Emergency service agencies rescued a hiker after a large rock crushed his ankle on the Cumberland Trail Wednesday evening, officials said. At 6 p.m., a hiker called 9-1-1 reporting that a member of their party had sustained a traumatic ankle injury and needed help exiting the trail, according to a press release from the Hamilton County Office of Emergency Management & Homeland Security.

Temperatures soaring into the triple digits before the official start of spring are forcing widespread closures and restrictions across some of the most popular hiking trails in the Phoenix area, marking the earliest enforcement of the city’s extreme heat safety rule since it was enacted five years ago.

Yosemite Valley and Bridalveil Fall at sunset from tunnel view, California. In a rare show of bipartisan unity, Congress this week passed the Fiscal Year 2026 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies appropriations bill—bringing long-awaited funding clarity to the federal agencies that manage America’s public lands. According to a release from Outdoor Alliance , the bill passed as part of a broader funding package with overwhelming support: 82 Senators and 397 Representati