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(CNN) — California, Nevada and other parts of the West face more flooding, mudslides and heavy snow as winter storms continue to pound the region. In California, a gigantic mudslide closed a section of Interstate 80 in the Sierras and high winds felled...

“Ocian in view! Oh! The Joy!,” William Clark wrote in his journal on November 7, 1805 as he viewed what he believed was the Pacific Ocean, as the Corps of Discovery reached the broad estuary of the Columbia River, 20 miles from the coast. Clark’s exhilaration...

Everyone told us it was the worst time of the year to visit Yosemite National Park. In July it would be crowded, temperatures scorching, and the waterfalls dried up. But it was our third visit to California and we still hadn’t made it to the famous...

Months before the Rim Fire was sparked in California’s Sierra Nevada, my husband and I booked a campsite in the Yosemite Valley, as we do every summer. While the fourth largest wildfire in California history has been burning on the northwest outskirts...

Madera County’s Yosemite National Park attracts 4 million people annually, making it a robust economic engine for nearby mountain communities and beyond.     “The impact of tourism is huge,” said Dan Cunning, CEO of...