
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Grand Canyon tour helicopter made a hard landing at a Las Vegas-area airport, injuring seven people, officials said Dec. 28. Authorities are investigating the cause.

The Havasupai Tribe announced Friday that it plans to reopen its tourism operations in 2023.

Around the Rim: Week of Dec. 28

What do Grand Canyon, the dramatic sea cliffs of Zumaia (Spain), the La Brea tar pits in Los Angeles, the top of Mount Everest, Siccar Point (Scotland) and Yellowstone’s geysers have in common?

The Scientists in Parks program is a collaboration between Stewards Individual Placements (a program of Conservation Legacy), the National Park Service, Ecological Society of America and the Geological Society of America.

Sixteen percent of Grand Canyon Unified School District’s (GCUSD) $4 million budget is in question as the state of Arizona’s Aggregate Expenditure Limit (AEL) issue remains unresolved.

GRCA is the recent recipient of a $250,000 Don’t Feed the Landfills grant through the National Park Foundation (NPF) and corporate sponsor, Subaru.

Around the Rim: Week of Dec. 21

Seven community members recently graduated from Tusayan Fire District’s Volunteer Fire Academy.
Intern Nieves Vázquez recently completed her service as an Indigenous interpretive intern at Grand Canyon National Park.

On Nov. 22, Energy Fuels Resources, which owns Pinyon Plain Mine near Valle, posted a job ad on Craigslist seeking miners and support personnel.

The Living Nativity was presented at the Grand Canyon Community Church during their worship service Dec. 11.

The latest survey shows another increase in the population of the endangered Mount Graham red squirrel in the Pinaleno Mountains of southeastern Arizona, according to authorities.

Around the Rim: Week of Dec. 14

Ash Bedford has recently returned as the vegetation program nursery manager at Grand Canyon National Park.

The Departments of the Interior and Agriculture announced Dec. 1 that both agencies are implementing new regulatory and policy recommendations designed to protect tribal interests and resources from the impacts of mining.

The Town of Tusayan has always had a penchant for dressing its best for the holidays – establishments all along Highway 64 turn out in their Christmas best to the delight of visitors from all over the world.
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