The Department of the Interior is committed to upholding the highest standards of public access to and maintenance of America’s national parks and public lands.
Published: Friday, September 29th, 2023 @ 8:20 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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In a mountainside dedication ceremony on May 18, Shenandoah National Park officially commemorated the 2022 donation of nearly 1,000 acres of land from the Shenandoah National Park Trust.
Published: Tuesday, July 25th, 2023 @ 8:53 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Dry Tortugas National Park in the Florida Keys announced it would close beginning Monday in response to a flood of migrants arriving on its shores.
Published: Sunday, January 8th, 2023 @ 1:18 pm
By: Daily Wire
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A wildfire raging in central California reached a top attraction at Yosemite National Park Friday as firefighters struggled to contain the blaze that has burned through nearly 700 acres.
Published: Wednesday, July 20th, 2022 @ 5:49 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) suggested on Monday that the federal government could sidestep any state laws regulating abortions by allowing Planned Parenthood “outposts” to set up on the outskirts of national parks.
Published: Thursday, July 7th, 2022 @ 8:02 am
By: Daily Wire
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A young child was stung by a fish Tuesday while frolicking through a meadow in Yosemite National Park. The three-year-old girl, daughter of George and Shelly Quicken, allegedly provoked the wild fish when she began picking flowers for her mother.
Published: Saturday, June 11th, 2022 @ 8:02 am
By: Babylon Bee
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Brian Laundrie, whose fiancée Gabby Petito was found dead in Grand Teton National Park last month, remains a fugitive, and now his father, who has since resisted assisting law enforcement in finding his son, is joining efforts to find Laundrie.
Published: Thursday, October 28th, 2021 @ 10:08 am
By: Daily Wire
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Entrance fees for the National Park Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and standard amenity recreation fees for the Bureau of Land Management and the Bureau of Reclamation sites will be waived for veterans and Gold Star Families.
Published: Monday, November 9th, 2020 @ 10:10 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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President Donald J. Trump is taking historic action to invest in America’s national parks and public lands.
Published: Thursday, August 6th, 2020 @ 6:28 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Yesterday, the U.S. Department of the Interior and National Park Service announced additional details about the Independence Day celebrations on the National Mall
Published: Thursday, July 2nd, 2020 @ 3:58 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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This week, the Senate passed the Great American Outdoors Act, 73-25.
Published: Friday, June 19th, 2020 @ 3:42 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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This week, U.S. Secretary of the Interior David L. Bernhardt announced the annual economic benefit of national parks to the U.S. and local economies.
Published: Monday, June 15th, 2020 @ 3:36 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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With more than 327 million people visiting America’s national parks last year, many roads, bridges, visitor centers, historic buildings, trails, and campgrounds are in need of critical repairs
Published: Thursday, June 11th, 2020 @ 3:08 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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This week the Senate will consider S.3422, the Great American Outdoors Act.
Published: Monday, June 8th, 2020 @ 6:52 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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And welcome everyone. Merry Christmas. Special time of the year.
Published: Sunday, December 15th, 2019 @ 8:47 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) announced that the Department of Interior informed Congress that Swain County will receive the remaining $35.2 million owed to them from the North Shore Road settlement this year
Published: Saturday, June 2nd, 2018 @ 7:45 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) joined a group of eight senators and two representatives to introduce a bipartisan, bicameral bill that will use revenues from energy production on federal lands to help pay for the over $11 billion maintenance backlog at our national parks
Published: Thursday, March 8th, 2018 @ 8:14 am
By: Thom Tillis
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Today, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) applauded the Administration for requesting that the National Park Service (NPS) provide Swain County with funds to cover all outstanding financial obligations for the North Shore Road settlement as a part of the President's Fiscal Year 2019 budget proposals
Published: Friday, February 16th, 2018 @ 10:38 am
By: Thom Tillis
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Governor Pat McCrory announced today that $105,000 in grant funding has been awarded to 13 historic preservation projects in nine North Carolina counties.
Published: Sunday, October 30th, 2016 @ 4:43 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Drift along with the tumbling tumbleweeds while you travel with the Beaufort County Community College Foundation to America's Cowboy Country on an eight-day trip to the western United States.
Published: Sunday, January 31st, 2016 @ 12:21 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Shenandoah National Park, with the 105 mile long Skyline Drive bisecting it from southwest to northeast along its spine, is a rugged natural park running from Front Royal to the North to Rockfish Gap to the South.
Published: Sunday, December 7th, 2014 @ 6:35 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Shenandoah Valley exists as a long, fertile, and largely agrarian, stretch of land framed by the Potomac River to the north and the James River to the south, as well as being buttressed by the Blue Ridge Mountains to the East and the Appalachian Ridge and Valley ranges to the west.
Published: Saturday, December 6th, 2014 @ 6:17 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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I love the Shenandoah Valley, the Mountains, and the rich history of this region of Virginia.
Published: Thursday, December 4th, 2014 @ 10:35 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) is raising strong objections to the National Park Service's push for unprecedented new restrictions on public access to Cape Lookout National Seashore.
Published: Wednesday, October 22nd, 2014 @ 7:52 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The former Voice of America (VOA) property, in northwestern Beaufort County, is up for sell and Beaufort County is in first position.
Published: Saturday, October 4th, 2014 @ 2:54 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, the House of Representatives voted to approve Congressman Walter B. Jones' (NC-3) proposal to repeal excessive restrictions on human access to Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreational Area.
Published: Monday, February 17th, 2014 @ 12:59 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory has teamed with Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam to reopen the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, which has been closed due to the partial federal shutdown.
Published: Tuesday, October 15th, 2013 @ 10:06 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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A route that extends 469 miles through the Virginia and North Carolina mountains, the Blue Ridge Parkway has remained what historian William Powell describes as a travel experience "never to be forgotten."
Published: Friday, November 9th, 2012 @ 8:07 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Just about 13 miles west from the heart of Washington, DC is a piece of our nation's history: forgotten by some, never known by most, but it remains the C & O Canal.
Published: Wednesday, November 18th, 2009 @ 11:53 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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