Hikers near Phantom Ranch reported a fatality in Bright Angel Campground on Sunday, December 6. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/bright-angel-campground-fatality.htm

To kick off the new year and to celebrate the National Park Service’s Centennial, Grand Canyon National Park is participating in the 127th Rose Parade Friday, January 1, 2016. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/20151218-rose-bowl.htm

This week, the National Weather Service is predicting several large winter storms across Northern Arizona, including Grand Canyon National Park. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/20160105-winter-weather.htm

Over the last 24 hours Grand Canyon National Park has received heavy snowfall resulting in significant snow accumulation. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/winterweather2016.htm

In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Grand Canyon National Park will join national park units across the country and offer visitors fee-free entry into the park on Monday, January 18, 2016. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/mlk-fee-free-2016.htm

The National Park Service (NPS) announced today another opportunity for the public to weigh in on revisions to Grand Canyon National Park’s Backcountry Management Plan (BMP). The NPS began developing a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for this plan in 2011 in compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/backcountry-plan-webinar-and-open-house.htm

On Monday, February 1, 2016 the National Park Service will begin accepting applications for noncommercial river trip permits to raft the Colorado River through Grand Canyon National Park in 2017. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2017-noncommercial-river-lottery.htm

Grand Canyon National Park invites public to a special dark skies program with Charley Bulletts from the Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/darkskiesstorytellingatgrand-canyon.htm

On February 21, the Grand Canyon Regional Communications Center received a call reporting a car below the rim near Lipan Point on Desert View Drive. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/body-recovered-lipan-point.htm

The National Park Service announced a 30-day extension of the public comment period for Grand Canyon National Park’s Backcountry Management Plan and Draft Environmental Impact Statement . https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/backcountry-deis-comment-extension.htm

The National Park Service (NPS) has announced a 30-day public comment period seeking input on changes to the scope of the Bison Management Plan at Grand Canyon National Park. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/grand-canyon-bison-ea.htm

On March 16th or 17th, Grand Canyon Railway, in consultation with the National Park Service, will apply herbicide along their railroad tracks. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/herbicide-application-railroad.htm

Visitors to Grand Canyon National Park this spring break can expect long lines and full parking lots. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/spring-break-crowds.htm

Due to rodent activity and the potential exposure risk to hantavirus, the National Park Service has temporarily closed Cave of the Domes. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/cave-of-the-domes-closure.htm

On Sunday, April 3 the Grand Canyon Regional Communications Center received a phone call reporting a missing individual last known to be at the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/missing-woman-zacarias.htm

Grand Canyon National Park will waive entrance fees April 16-24, 2016 to celebrate National Park Week and the National Park Service Centennial. To join in on the week-long celebration, visitors can attend ranger programs, cultural demonstrations, and Earth Day events. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/national-park-week-fee-free-days.htm

Search and Rescue crews continued looking for missing woman Diana Zacarias of Natchitoches, LA. Crews spent yesterday and today looking for Zacarias by foot above and below the rim. The park helicopter has assisted ground searches. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/search-continues-zacarias.htm

Celebrate Earth Day at Grand Canyon and commemorate the National Historic Preservation Act https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/earth-day-2016.htm

The gate at the entrance to North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park will open on Sunday, May 15 at 7:30 am. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/north-rim-open-2016.htm

A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 5.5 million visitors to Grand Canyon National Park in 2015 spent $584 million in communities near the park. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/tourism-economic-benefits-2015.htm

The National Park Service will again offer shuttle bus service between Grand Canyon National Park and the neighboring town of Tusayan, Arizona in 2016. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/tusayan-shuttle-2016.htm

National Park Service (NPS) fire managers anticipate initiating prescribed fire treatment in Grand Canyon Village Thursday, May 5, as weather and fuel moisture conditions allow. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/village-prescribed-fire.htm

National Park Service (NPS) fire managers are postponing prescribed fire treatment in Grand Canyon Village Thursday, May 5 due to predicted high winds. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/village-prescribed-fire-postponed.htm

The National Park Service (NPS) has reopened Cave of the Domes in Grand Canyon National Park. The cave has been closed since March 23. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/cave-of-domes-reopened.htm

National Park Service (NPS) fire managers anticipate initiating prescribed fire treatment in Grand Canyon Village Thursday, May 19, as weather and fuel moisture conditions allow. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/village-prescribed-fire-may19.htm

The National Park Service (NPS) and its partners invite the public to a re-dedication ceremony at the Desert View Watchtower on Sunday, May 22, 2016 at 10:30 am. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/desert-view-ceremony.htm

The twenty-sixth annual Grand Canyon Star Party will be held from Saturday, June 4 through Saturday, June 11, 2016 on the South and North rims of Grand Canyon National Park. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/star-party-2016.htm

Visitors to Grand Canyon National Park over Memorial Day weekend can expect long lines, crowds, and full parking lots. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/busy-memorial-day.htm

The National Weather Service has issued an excessive heat warning for parts of Grand Canyon National Park. The warning is in effect beginning today Friday, June 3 at 10am through Sunday, June 5 at 8 pm for areas below 4,000 feet in the canyon including Phantom Ranch. Temperatures at Phantom Ranch could reach 113 F/45 C. Areas above 4,000 feet including the South Rim will experience high temperatures in the 90s. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/excessive-heat-warning.htm

The National Park Service (NPS) and the International Dark-Sky Association (IDA) announced at last night’s Star Party that Grand Canyon National Park is now a Provisional IDA International Dark Sky Park. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/provisional-dark-sky-park.htm

Yesterday, National Park Service (NPS) fire managers successfully treated 994 acres with prescribed (Rx) fire on the South Rim of Grand Canyon. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/shoshone-rx-success.htm

The National Weather Service has issued an excessive heat warning for parts of Grand Canyon National Park from Sunday, June 16 to Wednesday, June 22. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/excessive-heat.htm

On Saturday June, 18 at approximately 3 pm the Grand Canyon Regional Communications Center received a call reporting a missing person near Kelly Tanks. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/missing-person-western-grand-canyon.htm

Fifty-two year old Floyd E. Roberts III of Treasure Island, FL, remains missing in western Grand Canyon. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/update-missing-hiker.htm

Grand Canyon National Park is requesting that all visitors and residents on the South Rim of Grand Canyon begin instituting water conservation measures. A break in the Transcanyon Pipeline was identified today; in addition to the breakdown of one of the Indian Garden pipeline water pumps that provide water to the South Rim storage tanks. The combination of these situations has resulted in immediate water conservation guidelines for all consumers on the South Rim. The North Rim is unaffected by these issues. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/water-conservation-june-21.htm

Beginning at 8 am on Thursday, June 23rd Grand Canyon National Park will implement mandatory Level 2 water conservation measures due to diminished water resources. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/mandatory-water-conservation.htm

Floyd E. Roberts III of Treasure Island, FL, remains missing in a remote area of western Grand Canyon. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/missing-hiker-western-canyon.htm

Grand Canyon National Park remains at mandatory Level 2 water conservation measures due to diminished water resources. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/continued-mandatory.htm

Water restrictions at Grand Canyon National Park have been scaled back to basic conservation measures. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/level-1-water-update.htm

Grand Canyon National Park rangers will implement a selective sobriety checkpoint July 4th in an effort to assure the safety of park visitors and residents. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/july-4th-sobriety-checks.htm

On Monday, June 27 at approximately 4:45 pm, the Grand Canyon Regional Communications Center received a call reporting a visitor over the edge at Mather Point. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/mather-point-over-the-edge.htm

Grand Canyon Village is no longer in level 1 water conservation mode and water operations have returned to normal. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/normal-water-operations.htm

National Park Service fire managers on the North Rim of Grand Canyon have decided to manage the Fuller Fire for multiple objectives. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/fuller-fire.htm

On Friday, July 8, 2016 Park Rangers responded to a call from hikers on the South Kaibab Trail reporting a woman who fell from Ooh Aah Point. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/ooh-aah-point-fatality.htm

On July 25, National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis presented the 2015 National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG) Wildfire Emergency Medical Service (EMS) Award to the Grand Canyon Helitack Crew. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/helitack-receives-national-ems-award.htm

On July 30th, rangers located human remains below Pima Point. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/remains-located-pima-point.htm

The National Park Service (NPS) is turning 100 years old on August 25, 2016 and to celebrate the anniversary, Grand Canyon National Park will waive entrance fees August 25-28. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/fee-free-august-25-28.htm

Grand Canyon National Park invites bird enthusiasts of all levels to participate in a weekend of birding fun and excitement including a LIVE radio broadcast with Talkin’ Birds Radio. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/grand-canyon-bird-festival.htm

On Monday, September 12 the National Park Service received a satellite phone call from a commercial river trip reporting a missing guide near River Mile 137 also known as Pancho’s Kitchen. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/missing-river-guide-tourjee.htm

A National Park Service Search and Rescue crew was flown into the Canyon early this morning to begin the search for missing river guide, Joshua Tourjee. Tourjee was reported missing on September 12 by his river trip after failing to return to camp the previous evening. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/search-river-guide.htm