BIG WATER -- Luxury spa operator Amanresorts will run a $200 million resort near Lake Powell for wealthy world travelers. The 100,000-square-foot spa, offering $1,200-a-night hotel rooms and villas for up to $6 million, is scheduled to open by mid-2008.
BIG WATER - Town Clerk Jeania Joseph is right. With plans for a 100,000-square-foot spa, $6 million villas and $1,200-a-night hotel rooms, the swanky new resort under construction near Lake Powell won't be serving the "Wal-Mart and Kentucky Fried Chicken crowd." No, try the Martha's Vineyard and Ritz-Carlton set. Think Trump, not tramp; Rockefeller, not Rocky Balboa.
CANYON DE CHELLY NATIONAL MONUMENT, Ariz. -- You can't drive around on your own in this canyon, or hike where you please. And you should ask permission before taking pictures of the Navajo Indians who still live and farm here.
in 10th year as park The Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument is marking the 10th anniversary of the controversial decision to include it in the national park system.
ESCALANTE, Utah (AP) -- The Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument attracts hardy tourists and draws diverse reactions, a decade after it was created in the heat of a presidential campaign.
The tension was palpable. It was Sept. 7, the first day commercial flights had touched down in Beirut since a monthlong war had erupted between Israel and the militant group Hezbollah. Travelers swarmed the airport. Richard Crook, along with a Chilean veterinarian and vet tech, carved his way through the excited crowds carting 175 pounds of cat food and basic veterinary supplies.
Ten years ago when then-President Bill Clinton created Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Dennis Judd hoisted the U.S. flag upside down an international sign of distress in front of his Denny's Wigwam store in Kanab.
