Heritage Images/Getty Images Despite all the power and modern technology available in modern supercars, it is almost impossible to reach a speed of 269 mph in an automobile on public roads today. And nearly ninety years ago, it was an engineering feat of astonishing proportions. In 1938,
Sign up for the Outdoor Life newsletter Get the latest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. I glass the cool valley in front of me on an October afternoon in search of mule deer. I’m hoping to see an old buck out somewhere traveling from his elevated national forest summer basin to
Ohio hunters may soon have more public lands. Signed by Governor Mike DeWine senate bill 450 On June 15, Ohio’s capital budget for fiscal years 2027 and 2028 was approved. The nearly $4 billion capital improvement bill funds schools, public infrastructure, parks, trails, state facilities and other long-term projects across the state. Within that larger
U.S. Senator Mike Lee has argued for years that selling or transferring federal public lands could help address housing costs in the West. Then on June 22, he voted against a bipartisan housing package aimed at increasing supply and improving affordability. passed by the senate 21st Century Roads to Housing Act By a vote of
Sign up for the Outdoor Life newsletter Get the latest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. Ohio sportsmen and women will soon have more public lands to hunt thanks to new legislation clearing the governor’s desk this month. capital reform bill Governor Mike DeWine signed into law June 15 an allocation of
King Charles has become the first monarch in modern times to reveal how much tax he pays on his personal income: £24.6 million over the last two years. The move follows years of calls for the king to be more open with the public about his royal finances. Some are heralding this as a new
Sign up for the Outdoor Life newsletter Get the latest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. An Oregon environmental group is suing the Interior Department to stop timber sales in the Coast Range because Congress invalidated the BLM resource management plan that directed the sale of about 1,300 acres of timber in
North Carolina wildlife officials are considering a rule change that would restrict firearms hunting and deer hunting with dogs on a small section of public game land near Falls Lake. North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission scheduled a virtual public hearing for June 23 Petition to amend the rules For butter-falls News of Game Land. The
Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines on politics, culture, media, and other topics. Today, we’ve got stories about who owns the public library, tips and insights for overcoming reading decline, and much more. What are public libraries for anyway? Earlier this year, I wrote about how public libraries were redefining
Published on June 18, 2026 09:05 am Catalan ultrarunner Killian Jornet was jogging on the slopes of 14,021-foot-high Wilson Peak in Colorado’s San Juan Range last September when he spotted an abandoned mining cart looming against the cliffs. Jornet, who was climbing all the peaks above 14,000 feet in the contiguous United States for a