Desert Bloom Café & Campground recently cel­ebrated its opening with a ribbon cutting hosted by the Kanab Area Chamber of Commerce. Left to right: (1) Desert Bloom Café & Campground owners celebrate the business’s opening with a ribbon cutting alongside members of the Kanab community. The café and campground is owned by Griffin Hill, Madison Grose, Michael Hatem and Becca Mccallister. Photo by Nicholas Meyeres. (2-3) Photos by Todd Andre The business is owned by Griffin Hill,

KANE COUNTY – A proposed new municipality, a $1.8 million fire truck and major water projects were among the issues before local governments across Kane County in August. Kane County Kane County commissioners raised concerns about the proposed Willow preliminary municipality, including whether a $2.5 million bond would be sufficient to ensure necessary infrastructure is completed. Commissioners also questioned developer control of bonding and changes to the legal description

Recovery from last month’s deadly flash flooding at Grand Canyon National Park has entered a new phase, with major inner-canyon trails and facilities still closed and no timetable announced for reopening them. Trail closure at the Tonto Trail junction below Havasupai Gardens along the Bright Angel Trail. NPS Photo/J. Baird. As reported in the SUN last week, the August 29 flood swept through Bright Angel Canyon and the Phantom Ranch area, killing two hikers and leaving a third

Photos and captions by Jerry Melrose. Marvin Button successfully shows off his red prize in the Goat Ribbon Pull phase of this season’s third-edition Long Valley Lions Junior Rodeo Series on Saturday, August 29. With him holding the horse he arrived on is dad J.T., along with Alicia Larsen enjoying Marv’s fall backwards. JW Reese dismounting his horse, Captain, during the Goat Tie event. JW Reese with his horse Captain having success roping right out of the chute in the Calf

Fall migration brings raptors and waterfowl to our reservoirs, warblers and wrens to riparian corridors, sparrows and thrashers to the flats, but one “resident” bird follows a different schedule - Pinyon Jays. These small dusty-blue birds with short tails travel widely across Utah, Arizona and Nevada in search of their favorite food: pine nuts. Pinyon Jays are unusual among members of the crow family. So unusual, in fact, that they occupy their own genus, Gymnorhinus. The sci

Rick Haynes grew up in Kanab, went to Kanab High School and rode motocross. That was really all I knew about “Ricky” back in the day. When his mother, Venna, called and asked me to interview Rick, he had just made Dean’s List at the University of Phoenix; she is so proud. He completed his Master of Business Administration and Master of Data Science. “People think it’s the people who make the mistakes and cause strife, it’s not,” says Rick Haynes. “You put a good person into a

KANAB – Interested in a unique opportunity for young people 18 and older to begin a potential lifetime career path? Best Friends Animal Society is offering an Introduction to Trades Apprenticeship through the Canyon Division in Kanab. The Canyon Division keeps the lights on, the water flowing and the animals sheltered. The Canyon Divisions team work on a project at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary. Photo courtesy of Best Friends Animal Society. The temporary, 12- week part-time