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Seeing Bryce Canyon on horseback

When you hike for a couple of hours in a national park, you only cover a few miles. When you drive, you cover a lot of ground, but you miss the details of the landscape and even the sounds and ...

Red Rock Canyon offers nature, not neon, during Vegas Strip trip

Red Rock Canyon may not be as vast as the Grand Canyon or Death Valley, or as well-known as Zion, Bryce Canyon, Monument Valley or Yosemite. But it's got comparable beauty, and history, and it's a lot closer to hotels. ...

State’s national parks also trying to do more with less

Like their colleagues across the nation, managers of Utah's five national parks are having to find ways to do more with less. But they say effects of a tighter federal budget will not impair visitors' experiences at the parks ...

Alberto’s remnants bring heavy rain, possible tornadoes to Southeast

The remnants of Tropical Storm Alberto churned through the Southeast early Wednesday, bringing much-needed rain to the region. Meanwhile, showers and thunderstorms are expected in the Pacific Northwest and New England.

More rain in Northeast, Northwest; Southeast, Mid-Atlantic drying out

Showers and thunderstorms were expected to wane across the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic on Sunday, but rain was likely to linger across the Northeast as a cold front slowly moves off the coast.

Rain, snow batter Pacific Coast, interior West

Coastal rain and mountain snow battered the northern Pacific Coast and interior West early Wednesday, while a chilly dawn broke over the northern Plains, Great Lakes and Northeast.

Leaving Las Vegas reveals hiking, biking, boating

Southern Nevada's nature-tour industry still is overshadowed by the Las Vegas Strip, but as the city has become a more common destination for international travelers, a growing number of tourists want to row boats instead of rolling dice, and strap ...

Storms threaten Southeast, Midwest, northern Plains

Storms threatened the Southeast and Midwest early Monday, while humid air covered much of the rest of the East and potent thunderstorms took aim at the northern Plains. Scattered showers and thunderstorms are possible across the Northeast, as a stationary ...

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