Grand-Canyon News

Grand Canyon National Park will be joining national park units across the country in offering fee free entry to the park on Saturday, June 9, in honor of National Get Outdoors Day.

NPS Photo by Michael Quinn Williams-Grand Canyon News GRAND CANYON, Ariz. - Grand Canyon National Park Superintendent Dave Uberuaga issued the park's first two American the Beautiful Passes for Military to Sergeants Lozier and Morse of Camp Navajo on Armed Forces Day, May 19.

An email trail uncovered by House Republicans voices the belief that the U.S. Bureau of Land Management relied more on "confusion and obfuscation" than science in justifying a 20-year ban on new hard-rock mining claims on 1 million acres surrounding Grand Canyon National Park .

The Grand Canyon has a mystique and energy like no other place on earth. The rich colors stretch to meet the horizon as one of the seven natural wonders of the world entices visitors to explore her secret canyons.

Washington Rep. Rob Bishop said Wednesday he has unearthed internal emails from National Park Service officials that undercut the Obama administration's finding that uranium mining near the Grand Canyon would harm water resources in the area.

Fish flew last weekend along the Colorado River in Grand Canyon, as part of an ongoing effort to add more spawning areas for one endangered species.

Rangers at Grand Canyon National Park say there's been a pipeline break in the inner canyon near Phantom Ranch that could affect thirsty hikers.

The lodges closed Jan. 2, 2012 for renovations of guest rooms, meeting rooms and common areas.

U.S. officials say a former Bosnian Serb police commander who had a leading role in the 1995 massacre in Srebrenica has been deported back to his native country.

A U.S. Marine just home from a tour of Afghanistan died Tuesday after he slipped and fell while hiking the Grand Canyon.

Non-native trout, while prized by anglers who fish the Colorado River below Glen Canyon Dam, threaten to wipe out native species in the river that can't compete with them.

GRAND CANYON, Ariz. - After two years at Grand Canyon School (GCS), Principal Marc Cooper is retiring from life on the rim. Previously at Mingus Union High School in Cottonwood for six years, Cooper said...See full story on GrandCanyonNews.com.

GRAND CANYON, Ariz. - On May 22 at approximately 12:20 p.m., the Grand Canyon Regional Communications Center received a visitor report of a man over the edge at Pipe Creek Vista.

The 2012 Grand Canyon School Graduating Class. Pictured on GrandCanyonNews.com.

Washington a Rep. Rob Bishop said Wednesday he has unearthed internal emails from National Park Service officials that undercut the Obama administration's finding that uranium mining near the Grand Canyon would harm water resources in the area.

Take, for example, the Grand Canyon Limited. The fan trip from Los Angeles to the Grand Canyon, pulled by a restored classic steam locomotive and consisting of 14 vintage passenger cars, was scheduled to arrive in Congress by 3 p.m. May 15.

Today a man fell 600 feet to his death at the South Rim of the Grand Canyon.A At approximately 12:20 p.m. today, a Grand Canyon National Park visitor reported a man over the edge at Pipe Creek Vista located about one mile west of the junction of Desert View Drive and South Entrance Road.

Rangers at Grand Canyon National Park say they've recovered a body of a man from below the South Rim.

Just before our documentary film series on the history of our national parks was first broadcast on PBS in the fall of 2009, I had a once-in-a-lifetime chance to share scenes from the film with President Obama in a small screening room at the White House .

Thousands gathered at Grand Canyon National Park yesterday to observe a rare annular solar eclipse.