Parade and live music on tap for town of Tusayan Fourth of July celebration
TUSAYAN, Ariz. - Hot dogs, hamburgers, popcorn, cotton candy, parade and live music by local musicians and America's Got Talent singer-songwriter Michael Grimm are just a few things the 38th annual...
View ArticlePostal Service releases NPS centennial stamps
GRAND CANYON, Ariz. -The National Park Service received a stamp of approval from the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to publicly launch the 16 National Park Forever stamps commemorating the 100th...
View ArticleNational Park Service: new study shows extent of light pollution across night...
WASHINGTON - National parks offer some of our nation's best views of the cosmos.
View ArticleNorth Rim Artists in Resident take Canyon art to New York City
GRAND CANYON, NORTH RIM - The Grand Canyon Artist in Residence (AIR) programs, once offered on both the North and South Rims of Grand Canyon National Park , are considered one of the most prestigious...
View ArticleNative plants get sustainable start at Canyon
GRAND CANYON, Ariz. - With the construction of a new greenhouse facility at Grand Canyon National Park (GCNP), the Vegetation Program has reached a milestone and helped the National Park Service (NPS)...
View ArticleFighting fire with fire: Grand Canyon Helitack crews respond to southwest fires
GRAND CANYON, Ariz. - With fire season lighting up acres across the Southwest the Grand Canyon Fire and Aviation crew will spend the rest of fire season trekking across the U.S. to help put out wildfires.
View ArticleGrand Canyon in race with 19 National Park projects for 2 million in...
GRAND CANYON, Ariz. - On May 25 a national contest to award $2 million in historic preservation funds launched. The iconic Desert View Watchtower at Grand Canyon National Park was one of 20 competing...
View ArticleThe quest for truth: new book asks if Noah's flood explains the Grand Canyon
GRAND CANYON, Ariz. - In the U.S., 40 percent of the population believe the Earth was created over a period of six to 10,000 years. The other 60 percent of the population believe the Earth is billions...
View ArticleView from the top: exploring the mental high of Grand Canyon
GRAND CANYON - NORTH RIM, Ariz. - In 1973, Texas photographer Robert Langham was a fit and healthy 20-year-old on his way to an Ansel Adams workshop in Yosemite. Along the way he stopped at the Grand...
View ArticleChinook flight crews locked and loaded for fire season
SEDONA, Ariz. - When wildfires break out in the U.S. there is a myriad of teams and agencies that are called in to help extinguish the flames. One of these is a contracted crew from from Sacramento,...
View ArticlePart 3 of 3: What a revised recovery plan could mean for Mexican Gray Wolves
GRAND CANYON, Ariz. - In February there were 97 Mexican Gray Wolves in the wild and around 25 in Mexico, making it one of the most endangered mammals in North America. Earthjustice, a nonprofit...
View ArticleArizona faces blood shortages, local donors needed July 8
GRAND CANYON, Ariz. - One hour. That's all the time it takes to donate a pint of blood. The United Blood Services (UBS) is hosting a blood drive July 8 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Grand Canyon...
View ArticleRotary on the Rim wraps up successful year
GRAND CANYON, Ariz. - ClayAnn Cook presided over her last meeting as president as Rotary on the Rim turned over a new year of leadership during its June 29 meeting. New officers were welcomed and...
View ArticleJob with a view: Grand Canyon National Park gets new airplane
GRAND CANYON, Ariz. - Grand Canyon's helicopter program is one of the busiest in the National Park Service (NPS) but there are some things an airplane can do that don't require a helicopter, like 15...
View ArticleSixtieth anniversary of 1956 TWA-United Airlines accident remembered
GRAND CANYON, Ariz. - On June 30, family, friends, National Park Service (NPS) employees, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and members of the Grand Canyon Historical Society (GCHS) gathered to...
View ArticleCapturing electricity: photographing lightning at Grand Canyon
GRAND CANYON, Ariz. - Lightning is a giant spark of electricity in the atmosphere and is created in the space between clouds, air or the ground. Every year in the U.S. lightning strikes the ground...
View ArticleTradition continues with 21st Xanterra employee Olympics
GRAND CANYON, Ariz. - Once again the competition, excitement and fun of the Xanterra South Rim Property Olympics presided as employees gathered for the 21st consecutive year July 16.
View ArticleHopi silversmith Jonah Hill shares art with Canyon visitors at Watchtower
GRAND CANYON, Ariz. - Jonah Hill is an artist with many talents. He recently demonstrated one of those, metalsmithing, at Desert View Watchtower in Grand Canyon National Park.
View ArticleArizona artist takes watercolor painting to Grand Canyon's North Rim
GRAND CANYON, Ariz. - He sits on the ground, there is no easel, chair or umbrella, only a tarp and a little paint box, almost 50 years old. His pigments and brushes lie next to him, protected by the...
View ArticleBusy above Grand Canyon: a look at Grand Canyon Helitack
GRAND CANYON, Ariz. - Whether it's flying a maintenance crew to repair a break on the Trans-Canyon Pipeline, fighting wildfires across the southwest or launching a full scale search and rescue for...
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