Staffing cuts to national parks could pose safety concerns for summer visitors
At the Assateague Island National Seashore in Maryland, visitors this summer are seeing shuttered lifeguard towers and signs warning that no lifeguards are on duty.
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At the Assateague Island National Seashore in Maryland, visitors this summer are seeing shuttered lifeguard towers and signs warning that no lifeguards are on duty.
Making an annual trek to Washington, D.C., to see cherry blossoms in peak bloom? You may need to start packing your bags earlier.
The National Park Service is holding a free ticket lottery for those people who want to attend the 100th National Christmas Tree Lighting, according to event staff.
National parks have been called "America's best idea," and on Thursday, they could end up being America's best bargain.
Three more historical sites in Maryland have been added to the National Park Service's National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom program, lawmakers announced Wednesday.
The B&O Railroad museum was granted $200,000 to build out a permanent exhibit highlighting the journeys to freedom.
Morgan State University received another $500,000 grant from the National Park Service going towards rehabilitating and restoring the University's Memorial Chapel.
Four Maryland sites have been added by the National Park Service to the National Underground Railroad Network To Freedom, a program promoting locations associated with the routes and safe house enslaved people used in the 19th century to escape to freedom.
Defenders Day is the oldest holiday in Baltimore that celebrates those who successfully defended Fort McHenry from a British attack in 1814.
If you're planning to visit the cherry blossoms in Washington, DC over the next few weeks, make sure you're aware of certain limitations due to COVID-19.
National Park crews continue to try to move the body of a beached whale on Assateague Island.
The Washington Monument lights went out earlier Sunday night, and now the National Park Service is working to find out why.
The National Park Service and the U.S. Secret Service have closed the National Mall to the public starting at 11 a.m. Friday through Jan. 21.
Several Washington DC attractions along the National Mall, including tours of Washington Monument, are temporarily closed due "to credible threats to visitors and park resources" ahead of the President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration.
Looking for a stay-cation idea? You may want to head to a national park.
Protesters held a car caravan in south Baltimore Wednesday evening ahead of Vice President Mike Pence's Republican National Convention speech at Fort McHenry.
A portion of a park in northeast Washington, D.C., is closed after an unexploded World War I-era ordnance was found during construction work, the National Park Service said.
The National Park Service announced Monday it would be increasing access to the Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine in Baltimore as Maryland begins to open following the coronavirus pandemic.
Officials with the National Park Service are concerned that visitors at Catoctin Mountain Park are not following social distancing guidelines amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Visitors and area residents should check their local park's website for information on area closures.
The National Park Service said Monday it will plant a new National Christmas Tree at the Ellipse on Saturday.
A horse was struck and killed on Assateague Island early Sunday.
Senator Chris Van Hollen announced Friday that he secured a nearly $75 million increase in a program that can be used to support Baltimore Washington Parkway Repairs.
The National Park Service is reportedly diverting nearly $2.5 million, originally intended for parks across the country, for the celebration.
National Park rangers found a new little helper inside a pool in Catoctin Mountain Park.
