HAWAII NATIONAL PARK, Hawaii, Feb. 28 -- The National Park Service awaii Volcanoes National Park issued the following news release: The National Park Service announced that 400 national parks reported a total of 325.5 million visitors in 2023, an increase of 13 million or 4% over 2022. At Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park, 1,620,294 people visited in 2023, a nearly 2.5% increase from 2022, and a 27.5% increase from 2008, the beginning of a 10-year eruption within Halema'uma'u crater at Kilauea   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- The National Park Service Big South Fork issued the following news release on Feb. 27, 2024: Today, the National Park Service announced that 400 national parks reported a total of 325.5 million visits in 2023, an increase of 13 million or 4 percent over 2022. Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area experienced continued high visitation in 2023. Last year, 766,000 visitors decided to experience the park. "Big South Fork offers solace, inspiration, and endless re  more

NEW YORK, Feb. 29 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release: New York Attorney General Letitia James joined a multistate coalition of 18 attorneys general urging the Colorado Supreme Court to affirm a lower court's ruling that a Colorado baker violated the state's antidiscrimination law (https://ag.ny.gov/sites/default/files/amicus-curiae/scardina-v.-masterpiece-amicus-brief.pdf) when he denied service to a transgender customer. Jack Phillips and his bakery, M  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service issued the following news release on Feb. 28, 2024: Today, the National Park Service announced that 400 national parks reported a total of 325.5 million visits in 2023, an increase of 13 million or 4 percent over 2022. Obed Wild and Scenic River experienced continued high visitation in 2023. Last year, 279,000 visitors decided to experience the park. "Obed Wild and Scenic River offers solace, inspiration, and en  more

MARTINSBURG, West Virginia, Feb. 29 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia issued the following news release: Dominic Asquith, age 39, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 105 months in federal prison for his role in a drug racketeering enterprise that had reach into Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, and Delaware. According to court documents and statements made in court, Asquith worked for a multi-state organized drug trafficking business  more