Grand Canyon, AZ–  The National Park Service (NPS) received a letter today from the  Health and Human Services Director and Chief Health Officer for Coconino County recommending the full closure of Grand Canyon National Park. Upon receiving this request from the local health department, acting Superintendent Mary Risser, with the support of the NPS Deputy Director, Operations, David Vela and Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt, made the decision to immediately close the park until further notice. ” The Department of the Interior and the National Park Service will continue to follow the guidance of state and local health officials in making determinations about our operations ,”  Secretary…

MOHAVE COUNTY – One of the hot topics and/or complaints discussed by many residents Mohave County over a cup of coffee and on the various social media outlets is the current condition of the county’s roadways. However, many don’t understand the county encompasses an extremely large area. Mohave County has 13,461 square miles, is the second largest county in Arizona and the fifth largest in the Contiguous United States. Of the abovementioned square miles, the county has 10,049 miles of roads of which 2,107 miles are maintained by the county’s Road Division. That includes 89.91 miles of tertiary maintained dirt…