Hopi musician, painter, storyteller and educator Ed Kabotie will be visiting with visitors at the Desert View Watchtower May 14-16 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
It’s elk calving season, a time when adorable elk calves are born between May and June. These little ones weigh about 35 pounds at birth. Mothers are fiercely protective and may charge if they feel their newborns are threatened, even if you c…
GRAND CANYON, Ariz. — On April 24, Grand Canyon National Park celebrated the premiere of the new park film “We Are Grand Canyon” at the Grand Canyon Visitor Center with a VIP reception, cultural performances and several screenings of the film.
Tusayan’s annual Community Garden Clean Up Day took place May 10. Volunteers met at the Sports Complex to clean, check out plants and garden. Afterwards they ate lunch and were entertained by local band Speed’s Limit. (Photos/Charlie Hendrix)
SPRINGDALE, Utah — On the afternoon of May 6, Zion National Park received a report of an unresponsive hiker at Scout Lookout. Rangers working at Scout Lookout immediately responded and performed CPR. Additional rangers hiked to the patient wi…
Tribes that use the Colorado River want a say in negotiations that will reshape how the river’s water is shared. Eighteen of those tribes signed on to a letter sent to the Bureau of Reclamation, the federal agency that will finalize new rules for managing the river after 2026, when the curre…
GRAND CANYON, Ariz. — Almost 50 Arizona Public Service (APS) employees and their guests celebrated Earth Day by cleaning up more than 100 campsites and emptying 300 fire pits at Mather Campground on the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park.
GRAND CANYON, Ariz. — Earlier this year, Arizona lawmakers sued the Biden administration over the newly created Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni — Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument — arguing that the establishment of national monuments should be state matters and calling t…
TUCSON, Ariz. – At 83 years old, George Goode describes every day as a “blessing” as he makes the two-hour commute to Sells to teach local Native Americans farrier education.
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WASHINGTON D.C. — Off-road vehicle management has been a hot topic issue for Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, with several conservation groups settling and dismissing lawsuits against the National Park Service April 10.
North Dakota U.S. John Hoeven has announced that the National Park Service will abandon plans that could have removed the 200 or so wild horses that roam Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Advocates have feared that park officials would remove…
PETRIFIED FOREST, Ariz. — In 1924, Herbert Lore registered his newly constructed business with the Arizona Land Office, fulfilling his duties under the Homesteading Act of 1862. Today this charming building is on the National Register of Hist…
GRAND CANYON, Ariz. — In order to streamline essential hiking information for visitors, in July 2023, in collaboration with the Grand Canyon Office of Communication, the Preventive Search and Rescue (PSAR) team launched the QR Code Program at…
Authorities have arrested a man suspected of fatally shooting one person and wounding two others in a domestic violence incident on the Navajo Nation. Tribal police say 44-year-old Derick Myron was taken into custody early Thursday. He later …
President Joe Biden has expanded two culturally significant California landscapes: the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument in Southern California and Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument in Northern California. The move follows calls…
The Bureau of Land Management will publish a final rule soon allowing the nation’s public lands to be leased for environmental protection, a April 18 news release from the Interior Department said.
Due to an ongoing pipeline break near Phantom Ranch, water along the North Kaibab Trail as well as Phantom Ranch will remain off until further notice. Water utilities have completed repairs and are hoping to restore water in the near future. …