Felicia Fonseca

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. -- Just before tourists reach the entrance to the Grand Canyon's South Rim, they see Tusayan, a tiny town with a scattering of modest hotels, restaurants and gift shops that could be getting a lot bigger.

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. -- An Indiana man forced his three young grandsons to hike 18 miles in triple-digit heat at the Grand Canyon and denied them food and water, authorities said.

Christopher Carlson, of Indianapolis, remained jailed Thursday on six counts of child abuse. The boys, ages 12, 9 and 8, told investigators that they had been hit, pushed, choked, pinched and squeezed during trips on a popular trail at the canyon's South Rim last month.

HUALAPAI INDIAN RESERVATION, Ariz. — Swiss “JetMan” Yves Rossy canceled his first U.S. flight in a jet-propelled wing suit Friday, deciding at the last minute that he hadn’t done enough training to complete the challenging stunt.

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. -- A group of environmentalists has sued the federal government in an effort to force a declaration on the source of air pollution over national parks and wilderness areas in the West.

BELLEMONT, Ariz. -- A winter storm pummeled the western U.S. on Thursday with fierce wind gusts, heavy rain and up to 2 feet of snow, closing freeways, forcing people from their homes in a California town and dumping a snowy mix of precipitation on the edges of Phoenix.

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. -- The Navajo Nation is set to build its first casino in Arizona on newly acquired trust land.

PHOENIX -- The Arizona Department of Corrections says a privately operated state prison in Kingman was plagued by security problems prior to the escape of three inmates, including two convicted of murder.