memorial day weekend

With Memorial Day weekend and the unofficial start to the summer boating season almost here, the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources is urging people to be safe while boating.

The Memorial Day weekend is the unofficial kick-off for the summer tourism season in the Colorado mountains, but this year visitors to the state's high country will encounter mid-winter snow conditions.

To celebrate the official start of summer in the United States, online travel adviser Cheapflights has searched coast to coast for the top beach destinations to check out the Memorial Day weekend.

A Mandeville man has been booked in a boating accident that killed his friend. Authorities say 35-year-old Darren Sabathier died Memorial Day weekend when he was thrown overboard while returning from a late night fishing trip in Lake Pontchartrain.

Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries agents have arrested the operator of a boat for his role in the deaths of three of his passengers on Lake Maurepas during the Memorial Day weekend.

Boating deaths in South Carolina this year have already surpassed the total in 2009, and safety officials are worried with the Memorial Day weekend approaching.

Campers hoping to stay overnight at State Forest State Park in Walden for Memorial Day weekend will have to go elsewhere.

Memorial Day weekend often signals the start of youth baseball, and it almost didn't happen this year in this town of 5,000, where the sputtering auto industry choked off money for recreation.

The Coast Guard encourages boaters to be safe on the water by boating responsibly during the Memorial Day weekend.

Memorial Day weekend is known for a lot of things. Family, friends, barbecue, apple pie and maybe best of all - auto racing.

The racing part starts at noon on Sunday, May 24th with the Greatest Spectacle in Racing, the Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.