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All national parks, including Great Basin, Death Valley, are fee-free this Saturday

Apr 12, 2022

In celebration of National Park Week, all national parks in the U.S. are waiving entrance fees on Saturday, April 16.

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A person walks on a boardwalk at the salt flats at Badwater Basin on Aug. 17, 2020, in Death Valley National Park in California. Temperatures reached 130 degrees there on Friday.

Death Valley Posts 130-Degree Heat, Potentially Matching A Record High

Jul 10, 2021
The hottest place on Earth is as hot as it's ever been, at least in terms of recorded temperatures in modern times.
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A Pandemic/Wildfire Guide to Fall Recreation

Sep 18, 2020

With the weather no longer set to auto-scorch, here are the guidelines for getting out on public lands. Keywords: mask, distancing, no fires

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Navy Confirms Pilot Died In California Crash

Aug 02, 2019

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The U.S. Navy says it has confirmed the death of the pilot in the crash of a fighter jet in the California desert.

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Earthquakes Might Have Been Good For Endangered Pupfish

Jul 22, 2019

The earthquakes two weeks ago were bad news for many, but not the rare Devil's Hole pupfish.

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National Park Service Expands Death Valley Park With Private Land Purchase

May 15, 2019

The National Park Service has purchased hundreds of acres of private land within Death Valley National Park.

Park officials released a statement today, saying the 680 acres are a “stunning” addition to the park’s cultural and geological history.

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Death Valley NP Sees Visitation Double Over 9 Years

Mar 08, 2019

Death Valley National Park’s visitation has doubled in the past nine years and increased by 30 percent over the past year.

In 2018, a record 1.6 million people visited the park.

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Tours Of Scotty's Castle In Death Valley To Resume

Sep 20, 2018

Reservations are being taken for tours of the grounds at Scotty’s Castle in Death Valley National Park, even though repair work is still being done in the area following a flood in 2015.

A ranger will take visitors around the grounds to see the damage first-hand.

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Death Valley Breaks Record For Hottest Month

Aug 01, 2018

Death Valley has just broken its own record for hottest month on Earth since record-keeping began. 

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Death Valley Roundup: Burros, A Marijuana Farm Bust And More

Jul 27, 2018

Weed is legal in Nevada, but not in National Parks...

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Las Vegans Conquer 'The Toughest Foot Race In The World'

Jul 24, 2017

The 135-mile ultramarathon begins in Death Valley National Park in 115-degree weather.

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Tourists Descend As Temperatures Climb In Death Valley

Jun 19, 2017

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Desert dwellers in the southwestern U.S. see temperatures topping 120 degrees as a reason to hunker down indoors and turn up the air conditioning.

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'BioBlitz' Scientists To Survey California Desert Valley

Apr 07, 2017

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Scientists will fan out across a California desert valley to take an inventory of everything that lives there.

They will record the presence of species including birds, bats, toads, crickets, coyotes and native plants.

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Marta Becket Of Amargosa Opera House Fame, Dies At 92

Feb 02, 2017

Marta Becket of the Amargosa Opera House died earlier this week at the age of 92.

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Death Valley Sees More Damage From Visitors Driving Off-Road

Jan 18, 2017

DEATH VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — Rangers are taking stronger measures to try to prevent visitors from driving on dry lake beds and other fragile areas at Death Valley National Park.

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Light Pollution Hides Milky Way From 80 Percent Of North Americans, Atlas Shows

Jun 10, 2016
More than 99 percent of the people living in the U.S. and Europe look up and see light-polluted skies, according to a new atlas of artificial night sky brightness.
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Death Valley's Harsh Desert Blanketed With Wildflower 'Super Bloom'

Feb 24, 2016
Death Valley, Calif., one of the hottest places in the world, is in bloom with more than twenty species of desert wildflowers. It's the biggest bloom the park has seen in a decade.
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Early Bloom In Death Valley: An Update

Feb 01, 2016

A few days ago, we talked with botanist Pat Leary of the College of Southern Nevada and Patrick Donnelly of the Amargosa Conservancy about the early bloom in parts of Nevada and California.

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Early Spring Bloom

Jan 25, 2016

It’s spring in January – or at least it is in parts of Nevada and California.

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Wildflowers Bloom In Death Valley

Mar 23, 2015

 

Death Valley might be experiencing the greatest wildflower bloom since 2005.

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Sailing Rocks Explained

Sep 16, 2014
Sailing stones in Death Valley - of course you’ve heard about them. These are the stones that leave mysterious tracks on a barren lake bed, sometimes...
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Sailing Rocks: Mystery Solved

Jan 26, 2015
For years scientists have theorized about how large rocks - some weighing hundreds of pounds - zigzag across Racetrack Playa in Death Valley National...
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Death Valley Celebrates A Hot Anniversary

Jul 10, 2013
Randy Cerveny, meteorologist, Arizona State University
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A Ride Along With The Car Paparazzi

Apr 23, 2013
In 1992, housewife Brenda Priddy spotted an unusual-looking car on the ring road near her house on the outskirts of Phoenix. She snapped a photo, and the car -- a 1994 Mustang -- ended up on the cover of a magazine.
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World's Biggest Thermometer

Sep 19, 2012
The World's Largest Thermometer in Baker, California is in disrepair and in danger of being abandoned.  We talk about the demise of this roadside icon with its owner.
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