Entries by Tia Jones

Rumble on the Rim: Free Event Celebrating the Native Connection to the Grand Canyon is a Success

The Indigenous people have called the Grand Canyon home for a millennium. While theGrand Canyon celebrates one-hundred years as a National Park, local tribes added tothe celebration with presenting the “Rumble on the Rim” event. This awesome display of culture and passion for the beauty that surrounds us focusedon the Indigenous history of the Grand […]

Grand Canyon News Week of Mar 18, 2019

A view of the Grand Canyon from space Today’s Image of the Day from NASA Earth Observatory features the Grand Canyon surrounded by snow in northern Arizona. Source: www.earth.comGet the Full Story First female Grand Canyon Nation Park superintendent resigns after bogus-sounding investigationThe first openly gay female superintendent of Grand Canyon National Park has resigned […]

Grand Canyon News Week of Mar 11, 2019

Nature up close: A Grand Canyon geology lesson The thing that makes it geologically awesome is that as you walk down it, especially from the higher north side, you are literally walking through two billion years of geological history. Source: www.cbsnews.comGet the Full Storyhttp:// https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nature-up-close-a-grand-canyon-geology-lesson/ National Park Service: New readings show radiation scare at Grand […]

Grand Canyon News Week of Mar 4, 2019

Gay old closing time – Flintstones theme park near the Grand Canyon The classic American roadside tourist attraction had been serving Bronto Burgers and Dino Dogs since 1972 Source: www.scmp.com Get the Full Story The most popular national parks, from the Grand Canyon to Acadia Could you name the most popular National Parks if asked? […]

Grand Canyon News Week of Feb 25, 2019

The 103-year-old Grand Canyon junior ranger who’s older than the park itself Rose Torphy has had a large life. At 103 she has just become the oldest-ever junior park ranger at the Grand Canyon National Park — Source: www.sltrib.comGet the Full Story As Grand Canyon National Park turns 100, two friends hike the entire length […]

Grand Canyon News Week of Feb 18, 2019

The Iron Horse once again gallops to the Grand Canyon Grand Canyon Railway announces 2019 Steam Engine schedule Source: www.williamsnews.comGet the Full Story https://www.williamsnews.com/news/2019/feb/19/iron-horse-once-again-gallops-grand-canyon/ Grand Canyon tourists exposed for years to radiation in museum building For nearly two decades at the Grand Canyon, tourists, employees, and children on tours passed by three paint buckets stored […]

Grand Canyon News Week of Feb 11, 2019

Bald eagle web cam captures real-time drama of survival Bald eagles are nesting at Lake Pleasant north of Phoenix, and thanks to the Arizona Game & Fish Department, you can observe one pair of parents-to-be through a live webcam. Source: www.williamsnews.com Get the Full Story Plan calls for free entry for vets at Arizona state […]

Grand Canyon News Week of Feb 4, 2019

New Grand Canyon Aeronautical Chart Coming The current chart’s inconsistencies that have emerged over time range from airport elevations that have been adjusted since 2001 to updated airport runway lengths and radio frequencies, and navaids of different type and location than those charted. Source: www.aopa.org Get the Full Story Exploring The Grand Canyon, Through Maps […]

Grand Canyon News Week of Jan 28, 2019

How Arizona national parks survived the longest government shutdown in U.S. history Despite the partial federal government shutdown, which ended Jan. 25, for most visitors, the closure didn’t affect their experience. Source: www.bizjournals.com Get the Full Story Havasupai falls hike permits nearly sold out for 2019 Permits went on sale at 8 a.m. Arizona time […]

Grand Canyon News Week of Jan 21, 2019

WATCH: Top 10 amazing facts about the Grand Canyon Did you also know that for $900 a night, you can stay in the Underground Cave Suite in the Grand Canyon. Source: www.canoe.com Get the Full Story Grand Canyon, other parks to resume full operations as shutdown ends Park rangers were once again greeting visitors at […]

Grand Canyon News Week of Jan 14, 2019

25 Things Nobody Can Explain About The Grand Canyon Here are 25 amazing things about the grand canyon that will help fuel wanderlust and get it to the top of many ‘must visit’ locations in America. Source: www.thetravel.com Get the Full Story Trump’s CLimate Change Policies Are Threatening Wildlife in US National Parks The Trump […]

Grand Canyon News Week of Jan 7, 2019

Grand Canyon National Park celebrates centennial in 2019 The first European American who reached the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon marveled at what was before him: an astounding system of canyons, profound fissures and slender spires that seemingly tottered from their bases. Source: www.GrandCanyonNews.com Get the Full Story Grand Canyon West remains open during […]

Closed road to east entrance of Grand Canyon park

A section of the road that connects Williams and Cameron to the Grand Canyon Park east entrance is shut down due to the snow and storms that is passing over northern Arizona Monday. David Woodfill, Arizona Department of Transportation spokesperson, confirmed that the New Year’s Eve storm caused the closure of the road between milepost […]