September 19, 2023 / 9:32 AM EDT / CBS News An injured 63-year-old hiker was rescued from the Grand Canyon last week after being left alone by a group of friends, officials said.

The fire burning since Thursday in Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park is now at more than 3,500 acres and is still 0% contained, National Park Service officials said in a Sunday update.

In all three cases, no cause of death has yet been released yet. The National Park Service is advising visitors to avoid hiking in the inner canyon during during daytime summer high temperatures.

Hells Canyon, the deepest river gorge in the United States, likely got rapidly carved 2.1 million years ago when a shifting landscape in Idaho caused a giant lake to start overflowing.

The U.S. Education Department is fining Grand Canyon University $37.7 million, saying the for-profit Christian school misrepresented the costs of its doctoral programs. The agency says Grand ...

Grand Canyon National Park officials identified the hiker who died Saturday as Ranjith Varma of Manassas. The location where he died is toward the end of the South Rim to North Rim trek, which can ...

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A historic lodge on the Grand Canyon’s North Rim has been destroyed by a fast-moving wildfire, the park said Sunday. The Grand Canyon Lodge, the only lodging inside the ...

Environmental campaigners had been pushing for a spring flood to mimic the natural movement of the river and to restore the Grand Canyon's beaches. Groups representing anglers were also in favor ...

The city had issued a similar declaration just weeks earlier on April 26, after an EF-1 tornado with winds estimated up to 110 mph touched down in Canyon’s Madison Park neighborhood on April 25 ...

Grand Canyon Hikers Told To Avoid All Physical Activity Published Jun 16, 2025 at 7:41 AM EDT Updated Jun 17, 2025 at 10:50 AM EDT By Joe Edwards ...

Arizona woman Janelle Banda rescued after three days missing in canyon near "Edge of the World" campsite, found dehydrated with minor injuries by Coconino County Sheriff's search teams.