the U.S. government over who should control huge swaths of ...

Republicans and Democrats alike are promoting anti-crime initiatives as a new year of lawmaking gets underway.

The Supreme Court turned back a push by the state of Utah to wrest control of vast areas of public land from the federal government ...

The state in August filed a lawsuit asking the court to declare the federal Bureau of Land Management’s ownership of 18.5 million acres of land in Utah unconstitutional.

Sections of Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area in California were closed by two of the fires raging in the area.

Although some of the nation's most prominent resorts are in states like Wyoming and Utah, the states that actually have the ...

Tens of thousands of people have been notified by authorities to evacuate their homes because of the multiple fires burning ...