Emergency repairs to Big Bend National Park's west entrance road are scheduled to begin February 26 and run through March 1, creating access issues through that gate.
A search was underway Thursday at Big Bend National Park in Texas for a hiker reported missing after she failed to return home from a trip to the park.
A 14-year-old boy died at Big Bend National Park, apparently from the 119-degree Fahrenheit heat, and his stepfather, who went for help, was later found dead in a vehicle crash off an embankment at Boquillas Overlook.