Grand Canyon National Park

Grand Canyon Caverns to Adopt Cheesy Dinosaur Statute Booted Out of Historic Neighborhood in Orange County

A $12,000 dinosaur statue installed at an Orange County petting zoo last year is moving to Arizona after being evicted by snooty residents of a historic mission neighborhood. Our state has long been a friend to cheesy dinosaur statues, from Holbrook to the Flintstones Bedrock City in Valle. Now we' ... More >>

Grand Canyon Hop Bomber IPA: Get Flavor-Bombed

Beer: Hop Bomber India Pale Ale Brewery: Grand Canyon Brewing Co. Style: American IPA ABV: 7.5 percent One of my major complaints about Arizona's breweries is that they seem afraid to innovate. For all the different breweries in the state, the consumer still has very few Belgian ales to choose fro ... More >>

Flavor of the Week

Kind of a Drag

Chef Christopher Wolf of Arizona Culinary Institute

Meet Chef Christopher Wolf, hybrid of outdoor-adventurer and health-conscious culinarian. Wolf teaches at Arizona Culinary Institute and has worked in top-tier kitchens in Virginia and Las Vegas. When he's not in either the kitchen or the classroom, you'll probably find him outside. As an avid mar ... More >>

Party of Boo

Canned Gods

"JetMan" Yves Rossy Cancels Flight Over Grand Canyon; Cites Lack of Training. We're Calling BS

Yves Rossy: publicity stuntman.​Swiss daredevil Yves Rossy, 51, was scheduled to jump out of a helicopter near Eagle Point and, using his homemade jet-propelled wingsuit, fly west along the rim of the Grand Canyon this morning. He pimped the event for weeks. People headed to the Canyon ... More >>

May 6 In Blogs: Phoenix Art Museum, Metallica, Jamie Oliver, and JetMan

​​​In the 24-hour news cycle, it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries:

Swiss Daredevil to Fly Over Grand Canyon With Jet Pack. What Could Go Wrong?

Yves Rossy plans to fly over the Grand Canyon using a jet pack.​If you like jet-packs, the outdoors, or the possibility of some guy plummeting thousands of feet to his death, you may want to head to the Grand Canyon Friday, where a Swiss daredevil plans to fly over the canyon with a jet-pack.Yves ... More >>

The Grand Canyon: a Popular Place to End it All

www.art.com If a friend sends you this post card, find out if he's being treated for depression.​A recently released report from the Centers for Disease Control finds that of all the national parks in the United States, the Grand Canyon is the second- most-popular spot to kill yourself.The ... More >>

Social Studies

Learn you some things about the Internet at “unconference”

Beer Me Now

Restore the love with the help of suds

French Teen Falls Into Grand Canyon...and Lives

www.keeptherubbersidedown.net​A French teenager apparently got a little bold with his camera yesterday afternoon and took a tumble into the Grand Canyon while trying to take a picture.The 18-year-old teen was near the canyon's southern rim when witnesses say he got a little too close to the edge w ... More >>

Steve Douds' Shandygrath

The Shandygrath​Yesterday we met Steve Douds, Renegade Canteen's head bartender, who loves tequila and hates flavored vodka. Today he shares with us the recipe for the Shandygrath, a cocktail he concocted for Renegade's drink menu and named for Renegade's chef, Robert McGrath. Made with Grand Ca ... More >>

Havasupai Tribe Win Nice Settlement From ASU In Scandalous Blood-Sample Case

Back in May 2004, we published a cover story entitled "Indian Givers," which broke the news about a remarkably devious study conducted by genetic researchers at Arizona State University. ​The piece described how those researchers, led by Dr. Therese Markow, a nationally known geneti ... More >>

The Fred Harvey Standard Is Long Gone, but the Architecture of Mary Colter Remains

Hot Links: Craig's List Scam, I-10 Restrictions, and Rabies

​A man from Phoenix was arrested by detectives from the Department of Public Safety, after a two-month investigation into an alleged scam. The man is accused of stealing invalid amusement park passes from Valley retailers and then selling them for hundreds of dollars on web site Craig's List. Auth ... More >>

Pleasure Factory

Warhol-inspired bash encourages coloring outside the lines

Hot Links: D-Backs Choke, Tribes Ban Mining, and 30 Twins

​The Arizona Diamondbacks dropped another game last night, losing 5-6 to the San Diego Padres. Next up: the first of three D-Backs home games against the Colorado Rockies on Friday evening...A $30 million loan could help the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community build a new spring training com ... More >>

Hot Links: Fires, Schoeneweis' Wife, and Bee Swarm Warnings

In the latest four-alarm fire at a Valley structure (Richardson's restaurant was completely destroyed last week), firefighters are battling a huge blaze at a recycling plant in Glendale. The fire broke out at 8 p.m. last night at the Tempe-Inland Inc. facility, and crews are expected to battle the b ... More >>

BASE Jump in Grand Canyon Costs Daredevil $5,000; Conviction Includes Year of Probation

Image: www.chrismcnamara.com BASE jumper Chris McNamara must pay a $5,000 fine for leaping from a cliff in the Grand Canyon National Park. The winged daredevil and climber from Marin County, California did his wicked deed on November 5, 2007, during a badass Canyon adventure with climbing superstar ... More >>

National Treasure

Famed director previews his latest work on the parks system

Hot Links: "No Yobs Aqui," the Grand Canyon, and Grandma's Pot Bust

City of Phoenix will offer a $15k incentive to home buyers who purchase a foreclosed townhouse, condominium, or single family home. The catch? Buyers must qualify for credit by the Federal Housing Administration and attend a marathon counseling session on homeownership...The owner of a business call ... More >>

Happy Birthday, Grand Canyon National Park!

One of Arizona's greatest treasures, Grand Canyon National Park, turns 90 today. If it wasn't for the protections this designation offered, by now the park would probably be strung up with cable cars, lined with resort hotels and full of reservoir water. Instead, the Grand Canyon remains in rel ... More >>

"Through a Geologist's Lens: The Grand Canyon"

Jack Dykinga, Pulitzer-Winning Photographer, at Phoenix Library Tonight; We Pick His Brain for Photo Tips

If you try to do a "drive by" shooting of something as majestic as the Grand Canyon and expect to get a picture anyone else will want to look at, "I think you'll fail," says photographer-extraordinaire Jack Dykinga. Shutterbugs take note: When it comes to th ... More >>

"Capturing the Canyon: One Photographer's Ongoing Journey"

"A Love Affair With the Grand Canyon"

Court Ruling on Havasupai Blood Case Good News for Tiny Tribe

A state appellate court ruling has given new life to a lawsuit filed by the tiny Havasupai nation over blood samples that the tribe was told would be used for the study of tribal diabetes but instead were used for other research. Back in 2004, we wrote "Indian Givers," a chilling ... More >>

Hot Links: Bernie Mac, D.L. Hughley, Dan Saban, Michael Phelps, Ellen DeGeneres, Gabrielle Giffords, and Olympic cheerleaders.

Letters From the Issue of Thursday, July 19, 2007

Does the Grand Canyon Skywalk suck?

Air Play

Wiffle ball's legit at GCS Games

Drag Show

Jets take on Funny Cars at Firebird

Indian Givers

The Havasupai trusted the white man to help with a diabetes epidemic. Instead, ASU tricked them into bleeding for academia.

Amateur Power

Let the Grand Canyon Games begin

Terrorists' Guide to Arizona

A look at Arizona's most bomb-worthy targets

Best Place To Get Down-Home

Historic Sahuaro Ranch

The Gift That Keeps On Giving Access

How Grand Was My Canyon

Glendale scribe dishes the dirt on world's biggest hole

Same Dam Story

Lake Powell's high waters are flushing the Grand Canyon again. Is it Mother Nature's fault or the Bureau of Reclamation's?

Water Over the Dam

Dave Wegner's career with the Bureau of Reclamation seemed to be at peak flow. He had no idea it was about to run dry.

Why President Clinton and Bob Dole Are So Important

Letters

The Sedona 's 5's Excellent Adventure

Five joy riders mountain-biked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon; five federal prisoners rode back up in shackles

Nature Boy

Second Helpings

VILLAGE OF THE DAMMED

WHEN A LEVEE ON BABBITT RANCHES GAVE WAY, THE HAVASUPAI INDIANS WERE LITERALLY PUSHED AGAINST THE WALL. NOW THEY'RE PUSHING BACK.

WHO TORCHED GARY RAPER'S HOUSE?FLAGSTAFF ARSONIST INFLAMES ENVIRONMENTAL DEBATE