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People traveling to the nation's parks this spring will find fewer rangers on the job and reduced hours at visitors' centers if the government enacts sweeping budget cuts. Camping and hiking areas might also be closed when the National Park Service cuts $130 million from its $2.6 billion budget under sequestration measures set to start at the end of March.

As wind gusts continue to blow through the overcast Washington area, the National Park Service has announced it is suspending assessments of ...

After reports of the Washington Monument possibly leaning due to a 5.8 magnitude earthquake that struck Virginia Tuesday, the National Park Services has revealed an inspection found cracks in the stones at the top of the Monument.

The National Park Service says a New York man died after losing consciousness while taking scuba diving lessons in the Delaware River. Officials say 26-year-old John Osterhoudt, of Wappingers Falls, NY, was carried away from ...