See the Biggest Balloon Blunders at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade: From a Runaway Felix the Cat to the Infamous Barney Disaster

Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade balloon disasters have ranged from minor mishaps to injury-causing incidents. Here are some of ...
Los Angeles Times

When the federal shutdown closed this national park, rangers took to the classroom

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Park rangers furloughed by the federal shutdown are teaching preschoolers and elementary school students about ...
The Salt Lake Tribune

‘Almost a spiritual experience’: How one Utah community is supporting furloughed park rangers

Over 100 park rangers and community members shared hugs and a warm pasta dinner in Springdale on Thursday evening. For some of Zion National Park’s furloughed park rangers, it was the first time they ...
Outside

The Rangers Are Not Alright

This story was produced in partnership with RE:PUBLIC Lands Media, an independent, nonprofit news organization. It’s a perfect fall afternoon in Colorado’s Rocky Mountain National Park and I am on a ...
Santa Cruz Sentinel

Name Dropping | California State Park Rangers Association bestows highest honor to Santa Cruz’s Randy Widera

Randy Widera of Santa Cruz was named the 2025 Annual Honorary Ranger by the California State Park Rangers Association recently. According to California State Park Rangers Association, Widera dedicated ...
The Courier-Journal

Metro Council OKs law establishing Louisville Parks Police

Louisville Metro Council has formally established the Louisville Parks Police through a new ordinance. The agency had law enforcement authority prior to the law's passage, but this change allows the ...
WDRB

Louisville Metro Council approves updated Park Ranger ordinance amid questions, debate

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — The Louisville Metro Council has approved a revised ordinance for the city’s Park Ranger program, aimed at streamlining hiring and recruitment while maintaining the program’s ...
The Courier-Journal

Louisville wants to grow its park ranger program. Officials say this change could help

Louisville Metro Council is considering a proposal that would tweak how the park ranger program is classified. The change would give the program access to state-administered training, grants and ...
Game Rant

Ranger’s Path: National Park Simulator Shares Cozy Gameplay [EXCLUSIVE]

Dominik Bošnjak is a freelance writer from Croatia. He has been writing about games for as long as he can remember and began doing so professionally circa 2010. If he was forced to pick a favorite ...
CNN

How a Colorado park ranger became the prime suspect in his own stabbing

EDITOR’S NOTE: The following account is based on an arrest warrant affidavit, court and personnel records, and agency news releases. As massive granite outcroppings dotted with evergreen trees jutted ...
Bates College

On a purposeful path: Park ranger Tess Black ’20 builds a career in America’s national parks

Perched on the edge of a boat gliding smoothly out of sunny Northeast Harbor, Maine, Tess Black ’20 commands the attention of the dozens of visitors to Acadia National Park seated around her. “Today, ...