Grand Canyon News

As a licensed non-denominational chaplain and member of the National Chaplains Association, Lambert has training in emergency response, mental health, firearms chemical agents and tactical support.

As winter slowly progesses toward spring, Grand Canyon Village and Tusayan are preparing for an increase in tourism and visitation to the National Park.

Starting in August, a Grand Canyon Middle School student was recognized weekly as a Students of the Week.

Though the sports are the same no matter the location, there are some aspects of athletics that are specific to Grand Canyon School.

The bureau approved the trio of leases last September in Navajo and Apache counties.

Crews are bulldozing through Monument Hill to construct a 30-foot steel wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, the Arizona Daily Star reported.

Upcoming events in Grand Canyon and Valle area.

The 31-year-old male hiker and his dog were stranded in the boulders on the south side of Mount Elden below Devils Chair.

The U.S. Coast Guard rescued four sailors from a fishing trawler that wrecked along a dangerous stretch of water near North Carolina’s Outer Banks.

Along with a free, long-term employee bike rental program encompassing a fleet of 41 bikes and bike racks stationed at its lodging, retail and dining locations, DNC is one of 153 nation-wide businesses that won an award for a bike-friendly workplace.

The permits are for specific launch dates within calendar year 2021. A total of 462 permits will be available for 12- to 25-day river trips.

Business owners and representatives gathered Jan. 30 at Canyon Plaza Hotel in Tusayan for the annual Grand Canyon Chamber and Bureau Visitor’s Luncheon.

As demand for uranium has plummeted, the price is too low for U.S. companies to compete with other countries and still turn a profit. Uranium is processed in just seven facilities in the U.S., including the White Mesa Mill in Utah.

Upcoming events in around Grand Canyon Village and Tusayan.

The annual Outdoor Expo will feature everything from wildlife exhibits and family fishing tanks to kayaking at the 90,000-gallon “Lake Paddlemore” and trying out firearms in a safe, controlled environment on the range.

No count was conducted in 2019 due to a federal government shutdown.

The attack happened the morning of Jan. 30 on Grand Loop Road in the Canyon Village area.

Park officials say 24-year-old Tristen Watson and her son, Christopher, were found with gunshot wounds on the Beaver Meadows Trail Jan. 24.

In Fiscal Year 2019, the bureau reached a milestone with over 90 percent of the 31,339 structures listed in the NPS Wildland Fire database now surveyed for threats from wildland fire.

The application will be submitted to Kaibab National Forest later this week.

Most special events and activities held in the park, such as weddings, organized group rim-to-rim trips and using the Shrine of the Ages, require a special use permit.

An amber-colored snail found in Arizona and Utah could be losing it status as an endangered species.

The policy change, signed by heads of the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, narrows the types of waterways that qualify for federal protection under the half-century-old Clean Water Act.

In 2019, visitation to Yellowstone National Park was at the lowest level it has been since 2014.

On Jan. 9, an eight person crew launched from Lees Ferry in an attempt to break a speed record by rowing 277 river miles of the Grand Canyon in less than 34 hours. They were unsuccessful.