Grand-Canyon News

The holidays will come alive Dec. 7, as officials with the Grand Canyon Association and the National Park Service host the fifth annual Community Open House at the Grand Canyon Visitor Center at Canyon View Information Plaza.

At approximately 6:00 p.m. yesterday, November 9, the Grand Canyon Regional Communications Center received a report of a man down on the trail.

Mule rides at the Grand Canyon are being rerouted, in part, to allow for construction of a major trail.

President Obama and his family visited it, so did we. My family and I have visited the Grand Canyon in the United States a few times in the past few years so far, and again in December 2008.

As of the end of the public comment period this week, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar received input from 98,285 citizens supporting his proposal to protect the lands around Grand Canyon National Park from mining.

The wonders of the Grand Canyon cannot be adequately represented in symbols of speech, nor by speech itself.

The Salvation Army is looking for volunteers to help collect donations to provide emergency assistance in Grand Canyon, Tusayan and Valle.

Gov. Jan Brewer said she expects to call the Legislature back to work later this month to cut about one-third of the $1.75 billion budget deficit.

Jason Corbett of Bat Conservation International enters the Last Chance Mine, on Horseshoe Mesa, in the Grand Canyon.

Whether you visit Mammoth Cave National Park in winter or summer, the underground conditions are largely the same -- great for spelunking.

Park Ranger Nicole DeLuca stands before a memorial for those who lost their lives in a 1956 plane crash over Grand Canyon.

GRAND CANYON, Ariz. - The Grand Canyon Cemetery. A full moon. Halloween night. Those are ingredients for what will be an evening to remember, as rangers at the Grand Canyon National Park host a guided hike of the Grand Canyon Cemetery. The tour begins at 8:30 p.m. under the light of a full moon, which just so happens to fall on Halloween night. Park Ranger Nicole DeLuca offers the tours.

TUSAYAN - The Grand Canyon Chamber of Commerce Executive Board is seeking nominees for four seats on the board. Nominees must be received by Nov. 15. The election by mail only will be held in December. The Chamber's Executive Board consists of nine members. Terms of office are two years, and an election is held annually to elect a portion of the board...see complete story on GrandCanyonNews.com.

GRAND CANYON, Ariz. - Grand Canyon National Park fire officials implemented the Hearst Tank prescribed burn on the South Rim Oct. 24. Approximately 100 acres were ignited. The Hearst Tank Prescribed Fire is part of a three-unit project including Watson 1 and Hance. These burn units are located....

GRAND CANYON, Ariz. - Grand Canyon National Park's North and South Rim Artist-in-Residence programs are pleased to announce the artists selected for the October 2009 - September 2010 season. The park's Artist-in-Residence program offers professional artists the opportunity to spend three weeks on either...

National Park Service uses the Send Word Now emergency notification service to communicate with staff
Send Word Now, a provider of emergency notification and on-demand alerting and response services, announced that Grand Canyon National Park has selected the Send Word Now Alert Service to communicate with personnel across the entire park.

GRAND CANYON, Ariz. - Biologists and ecologists from the National Park Service and the Tamarisk Coalition, based in Grand Junction, Colorado, recently found the first tamarisk leaf beetle (Diorhabda spp.) in Grand Canyon National Park. The tamarisk leaf beetle, which feeds specifically on tamarisk, was approved for release as a biological control agent in certain areas of the west in 2001 to help manage tamarisk.

FREDONIA, Ariz - Christmas tree-cutting tags are now available for purchase from the North Kaibab Ranger District of the Kaibab National Forest. Tags cost $15 with a limit of one tree per household. They can be purchased Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the district office in Fredonia, or Saturdays and Sundays from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Kaibab Plateau Visitor Center through Dec. 20, in Jacob Lake. The Fredonia office will... see complete story on GrandCanyonNews.com.

A high confidence factor followed by a crash started our bike trip on the Coconino Rim segment of the Arizona Trail just south of the Grand Canyon in late summer.

Perhaps you've wondered how many miles is it from New Bedford to the Grand Canyon.