The National Park Service is investigating after it received reports of a single occupant vehicle driving off the South Rim of the Grand Canyon over the weekend.
Park rangers reportedly recovered the body of 27-year-old Steven Bradley from Federal Heights, Colorado, 300 feet below the rim near South Kaibab Trailhead.
The body was sent to the Coconino County Medical Examiner office by helicopter after recovery on Saturday.
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Multiple water line breaks continue to plague parts of the South Rim at Grand Canyon National Park. -
In Prescott, the City Council has been debating the latest version of the city’s general plan. Controversy has erupted over a version of the plan which would include non-binding language expressing the city’s commitment to DEI. -
The FBI Phoenix Field Office has confirmed the death of 8-year-old Maleeka “Mollie” Boone — a Navajo girl last seen Thursday playing within tribal housing in the town of Coalmine near Tuba City — hours after the Arizona Department of Public Safety issued a Turquoise Alert in connection to her disappearance. -
A new 650-megawatt solar energy facility will be built in Navajo County. The Cygnus Solar Project is expected to begin construction in 2027 and is estimated to generate $20 million for neighboring communities.
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Arizona prosecutors are making their case against 42-year-old Karl Eugene Leslie in federal court. He is accused of sexually abusing and kidnapping victims while on duty between December 2020 and September 2023.
