As couples and families look for vacations amid winter break, these five spots within are about an hour-and-a-half drive.

From Alcatraz’s rusty cell blocks to the panoramic Golden Gate, San Francisco is a city of cable-car charm and kaleidoscopic history.

In gold panning sites, extracting gold is about digging than filling pits. The pits left by gold diggers from within and abroad scar waterways, farmlands and forests. “I need money to feed my family, ...

NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK / / November 24, 2025 / For centuries, gold has represented permanence, beauty, and wealth. It has ...

A fundraiser for Ryan Dotson, a candidate for congress in Kentucky’s 6th Congressional District, was held Thursday on the grounds of the Winchester church Dotson leads.

The Barrington Tops is a perfect location for stargazing, satellite spotting, comet watching and taking a front-row seat to a spectacular meteor shower. The dark sky wilderness of the Barrington Tops ...

Hidden in the golden foothills of the Sierra Nevada lies a wooden masterpiece that feels like stepping into a sepia-toned photograph – the Bridgeport Covered Bridge in Penn Valley, California.

Matt James has collected gold nuggets for years from the hills and riverbeds of California, but as the precious metal's price soars, he has found an unexpected El Dorado: on social media. Though the ...

PINEVILLE, N.C. — Gold and silver took a slight hit recently, but overall, they’ve been soaring this year. According to national news outlets, including Fortune Magazine, gold has been up more than 50 ...

RICHMOND, Va. — The James River received a B grade for overall health in the State of James report released on Thursday. The James River Association's biennial report gives the river a score of 68%.

A pedestrian was killed Oct. 22 while walking in a roadway near St. James early Wednesday morning, according to the North Carolina State Highway Patrol. The man was walking in the roadway in the ...

The Basalt Sanitation District will replace a sewer main over the next several months to update outdated equipment and reduce water infiltration into the line from the Fryingpan River. Beginning on ...