Quiet down! Government agencies work to cut aircraft noise over the Grand Canyon

October 8th, 2009 ND air force base to provide backup communicationsGRAND FORKS, N.D. — If the communication system fails at Andrews Air Force Base near the nation's capitol, airmen in North Dakota will be ready to take over.

August 16th, 2009 Obama family to tour Grand Canyon on SundayWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama and daughters Malia and Sasha will do some more sightseeing. The first family and other relatives will tour Grand Canyon National Park on Sunday.

August 14th, 2009 Teen dies at Grand Canyon after water runs outGRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. — An 18-year-old who was among a group of eight hikers that had run out of water at the Grand Canyon has died.

August 14th, 2009 Disruptions likely when president visits CanyonGRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. — The First Family's visit to the Grand Canyon is likely to cause some delays and closures for tourists Sunday.

August 11th, 2009 Free weekend at Grand Teton, Yellowstone parksMOOSE, Wyo. — People will be able to view the geysers of Yellowstone and vistas of Grand Teton free of charge one more time this weekend.

August 11th, 2009 Hudson air corridor among most challenging in USWASHINGTON — Small-plane and helicopter pilots traverse the Grand Canyon, skirt the rims of Hawaiian volcanos, and soar along crowded urban skyways that are sometimes literally under the radar, relying mostly on their eyes to guide them. Nowhere is that more challenging than in the narrow air corridor over the Hudson River.

July 26th, 2009 Body of missing hiker believed found in CanyonGRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. — Authorities say they have found a body in Grand Canyon National Park and believe it's that of a Northern Arizona University student missing on a hiking trip.

July 22nd, 2009 Court upholds Grand Canyon's river management planFLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — An appeals court on Tuesday rejected a challenge by environmentalists to federal rules allowing the use of motorized rafts at the Grand Canyon.

July 21st, 2009 Water experts: Mining near Grand Canyon is riskyWASHINGTON — Uranium mining near the Grand Canyon would court disaster, risking damage to critical water supplies, local officials and water experts told a House panel Tuesday. A hyrdologist who has been conducting research on springs in the canyon for 25 years told the House Natural Resources Committee's parks subcommittee that past mining polluted a stream that feeds the Colorado River, and that more pollution is likely should mining resume.

July 20th, 2009 Interior to halt uranium mining at Grand CanyonWASHINGTON — Interior Secretary Ken Salazar will announce Monday that his department is temporarily barring the filing of new uranium mining claims on about 1 million acres near the Grand Canyon, an Obama administration official said. The land is being "segregated" for two years so that the department can study whether it should be permanently withdrawn from mining activity, said the official, who requested anonymity because he wasn't authorized to speak publicly on the matter.

July 13th, 2009 Motorist dies in drive over edge of Grand CanyonGRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. — Authorities say a man has driven over the edge of the Grand Canyon and plunged 600 feet to his death.

June 1st, 2009 Grand Canyon tribe welcomes back touristsFLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Arizona's Havasupai Tribe is welcoming back tourists after months spent repairing trails and clearing debris from a flood that swept through their reservation last summer.

May 2nd, 2009 1 of 3 hikers swept away in Colo. River found deadGRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz.

April 30th, 2009 Canyon officials hope to squash radiation rumorsFLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Grand Canyon National Park officials hope they have finally put to rest a long-standing rumor that the athletic fields where local children play were contaminated with radiation.

January 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The government can now ask airlines, including private ones, to place one or more aircraft at its disposal to meet emergency situations. The civil aviation ministry Friday issued a notification in this regard to the airlines.