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Girl Scout cookie season is back with new Exploramores flavor and an Adobe partnership to teach Scouts digital skills through ...

BSA scouts test their skills at starting a fire with all natural materials during the annual Camp Kootaga Klondike Derbies. (Photo by Gretchen Dowler) PARKERSBURG — The BSA Buckskin Council Kootaga ...

Business, finance, technology, marketing and, of course, some taste-testing are all part of the curriculum at Cookie University. Local Girl Scouts will head to school this weekend to prepare for the ...

The National Boy Scout Office and Eagle Scout Association hope to re-engage those past Scouts as part of the 100th anniversary celebration of scouting and National Jamboree in 2010, according to Nick ...

While retiring flags is a way that scouts can serve the community, Kirtland Scoutmaster Doug Knoop believes it also teaches them valuable life skills. “It’s a great opportunity for the scouts to ...

The Wyrd Explorer Scout Unit opened a year ago, and they are growing in numbers. Some of the activities they have done in the last few months include camping, a Halloween evening, paddle boarding and ...

On 27 April, Chief Scout Dwayne Fields had the honour of celebrating Alex MacDonald, Rebecca Hewitt, Gregory Darling and other young adults from Lincolnshire at a special event held at Windsor Castle.