Author: Felicia Fonseca
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Navajo families receive electricity for first time
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Life has become a little easier for Margie and Alvin Tso. The couple who raised eight children in the LeChee area of the Navajo Nation did so without a power line running to their home. For Margie Tso, that meant laundering clothes in a tub with a washboard and cooking food on…
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Google cameras take rafting trip at Grand Canyon
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – Google has taken its all-seeing eyes on a trip that few experience: the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon. The search giant partnered with the advocacy group American Rivers to showcase views of nearly 300 miles of whitewater rapids, towering red canyon walls and rich geologic history. The 360-degree views that went…
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Google cameras take rafting trip at Grand Canyon
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Google has taken its all-seeing eyes on a trip that few experience: the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon. The search giant partnered with the advocacy group American Rivers to showcase views of nearly 300 miles of whitewater rapids, towering red canyon walls, and rich geologic history. The 360-degree views that…
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Road to Grand Canyon Skywalk about to get smoother
Teeth-chattering. Axle-busting. Head-pounding. The dirt and gravel stretch of the road that leads tourists to the Grand Canyon Skywalk is no doubt rugged. For some, the washboard road that twists along Joshua trees and dips into a local wash is part of the experience of reaching the remote west rim. For others, it’s the biggest…
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Google maps popular Grand Canyon trails
GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. – Google and its street-view cameras already have taken users to narrow cobblestone alleys in Spain using a tricycle, inside the Smithsonian with a push cart and to British Columbia’s snow-covered slopes by snowmobile. The search giant now has brought its all-seeing eyes – mounted for the first time on…
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Navajo Nation proposes Grand Canyon development
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – Generations of Navajo families have grazed livestock on a remote but spectacular mesa that overlooks the confluence of the Colorado and Little Colorado rivers. This is the East Rim of the majestic Grand Canyon – the last with no significant development.But ancestral tradition and the tranquility of the landscape could be subject…
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Navajo Nation proposes Grand Canyon development
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – Generations of Navajo families have grazed livestock on a remote but spectacular mesa that overlooks the confluence of the Colorado and Little Colorado rivers. This is the East Rim of the majestic…