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The Grand Canyon is experiencing one of its deadliest stretches in years

5:00am September 13, 2024

At least 16 people have died at the park this year, including five fatalities in August alone. No single factor is to blame, but several deaths have followed stretches of extreme weather.

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Breaks in water pipeline for Grand Canyon prompt shutdown of overnight hotel stays

1:25am August 29, 2024

The restrictions will run throughout the Labor Day holiday when hotels are near or at capacity. It's an unprecedented move, even for a water line that has experienced frequent failures.

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A third hiker has died in the Grand Canyon in less than a month

3:11am July 10, 2024

by Ayana Archie

In all three cases, no cause of death has yet been released yet. The National Park Service is advising visitors to avoid hiking in the inner canyon during during daytime summer high temperatures.

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1 person dies, 8 others are seriously hurt in tour bus rollover at Grand Canyon West

12:53am August 02, 2023

One person was killed in a tour bus rollover involving over 50 people Tuesday in northern Arizona near the Grand Canyon West Skywalk, authorities said.

This 2019 file photo provided by the National Park Service shows the Hance Rapid located where Red Canyon intersects with the Colorado River at River Mile 77.

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A motorboat flips at Grand Canyon National Park and leaves 1 dead

12:57am September 12, 2022

by The Associated Press

A 67-year-old man died after a motorboat flipped over during a Colorado River trip inside Grand Canyon National Park, officials said Sunday.

The two sets of footprints "are among the oldest tracks on Earth of shelled-egg-laying animals, such as reptiles, and the earliest evidence of vertebrate animals walking in sand dunes," paleontologist Stephen Rowland said.

Fallen Boulder Reveals 313 Million-Year-Old Fossil Footprints At Grand Canyon

10:44pm August 21, 2020

by Vanessa Romo

The side-by-side tracks of two ancient animals have been called "by far the oldest vertebrate tracks in Grand Canyon."

Parts of California are blanketed in snow after a powerful Thanksgiving storm, with more snow expected in parts of the state over the weekend.

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2 Storm Systems Set To Snarl Holiday Travel

3:41pm November 30, 2019

by Merrit Kennedy

A major storm system pummeling the Great Plains region will move east and impact travel into the Northeast by Sunday. And a second system is bearing down on Northern California.

Grand Canyon National Park Superintendent Christine Lehnertz, seen in 2017 with then-Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, was recently cleared of allegations of workplace harassment.

'Unfounded' Bullying Accusations Sidelined Head Of Grand Canyon For 5 Months

8:24pm March 05, 2019

by Nate Hegyi

Park Superintendent Christine Lehnertz has been cleared of allegations of creating a hostile work environment in a report by the Inspector General of the Interior Department.

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The view of the Grand Canyon from the top floor of Desert View Watchtower on the southeastern rim. Eleven tribes have traditional ties to the Grand Canyon.

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Overcoming A 'Long, Bitter Relationship,' Grand Canyon And Tribes Mark Centennial

8:02am February 24, 2019

by Laurel Morales

When the Grand Canyon became a national park 100 years ago, native tribes who lived in the canyon were pushed aside. Now the park service is working with them to design a new cultural heritage site.

The safety director at Grand Canyon National Park says people may have been exposed to radiation from three buckets of uranium ore that sat for years in a museum collection building. Whether the amount of exposure was unsafe has not been determined.

Uranium Ore Stored At Grand Canyon Park Museum Unlikely To Have Been Dangerous

9:08pm February 19, 2019

by Laurel Wamsley

A safety director issued a public warning that buckets of ore may have exposed employees and tourists to unsafe radiation. But being near natural uranium ore is unlikely to cause an unsafe dose.