Features

The community of Williams has welcomed a new postmaster to the Williams Post Office.

Tina Follett’s love for Pilates grew as she noticed her body’s needs changed and wanted something that connected her mind and body together.

In addition to books and computers, the Williams Public Library offers a variety of weekly programs.

Would you like to get paid for hiking in the woods while also getting some great exercise after the long winter? This is the best month to go looking for antlers or “shed hunting” as most people call it. Deer and elk shed their antlers every year February — May, making this a great renewable resource that you can make money harvesting.

Although to us we feel no motion, we are constantly moving through space.

When Larry Diehl talks about Jiu Jitsu there is confidence, humility and intentionality. For him, Jiu Jitsu is a lifestyle and his passion comes from two places, his heart and his experience.

The second brightest star in the constellation, located at the hunters “right shoulder” as he faces the observer, is Betelgeuse (pronounced Bet-el-jews, not Beetle-juice), from Arabic (bat al-jawzāʾ), which means “the giant's shoulder.” Betelgeuse is a massive M1-type red supergiant semi-regular variable star nearing the end of its life.

WILLIAMS, Ariz. — Conveniently located off Grand Canyon Boulevard, Josh and Heather Hollenbeck have opened their doors at Copperstate Equipment and Repair.

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — The Navajo Nation, the Native American tribe with one of the largest outstanding claims to water in the Colorado River basin, is closing in on a settlement with more than a dozen parties, putting it on a path to piping water to tens of thousands of tribal members in Arizona who still live without it.

Federal energy officials denied permits for a controversial hydropower project on The Navajo Nation in northern Arizona. In its decision to deny those permits, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) said it was establishing a new policy about cooperation with tribes.

Bears and other animals enjoy one of the biggest snow storm of the year Feb. 8 at Bearizona Wildlife Park.

Grand Canyon National Park highlights employees each week in its community newsletter. Sean Ryall is this week’s employee spotlights.

Arno Penzias died on Jan. 22. He was born in Munich, Germany, April 26, 1933. At the age of six, he and his brother were among the Jewish children evacuated to Great Britain as part of the Kinder Transport rescue operation. Later, his parents fled Nazi Germany for the United States, and in 1946 Penzias became a naturalized U.S. citizen.

GRAND CANYON, Ariz. — After decades of litigation and challenges by tribes and environmental groups, Pinyon Plain Mine, a uranium mine located approximately 6 miles from the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, has begun production.

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Elena Klopfenstein, a junior at Coconino High School, was recognized for her work with the Grand Canyon Trust’s Rising Leaders Program during an annual Appreciation Celebration Nov. 9 in Flagstaff.