Grand Canyon

 Officials have recovered the body of a 59-year-old female in the Grand Canyon. The Grand Canyon Regional Communications Center said Saturday the body of Maria A. Salgado Lopez, of Scottsdale, Arizona, was found Friday after she fell from the rim west of Mather Point. Officials say Salgado Lopez had been hiking off-trail and taking photographs with family when she...

Grand Canyon National Park has closed indefinitely to visitors, joining other national parks seeking to prevent the spread of the coronavirus

Calls are mounting for the federal government to close Grand Canyon National Park after a resident of the iconic park tested positive for the coronavirus and has been in isolation.

A Texas man who had been missing at the Grand Canyon for 11 days has been found alive. National Park Service officials say 58-year-old Martin Edward O’Connor of La Porte was located Thursday morning and flown out of the canyon in a helicopter.

A San Diego couple’s dog went missing after the family crashed head-on in Northern Arizona, but after weeks of searching, their sought-after reunion will be sure to make their Monday brighter.

A Pennsylvania teacher who fought laryngeal cancer for two years penned an obituary before her death last month urging people to enjoy life and “let go of the insignificant things.” Ashley Ann Kuzma, of Beaver County, died Sept. 22 at Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, according to her online obituary. The 32-year-old wrote the obituary to help “make the transition easier...

Nik Wallenda says he “freaked” out when his balancing pole slipped during a high-wire walk with his sister 25 stories above Times Square.

Nik Wallenda says he “freaked” out when his balancing pole slipped during a high-wire walk with his sister 25 stories above Times Square.

Two siblings from the famed Flying Wallendas safely crossed Times Square on a high wire strung between two skyscrapers 25 stories above the pavement.

Two siblings from the famed Flying Wallendas safely crossed Times Square on a high wire strung between two skyscrapers 25 stories above the pavement.

The Grand Canyon is celebrating its 100th anniversary of being named a national park this year, and to mark the occasion, it will continue to provide extraordinary experiences in nature as it always has.

The Grand Canyon is celebrating its 100th anniversary of being named a national park this year, and to mark the occasion, it will continue to provide extraordinary experiences in nature as it always has.

Visitors to the Grand Canyon on Thursday appeared unphased by a series of recent deaths at the national park, NBC News reported. Two days after a 69-year-old died in a 200-foot fall from the South Rim, visitors continued edging as close as possible. For an Instagram gag, one even stood on a thin rock ledge below the edge to make...

Another visitor has died at Grand Canyon National Park after a man fell 400 feet over the South Rim, authorities said Thursday. Park rangers responded to a call shortly before noon Wednesday that someone had fallen over the rim. The park’s helicopter and technical rescue team recovered the body of a 67-year-old man. The name and hometown of the man...

Following the deaths of two people in separate incidents at the Grand Canyon this week, experts said that while such tragic cases are still incredibly rare, national parks have been dealing with a higher number of visitors with fewer resources, NBC News reports. On Thursday, a visitor with a tour group at the Eagle Point observation area of Grand Canyon...

HBO premiered the first part of the controversial documentary “Leaving Neverland,” Sunday night and for just about all it was a difficult watch.

Michael Jackson’s brothers Tito, Marlon and Jackie defend his legacy in an exclusive interview following the release of HBO’s “Leaving Neverland.”

The Grand Canyon is celebrating its 100th birthday as a national park.
Visitors can get into the iconic park free Tuesday for the celebration that includes children’s choirs, cultural demonstrations and cake.

Grand Canyon National Park officials say they are investigating whether anyone was exposed to radiation at unsafe levels while samples of uranium ore sat in plastic buckets in a park research building. Three 5-gallon (18.93-liter) buckets have been removed from a building about a half mile (8 kilometers) from the South Rim that houses the park’s archives and artifacts. About...

Human feces, overflowing garbage, illegal off-roading and other damaging behavior in fragile areas were beginning to overwhelm some of the West’s iconic national parks on Monday, as a partial government shutdown left the areas open to visitors but with little staff on duty. “It’s a free-for-all,” Dakota Snider, 24, who lives and works in Yosemite Valley, said by telephone Monday,...