Month: February 2017

(Feb. 3, 2017) -- “Today's law enforcement needs all the tools they possible can get. They do a lot of great things in the community protect and serve,” Matt Zimmerman, Keystone RV Company CEO.

(Feb. 3, 2017) -- Explore Washoe Lake State Park by joining one or both of the ranger-guided hikes offered in February. See the park by the light of a full moon on a 1.5-mile hike guided by a ranger at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 11.

(Feb. 3, 2017) -- More than 797,000 people visited the popular landmark just west of Gastonia in 2016, according to state estimates. That represented an 18 percent increase over park attendance the year before.

(Feb. 3, 2017) -- The Indiana Department of Natural Resource is inviting the public to make suggestions about what the next 100 years of Indiana State Parks will look like by completing an online survey.

(Feb. 3, 2017) -- Delaware Seashore State Park is already making big plans for the year ahead. 2017 marks 50 years since Delaware Seashore became a state park, and park staff are excited to celebrate this milestone with a series of celebrations, as well as the creation of a new Delaware Seashore State Park Family Scrapbook.

(Feb. 3, 2017) -- A blaze at an RV park in Muenster on Wednesday morning destroyed a camper trailer, Muenster Volunteer Fire Department Chief Mitch Creed said. Creed said the fire was electrical and started inside the A/C unit.

(Feb. 3, 2017) -- "Today’s report indicates continued robust increases in employment going into 2017," said Ferley. "Such bodes well for overall gross domestic product (GDP) growth to continue at an above-potential rate as prevailed over the second half of 2016."

(Feb. 3, 2017) -- A number of Niagara Falls residents lit up social media this week with protests against Gov. Cuomo’s “lodge” which he wants to build next to the Niagara River on Goat Island in the Niagara Falls State Park, damaging the beautiful natural scenery surrounding Niagara Falls.

(Feb. 3, 2017) -- The director of Missouri State Parks was fired after a seven-year tenure in which the park system underwent a major expansion but was criticized for using funds meant for other purposes to buy new land.

(Feb. 3, 2017) -- The Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation is currently accepting proposals for federal Land and Water Conservation Fund grants, which range from $250,000 to $500,000.