Travel
Dispute simmers over road to Grand Canyon Skywalk
On one of the busiest holiday weekends of the year, some travelers looking to get to the Grand Canyon's glass-bottom Skywalk will have to pay an extra fee to cross through a private ranch in northwestern Arizona. Land owner Nigel Turner said Saturday that it's his right as a property ...
Museum starts night tours of signs from Vegas past
The junked signs that attracted throngs to old Las Vegas have for years gathered dust in a neon boneyard just a few miles from the sleek mega-casinos on the Strip. This Memorial Day holiday weekend, the hulking metal come-ons are once again glinting and shimmering at night. The Neon Museum, ...
Santa Fe Railway ceases rides to Lamy
There will be no tourist trains running this summer between Santa Fe and the community of Lamy. The Santa Fe Southern Railway has laid off its full-time employees and seasonal workers, and the board chairman said earlier this week that he doesn't expect to operate at all this year. Company ...
Monument, city reach joint management agreement
The city of Albuquerque and the Petroglyph National Monument have crafted a new cooperative management agreement that will improve the law enforcement capabilities of park rangers. Once the agreement is signed next week, rangers will be able to cite people for smaller violations and impose tougher fines on people caught ...
Beartooth Highway opens for travelers
The Beartooth Highway connecting Yellowstone National Park and Red Lodge, Mont., has opened. The Montana Department of Transportation in a news release Saturday says motorists should watch for icy spots at higher elevations. The tourist-attracting Beartooth Highway is a national scenic byway that offers stunning views of mountain ranges while ...
Famed RI Cliff Walk still partly closed post-Sandy
Newport's Cliff Walk, which runs between the Atlantic Ocean and some of the city's most stunning Gilded Age mansions, sustained what has been estimated at up to $8 million in damage during Superstorm Sandy. Some walkways were washed away or caved in. In other areas, huge boulders were moved by ...
3-car crash kills 1, injures 2 others in Weston
One person is dead and two others injured after three cars crashed on a ramp leading from the Massachusetts Turnpike to Route 95 in Weston. State Police Lt. Daniel Richard says the crash occurred Saturday afternoon, trapping one person in one of the vehicles with life-threatening injuries. He announced later ...
NC art exhibit pays tribute to teen shot, killed
In one black-and-white image, a teenager in a hoodie stands on a field, hand outstretched, gripping a football. In another picture, seven students lie in the grass, eyes closed, using their bodies to spell out the initials "K'' and "C." Another image features torn up chunks of asphalt. A poster ...
Museum hopes 'Star Wars' exhibit draws thousands
The force is with the Indiana State Museum. The Indianapolis Star reports (http://indy.st/162KUja ) an exhibition called "Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination" opened at the museum this weekend. The exhibit lets visitors sit in the cockpit of the Millennium Falcon Interactive Experience and includes a short film narrated by ...
Museum hopes 'Star Wars' exhibit draws thousands
Sit in the cockpit of the Millennium Falcon Interactive Experience, perhaps in a front seat usually reserved for Han Solo or Chewbacca, and you won't be thrown into a deep space dogfight with Imperial TIE fighters. Instead of fantastic battle, fact-based exploration is the theme. Anthony Daniels — voice of ...
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