Damage from Hurricane Michael will keep Highway 399 through Gulf Islands National Seashore closed until mid-January while repairs are made, according to park staff.

As Congress works in the coming months to reach accord on legislation that would provide billions of dollars to address the National Park System's nearly $12 billion in maintenance work that's been put off for a year or longer, the backlog continues to inch higher and higher. If a funding mechanism is passed, then the National Park Service will have to craft a national priority list of projects that need to be tackled. While that list doesn't exist yet, here's a look at some possible top priorities.

We're still days away from the official start to the 2018 hurricane season in the Atlantic, but the first named storm of the season has arrived, and it forced the closure of Gulf Islands National Seashore.

Questions about the stability of a World War II spotting tower at Gulf Islands National Seashore in Florida's panhandle have led to a temporary closure of the Battery Cooper Loop Road in the Fort Pickens area.