Published on July 22, 2026 10:23 am On April 5, 2012, 65-year-old Bill Ott set out on a three-week solo hike to a remote area of the Grand Canyon. The Oregon man was looking for thousand-year-old rock panels on the Hualapai Indian Reservation, images from the past that he had spent years stalking, photographing and
Published on July 15, 2026 05:12 am This spring, Matthew WappetA professor at Utah State University completed a 16-day rafting trip through the Grand Canyon. After returning to his home in Logan, Utah, the 53-year-old Weppet began experiencing painful flu-like symptoms, which ultimately led to him being hospitalized on June 6. She is one of
The US midsize pickup truck segment is starting to cool off. Sales of the Nissan Frontier, Toyota Tacoma and GMC Canyon will increase significantly in Q2 2026 compared to Q2 2025. However, sales of the Ford Ranger and most others declined. Here are all the details. Let’s dig! The Toyota Tacoma
After intense opposition from the Havasupai Tribal Council, state officials quietly reclassified the Pinyon Plain uranium mine’s request to adjust acceptable levels of toxic chemicals in a critical shared aquifer. listen to this articleHear The aquifer supports Havasu Falls, a tributary of the Grand Canyon, which is visited by 40,000 tourists each year. (Photo: Putt
Law enforcement is asking for the public’s help in identifying an elderly male visitor who climbed onto historic furniture for photos and destroyed a sacred piece of Hopi artwork inside the Desert View Watchtower. An expert explains why the destroyed artwork is an irreplaceable part of the Grand Canyon’s history. The headpiece was on sale
The lightning strike started a new fire in the northern rim of the valley. A view of the Cliff Spring Fire (Photo: National Park Service) Updated July 1, 2026 04:32 PM Grand Canyon National Park announced Wednesday that almost exactly one year after the Dragon Bravo Fire, the Cliff Spring Fire was sparked by lightning
Published June 25, 2026 01:18 pm I’m standing at the Grand Canyon’s Mathers Campground, one of more than 300 sites, looking directly into the eyes of a 700-pound elk. Next to me are National Park Service (NPS) wildlife biologist Brady Dunn and his partner Blue. She’s not your ordinary park ranger – Blue is a
Published June 25, 2026 12:37 pm I’m a sucker for an epic, difficult-to-plan backpacking route. I get a kind of thrill from completing a journey that most people would find difficult or overly complicated. Many backpackers can probably relate to this. That’s why rim-to-rim hiking across the Grand Canyon appealed to me. Not only was
Parked below the road in a narrow sandstone bluff near Highway 89 in southern Utah is a wall of crushed classic American cars that has stood for nearly sixty years. No, it is not art, nor is it vandalism. At one point, this was a real engineering solution –
The announcement comes just weeks after the death of an 18-year-old hiker on the Bright Angel Trail, and just days before a heat wave that could see temperatures reach 111 degrees at Phantom Ranch. Grand Canyon National Park is facing another deadly heat wave this summer. (Photo: Barth Bailey via Unsplash) Updated June 20, 2026