Grand Canyon National Park News:
Grand Canyon Railway: Experience a ride rich in history and charm.
“All Aboard!” The conductor’s call to passengers will initiate the memorable New Year’s journey from Williams Depot to the South Rim of the Grand Canyon. Aboard a powerful locomotive adventurers looking for a unique way to bid adieu to the old year—and begin the journey into the new—ride north for a glimpse into the greatest chasm on earth.
http://www.ioanthem.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=450&Itemid=1Rim Country enjoys early White Christmas
Well-behaved winter storm delivers six inches, but may be gone before the big morning
Rim Country residents got an early white Christmas as a festive, but well-behaved storm blanketed Payson with six inches of snow — and not much more than that in Show Low and Flagstaff.
http://www.paysonroundup.com/news/2009/dec/24/rim_country_enjoys_early_white_christmas/**********
Great Smoky Mountain National Park News:
Local Hiker Dies in Tennessee
A Howard County neighborhood is in shock after the death of a woman in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee.
http://www.abc2news.com/news/local/story/Local-Hiker-Dies-in-Tennessee/UeurleeEm0aWSK9nmp0C2Q.cspxFunding enables 10K jobs in state
$235,912 price tag for taxpayers not affordable, Alexander says
Tennessee ranks 15th among all states and U.S. territories receiving federal stimulus money, and nearly 10,000 jobs have been created or saved here by the emergency spending program, according to government figures reviewed by the News Sentinel.
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2009/dec/24/funding-enables-10k-jobs-state/*********
