State officials are accepting public comment on proposed air permits for three uranium mines near the Grand Canyon.

Crews work to seal off mines abandoned mines in the Grand Canyon, trying to avoid damaging historic relics.

Arizona has a new advertising campaign to attract visitors from other parts of the country. The Arizona Office of Tourism developed the campaign, which it's calling "In One Word a�� Arizona."

Vice President Joe Biden will visit the Grand Canyon on Tuesday to check on stimulus-funded projects that include the rehabilitation of historic trails and structures.

I am 59 years old, and one of my remaining goals in life is to visit the Grand Canyon. But, I ask myself, what does an illegal immigrant look like?

Perhaps the biggest booster of the Arizona Office of Tourism is the Arizona Hotel and Lodging Association, a public policy advocate for the industry that represents more than 400 hotels, resorts and bed and breakfasts throughout the state.

FLAGSTAFF - Getting one of the roughly 11,500 permits granted each year to backpack overnight in the Grand Canyon has become so competitive and "unfair" that managers at the national park have decided to change the system.

A trio of environmental groups has followed through on a threat to sue the Bureau of Land Management for giving a green light to a uranium-mine north of the Grand Canyon.

More than 100 Arizona leaders will meet in Grand Canyon Village on Nov. 1-4, as part of the 95th Arizona Town Hall meeting, focusing on the fiscal problems of the state. The meeting, entitled "Riding the Fiscal Roller Coaster: Government Revenue in Arizona," is hosted by the Arizona Town Hall nonprofit organization, which organizes the event biannually.

The forces of nature that blessed Arizona with the Grand Canyon also provided high-grade uranium, trapped in nearby layers of rock. Whether the uranium is a blessing or a curse depends on whose side you take.