It's Hobo Weekend in Summit County. Metro Parks, Serving Summit County, is staging four hobo-themed events Friday through Sunday at Deep Lock Quarry Metro Park in Peninsula.

Paul Day sits on a bench in an equipment barn on the Graff Ranch in Red River County, safe for the moment from the grumbly thunderstorm and the rain that pelts the tin roof, reflecting on what he's learned so far.

U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander praised the kickoff of the Centennial Challenge Parks Initiative, which highlighted the $340,000 included for the Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Wild trout, Montana icons hard hit by development, pollution and other threats, remain an important part of the Missoula area's economy and culture, a new survey found.

Activists took the great outdoors to downtown Toronto and other Canadian cities this week, carrying canoes along busy streets and setting up tents on urban rooftops.