In this week’s Nature column, Peter Marteka hikes through the 100-acre Alice Newton Street Memorial Park in Woodbridge. The Bottom Line: A hike through the deep forests and meadows lined with ...

Driving through remote National Park Service lands in Southern Nevada, resource management specialist Alice Newton often looks out over vistas dotted with hundreds of yucca plants and cactuses.

Alice's municipal natatorium made a big splash when it opened last summer. Now, just a few months later, the pool is closed. The City Council voted unanimously on Dec. 14 to "suspend aquatic ...