The Zion-Mount Carmel Highway, which runs through Zion National Park, has reopened after being closed since Wednesday due to a large rock fall prompted by an intense storm concentrating more than 2 inches of rainfall in a short period of time. The rock fall area has been cleared and all normal traffic flow through the park has resumed, park officials said Friday afternoon.

Traffic delays are expected in Zion National Park on Monday as the Tour of Utah professional bike race pedals from the park's south entrance at Springdale, Utah, over the Zion-Mount Carmel Highway and out the east entrance, according to park officials.

Nearly four decades have passed since Congress directed the National Park Service to establish visitor carrying capacities for the National Park System, yet few parks have done so, according to a review by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility.

The Robin’s egg blue poster with the bold block lettering was stained, worn, faded, and even tattered a bit around the edges. It promoted ranger programs (“a free government service”) at Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming, and is one of a unique set of posters that artists from the Works Progress Administration created in the late 1930s and early 1940s to draw interest to our national parks.