Grand Canyon Firefighters Managing a Wildfire on the North Rim

The National Park Service is advising visitors of three wildfires currently burning in different areas on the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park. Lightning strikes from a passing thunderstorm late in the first week of June caused the fires, which were noticed between Friday, June 11, and Saturday, June 12. Two of the fires–the Walla … Read more

Get Kids Outdoors with the new Junior Rangers Let’s Move Outside Program

Debuting at 20 national parks, including Grand Canyon National Park Just you try to keep up with the jumpin’ Junior Rangers at Grand Canyon National Park! The National Park’s Junior Rangers program has been around since the 1920s, and now the brand new Let’s Move Outside program gives Junior Rangers extra reward for playing and … Read more

Chinese Tourism Officials to Visit Las Vegas, Highlighting New Direct Flights from China

Chinese travel industry representatives will spend four days in Las Vegas seeing first-hand what the state’s hospitality and resort industry has to offer, says Lieutenant Governor Lorraine Hunt. The thirteen representatives are being hosted by NCOT, the Nevada Commission on Tourism, and will be in Nevada from October 17 through 21. Highlights of their tour … Read more