Grand Canyon News

Officials are searching for two suspects after a carjacking in Grand Canyon Village on Monday. At about 3:30 p.m., Grand Canyon National Park's emergency dispatch center received calls about an accident near the South Rim of the canyon. People offered to help the two men in the vehicle, but the pair refused the help and left on foot carrying large backpacks, said Grand Canyon officials. At 7:15 p.m. the dispatch center received a call about a carjacking. Two males allegedly approached a driver and passenger and took the vehicle at gunpoint.

Thanks to renewed interest in nuclear power, the United States is on the verge of a uranium mining boom, and nowhere is the hurry to stake claims more pronounced than in the districts flanking the Grand Canyon's storied sandstone cliffs.On public lands within five miles of Grand Canyon National Park, there are more than 1,100 uranium claims, compared with just 10 in January 2003, according to data from the Department of the Interior.

Crews using bulldozers are cutting fire lines in order to keep a human-caused wildfire burning near the Grand Canyon from spreading. Fire bosses on Wednesday morning said the fire grew overnight, but credited lighter winds and lower temperatures Tuesday evening with helping slow the fire down. Fire officials feared reports of brisk winds, coupled with dry conditions, expected Wednesday afternoon could fan the flames further.

When Steve Meissner of Berlin bought a 1956 butter yellow Cadillac online, he could have simply had it shipped from Arizona to Germany. Instead, he flew to the U.S. with a buddy, hopped in the Caddy and began a road trip that included the Grand Canyon, Bryce Canyon and Zion national parks in Utah, Las Vegas, and Los Angeles.