International Business News - Canyon http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Three environmental groups filed a lawsuit against U.S. Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne for authorizing uranium exploration on one million acres of public land near the Grand Canyon. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080930/groups-sue-over-arizona-uranium-exploration.htm Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:09:18 EDT The Navajo Nation is seeking full control of one of the only national monuments entirely on reservation land, the majestic Canyon de Chelly and its hundreds of ancient rock carvings and paintings. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/127975-canyon-transfer.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080911/navajo-nation-seeks-control-of-national-monument.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080911/navajo-nation-seeks-control-of-national-monument.htm Thu, 11 Sep 2008 19:54:36 EDT Newly built-up sandbars crucial to wildlife in the Grand Canyon have rapidly eroded in the last four months, some shrinking back to the size they were before a costly manmade flood. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/126934-grand-canyon-erosion.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080910/crucial-grand-canyon-sandbars-have-rapidly-eroded.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080910/crucial-grand-canyon-sandbars-have-rapidly-eroded.htm Wed, 10 Sep 2008 03:58:23 EDT Federal mining officials on Wednesday asked prosecutors to decide whether criminal charges are warranted in the deaths of nine people in last year's collapse of the Crandall Canyon mine in Utah. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080904/justice-asked-to-weigh-charges-in-utah-mine-deaths.htm Thu, 04 Sep 2008 10:12:47 EDT Federal mining officials on Wednesday asked prosecutors to decide whether criminal charges are warranted in the deaths of nine people in last year's collapse of the Crandall Canyon mine in Utah. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080903/justice-asked-to-weigh-charges-in-utah-mine-deaths.htm Wed, 03 Sep 2008 20:42:25 EDT It may be four weeks until tourists can return to stare as towering waterfalls cascade into blue-green pools near an American Indian village in a canyon miles west of Grand Canyon National Park headquarters. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/113348-grand-canyon-flooding.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080821/canyon-flood-damaged-most-beautiful-place.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080821/canyon-flood-damaged-most-beautiful-place.htm Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:00:14 EDT Eighty Havasupai tribal members returned home Wednesday to a remote village near the Grand Canyon for the first time since a devastating flash flood earlier this week. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080820/situation-still-fragile-in-grand-canyon-village.htm Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:23:22 EDT Rescue crews have located a handful of hikers who were missing after floods tore through a remote part of the Grand Canyon, authorities said Tuesday. The 11 people from two families were tracked down in the canyon Monday, Coconino County Sheriff's Department spokesman Gerry Blair said. They were the last to be accounted for after creeks overflowing with runoff from severe thunderstorms washed away trails during the weekend, stranding dozens of tourists. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/112082-grand-canyon-flooding.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080819/search-to-resume-for-missing-grand-canyon-tourists.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080819/search-to-resume-for-missing-grand-canyon-tourists.htm Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:37:50 EDT More than 250 residents and tourists have evacuated an American Indian village in a remote, scenic offshoot of the Grand Canyon after weekend flooding that wrecked trails and nearly washed away some river rafters in the rugged gorge. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/111678-grand-canyon-flooding.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080818/grand-canyon-floods-breach-dam-force-evacuations.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080818/grand-canyon-floods-breach-dam-force-evacuations.htm Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:46:51 EDT Days of heavy rains around the Grand Canyon created flooding that breached an earthen dam Sunday and forced helicopters to pluck scores of residents and campers from the gorge. No injuries were immediately reported. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/111020-grand-canyon-flood.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080817/hundreds-evacuated-from-grand-canyon-as-dam-breaks.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080817/hundreds-evacuated-from-grand-canyon-as-dam-breaks.htm Sun, 17 Aug 2008 23:27:01 EDT One million acres of public land near the Grand Canyon would be off limits to new uranium mining under an emergency declaration adopted Wednesday by a House committee. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080625/congress-halts-mining-near-grand-canyon.htm Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:24:46 EDT A man convicted of killing a Japanese tourist in the Grand Canyon was sentenced Thursday to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Randy Redtail Wescogame, 20, pleaded guilty in September to murdering Tomomi Hanamure after luring her off a main trail by offering to guide her to scenic waterfalls. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080619/grand-canyon-killer-sentenced-to-life-in-prison.htm Thu, 19 Jun 2008 20:21:12 EDT Last month, Marine Staff Sgt. Travis N. "T-Bo" Twiggs went to the White House with a group of Iraq war veterans called the Wounded Warriors Regiment and met the president. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/48640-canyon-carjacking.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080518/marine-who-died-after-chase-wrote-of-war-stress.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080518/marine-who-died-after-chase-wrote-of-war-stress.htm Sun, 18 May 2008 01:27:25 EDT Last month, Marine Staff Sgt. Travis N. "T-Bo" Twiggs went to the White House with a group of Iraq war veterans called the Wounded Warriors Regiment and met the president. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/48226-canyon-carjacking.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/marine-who-died-after-cross-state-chase-wrote-of-war-stress.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/marine-who-died-after-cross-state-chase-wrote-of-war-stress.htm Sat, 17 May 2008 12:17:41 EDT Among the initial public offerings stories for Tuesday, May 13, from AP Financial News: NEW YORK (AP) _ Grand Canyon Education Inc., which provides online graduate and undergraduate programs, plans an initial public offering, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing on Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080513/ipo-roundup-grand-canyon-education-colfax.htm Tue, 13 May 2008 18:56:39 EDT Grand Canyon Education Inc., which provides online graduate and undergraduate programs, plans an initial public offering, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing on Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080513/grand-canyon-education-registers-for-ipo.htm Tue, 13 May 2008 17:53:36 EDT The Grand Canyon boasts new sandbars ranging in size from small nooks and crannies to ones as large as football fields, the results of a manmade flood designed to nourish the ecosystem of the Colorado River, an official said. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/34296-grand-canyon-flood.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080314/grand-canyon-flood-created-new-sandbars.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080314/grand-canyon-flood-created-new-sandbars.htm Fri, 14 Mar 2008 02:21:13 EDT Gazing into the majestic Grand Canyon, awe-struck visitors inevitably ask: "How old is it?" Far older than generally thought, says new evidence that scientists culled from caves lining the canyon's red limestone cliffs. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080306/it-took-eons-to-make-grand-canyon-grand.htm Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:37:30 EST Federal officials have started a flood in the Grand Canyon in hopes of restoring its ecosystem. The torrent will flow for three days from the Glen Canyon Dam on the Arizona-Utah state line. It began Wednesday morning. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080305/manmade-flood-unleashed-in-grand-canyon.htm Wed, 05 Mar 2008 12:30:27 EST Federal agencies are gearing up to release a manmade flood aimed at refreshing the ecosystem of the Grand Canyon. A three-day torrent of water will be released from Glen Canyon Dam on the Arizona-Utah state line beginning Wednesday morning. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080305/manmade-flood-coming-to-grand-canyon.htm Wed, 05 Mar 2008 10:08:38 EST