Yosemite National Park News

A well-known Columbia Falls native died Sunday from injuries suffered in a 230-foot fall while attempting to summit El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, according to park officials.

The cables on Half Dome in Yosemite National Park will be in place and open for the season on Friday, May 24, weather permitting, park officials announced this past week.

Federal investigators probing the hantavirus outbreak blamed for three deaths at Yosemite National Park recommend that design changes to tent cabins and other lodging run by private concessionaires first be reviewed by National Park Service officials.

The 2013 Fire Season in Yosemite National Park will begin on Monday, May 20, park officials said Friday in a news release.

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Construction material manufacturing often produces hazardous byproducts that are either toxic or difficult to recycle, as are many of the materials themselves.

This video of a machine drilling square holes has making the rounds on the interwebs today.

An ambitious project to link Lee Vining to Yosemite National Park via a trail system went before Lee Vining community members Wednesday, May 8. The pre-planning effort, supported by the county in cooperation with the National Park Service and under the direction of a moderator with skills in such issues, was partially funded by a grant, according ... (more)

Rolling Jubilee is a non-profit that takes donations to buy debt for pennies on the dollar, and then abolishes it.

The mountain town of Oakhurst is seeing a burst of business activity and it's not from tourists stopping by on their way to Yosemite National Park.

The smartphone has become the bane of the retail industry, as savvy customers use physical stores to comparison-shop before going online on their phones to buy the same goods at a cheaper price, a practice known as showrooming.

According to the National Park Service, rangers recovered the body of Kenneth Stensby near the base of Vernal Fall; searchers had spotted it Monday evening.

The Tioga Road in Yosemite National Park will open for the season at noon tomorrow, Saturday, May 11, for all vehicular traffic.

Dominic Deville stalks young victims for a week, sending chilling texts, making prank phone calls and setting traps in letterboxes.

The setting sun painted a beautiful picture over Fresno Thursday evening illuminating high cirrus clouds that drifted over the valley from dying mountain thunderstorms.

In the book Appetite for America: How Visionary Businessman Fred Harvey Built a Railroad Hospitality Empire That Civilized the Wild West we learn that the name Fred Harvey was once ubiquitous in America.

A milestone of spring in California - the opening of the Tioga Pass road through the backcountry of Yosemite National Park - looks to be happening earlier this year due to the light snowpack.

It's a giant celebration of all things trout. Kids can play trout-themed games while learning everything from proper rigging and casting techniques to how to safely handle and clean fish.

This amazing image was captured by Nolan Nitschke, 27 at Yosemite National Park - he calls it "Yosemite's Rainbow Lightning." Copyright Nolan Nitschke/Caters News Agency.

We Westerners all know California's Sierra Nevada mountains. They are fundamental to who we are: Without the foothills' gold-festooned gravel, few would have crossed the continent to get here.