Grand Canyon National Park’s North Rim will begin day-use operations on October 16, 2023. Grand Canyon Lodge will close and no overnight accommodations, including camping, will be available to visitors to the North Rim. Visitors exploring the North Rim on, or after, October 16 should plan to be self-sufficient and bring enough food and...
Read MoreChristmas tree permits for the Kaibab National Forest will be available to purchase permits online only via Recreation.gov for each of its three ranger districts from Thursday, October 12, 2023 through Sunday, December 31, 2023 in order to allow members of the public to enjoy the popular holiday tradition of cutting one’s own tree in the forest. Permitted tree cutting...
Read MoreThe National Center for Missing & Exploited Children is asking for the public’s help in locating missing teen Jazmine Coates-Mims, who has been missing for seven months. Jazmine, 17, went missing from her mom’s home in Laveen, Arizona on March 7, 2023. She is described as 5’2″, weighs 140 lbs., and has blue eyes was...
Read MoreFCC’s Enforcement Bureau announced on Tuesday a settlement of its investigation into DISH for failure to properly deorbit its EchoStar-7 satellite. This marks a first in space debris enforcement by the Commission, which has stepped up its satellite policy efforts, including establishing the Space Bureau and implementing its Space Innovation Agenda. The settlement includes...
Read MoreOn Monday, Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs announced the state land department has terminated one of four lease agreements with Saudi-owned dairy company Fondomonte Arizona. In addition, the department gave a notice to the company that the additional three leases will not be renewed after the February expiration. In April, after an investigation by Arizona state...
Read MoreLast week, Northern Arizona University announced the creation of NAU Health, an innovative initiative aimed at improving health outcomes for all Arizonans, particularly those in rural, Indigenous, and underserved communities. At the center of this initiative is the creation of a distinctive new College of Medicine that will focus on educating primary healthcare providers who...
Read MoreYou are invited to join the Chandler SCHEELS as they celebrate the Grand Opening of their new Arizona location. Community partners such as the Arizona Cardinals and the ASU Sun Devils, will be alongside to join in the celebration. Festivities will begin at 7:00am in the parking lot west of the front entrance with...
Read MoreWith threats of government shutdowns looming, the state of Arizona has announced they plan to keep the national parks open if a federal government shutdown happens. The economic impact of national parks is vitally important to the state Arizona and leaders have prioritized to invest state funds to keep the parks open. The government...
Read MoreIf you’ve recently driven along Interstate 17 north of the Phoenix metro area, you’ve seen the commotion of Photo: ADOT construction activity, along with the definite progress, as the I-17 Improvement Project moves toward a safer and more efficient corridor for all travelers. Tuesday marks one year since major construction work began to add new general...
Read More((PPhoto Credit: NASA/Keegan Barber) After years of anticipation and hard work by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification and Security – Regolith Explorer) team, a capsule of rocks and dust collected from asteroid Bennu finally is on Earth. It landed at 8:52 a.m. MDT (10:52 a.m. EDT) on Sunday, in a targeted area of...
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