Yosemite National Park News

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A summer rite of passage is underway at Yosemite National Park, where the handrails on Half Dome are in place and hikers began scaling the granite monolith Friday morning.

Yosemite National Park is demonstrating all it takes to keep you safe in the park.

Federal investigators probing the hantavirus outbreak blamed for three deaths at Yosemite National Park recommended on Monday that design changes to tent cabins and other privately run lodging first be reviewed by National Park Service officials.

Wildfires may be the furthest thing from our minds with the cooler temperatures the Valley has been experiencing this week, but for the folks at Yosemite National Park the threat of fire is front and center.

Here's a message for tourists passing through Modesto or Merced on their way to Yosemite National Park: Stop and pick some cherries.

Business Opportunities Weblog editor and publisher Dane Carlson lives in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California, just 15 miles from Yosemite National Park.

Members of The Velocity Dance Company will showcase their talents at 6:30 p.m., May 31 at Yosemite High School.

Just in time for Memorial weekend, the Half Dome cables will be up on Friday at Yosemite National Park.

The Interior Department's Office of Inspector General has released a report regarding last year's hantavirus outbreak in Yosemite National Park.

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A Montana man died in a rock climbing accident as he tried to climb to the top of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, authorities said.

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A well-known Columbia Falls native died Sunday from injuries suffered in a 230-foot fall while attempting to summit El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, according to park officials.

The cables on Half Dome in Yosemite National Park will be in place and open for the season on Friday, May 24, weather permitting, park officials announced this past week.

Federal investigators probing the hantavirus outbreak blamed for three deaths at Yosemite National Park recommend that design changes to tent cabins and other lodging run by private concessionaires first be reviewed by National Park Service officials.

The 2013 Fire Season in Yosemite National Park will begin on Monday, May 20, park officials said Friday in a news release.

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