Carjacking suspects sought at Grand Canyon

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 ...

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A rush for uranium

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 ...

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Fire raging toward Grand Canyon

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 ...

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Weak dollar lures foreign travelers to Grand Canyon

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 ...

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