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FILE - In a Wednesday, March 5, 2008 file photo, water flows from the number one and two jet tubes at the Glen Canyon Dam in Page, Ariz. to mimic natural flooding. A man-made flood sent torrents of water from Glen Canyon Dam on the Arizona-Utah line for 60 hours in 2008 in an effort to build up sandbars crucial for wildlife. The experiment, meant to mimic natural flooding in the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon proved beneficial, but scientists say the gains were short-lived. (AP Photo/Matt York)

USGS: Gains From Grand Canyon Flooding Short-lived

By Patrick Walker on February 2, 2010

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — An experiment meant to mimic natural flooding in the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon proved beneficial, but scientists say the gains were short-lived.
A man-made flood sent torrents of water from Glen Canyon Dam on the Arizona-Utah line for 60 hours in 2008 in an effort to build up sandbars crucial [...]

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New Resort Proposed for Grand Canyon

By Patrick Walker on February 2, 2010

BULLHEAD CITY, Ariz. (AP) — A state of the art, out of this world design for a new resort at the western end of the Grand Canyon has been presented to Mohave County supervisors.
The hotel would use new technology similar to what’s used in a space station.
Architect Michael Sarda says the self-sufficient hotel also would [...]

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Colorado River Rafters Can Now Apply For Permits Online

By Nick Boulanger on February 1, 2010

GRAND CANYON (NAZ Today)– Non-commercial river rafters can now apply for permits at the National Park Service website through a lottery system.
The National Park Service will issue 274 permits for those wanting to run the river for 12 to 25 days in the year 2011.  The deadline for applications is noon on Wednesday, February 24th.
To [...]

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A traveling concrete form system that is being used to connect the two halves of the arch together. July 28, 2009 (NAZ Today / Brandon Neuman)

Hoover Dam Bypass: Workers About to Connect the Arch

By Brandon Neuman on August 2, 2009

Construction workers are nearing the completion of a concrete arch which will form the backbone of the new Hoover Dam Bypass.  The two sides of the arch have been steadily  growing from both the Arizona and Nevada side of  Black Canyon out toward one another.
Once the two sides of the arch connect in September the [...]

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