Finally, on October 1st, 1890, President Benjamin Harrison signed into law a bill creating Yosemite National Park. The cavalry was given the task of protecting the national parks. Under Captain ...

U.S. News Insider Tip: Traffic is hectic in and out of Yosemite Valley. The National Park Service advises travelers to arrive before 8 a.m. to avoid hourslong delays. – Catherine Parker Unless ...

There could be a clash between federal workforce cuts and your family trip to Yosemite National Park. Across the country, 1,000 National Park Service employees are being fired in an effort to ...

Spanning roughly the size of Rhode Island, Yosemite is one of the most popular national parks in the U.S., bringing in ...

February is one of the busiest times of the year at Yosemite National Park thanks to “firefall,” a natural phenomenon that causes a glowing ribbon of water to look like molten lava cascading ...

Just as the spring tourist season is getting started, a major rockslide has closed one of the primary routes into Yosemite National Park. The slide came crashing down across both lanes of Highway ...

After several recent rains, a main highway into Yosemite National Park is closed indefinitely due to a rockslide, state officials said. About a two-mile stretch of Route 140 between Briceburg and ...