The George Washington and Jefferson National Forests’ Eastern Divide Ranger District has temporarily closed the gate to the lower parking lot at Pandapas Pond in Montgomery County, due to icy ...

This stunning lake in Virginia is an underrated spot for outdoor activities from boating and fishing to hiking and birding.

Throughout national forests across the U.S., year-round camping options are abundant, offering many amenities and ...

Affected areas in the Cabin Butte project include Horse Butte Trailhead, Coyote Butte Off-Highway-Vehicle area, Bessie Butte ...

Peale's majestic portrait of founding father George Washington has headed to Versailles for a state-of-the-art restoration.

Two brothers stranded in their vehicle in the Mendocino National Forest were rescued by Glenn County Search and Rescue Team on Jan. 10. The Glenn County Sheriff’s Office received an alert from Apple ...

The Kitsap County Board of Commissioners announced its ownership of the Eglon Forest property on Tuesday, a couple weeks after the transfer from the Washington Department of Natural Resources was ...

Helena Wegner is a McClatchy National Real-Time Reporter covering the state of Washington and the western region. She’s a journalism graduate from Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite ...

February has been designated as Black History Month. The person that I remember most learning about, probably because we were a rural school, was George Washington Carver.

After a forest is logged, that land is often re-planted with new saplings. Within a few decades, those trees will have grown pretty big, and the forest will look much like a forest once again ...

"I've been blessed," the Jefferson Forest boys basketball coach said as the gym slowly came alive, "to be around people who really cared about me." He was surrounded by those kinds of people ...