The Runnin’ Devils 5K pre-season open race was held in Page on August 5.
It is one of Page Unified School District’s most important traditions: Navajo Cultural Acknowledgement Day. It’s a hands-on, in-person way to introduce incoming teachers to Navajo culture, traditions, belief systems and ways of life.
PUSD’s Governing Board extended the contract of Superintendent Bryce Anderson by one year. The extended contract goes through June 30, 2025.
Page, from its humble beginnings, with hurdles along the way, evolved into a world-class tourist destination. When the area’s largest employer, Navajo Generating Station, closed, tourism softened the blow. When largescale employers close or relocate, many communities never bounce back. Thanks to forward-thinking council members and city administrators, Page not only survived, it thrived.
There’s an ongoing conflict between a Page citizen’s group and city officials over 5.81 acres of city real estate. People attending, or watching the YouTube livestream of the July 12 Page City Council meeting, witnessed unusually heated exchanges.
Page’s new 10.8-mile Red Mesa Rim Trail opened to the public on July 22.
The Page Middle School Panthers are now the Dust Devils. The change in mascots became official when Page Unified School District entered its new school year on July 1. The middle school’s colors will still be red and black, and the Dust Devil logo will share similarities with the Sand Devils logo.
NIMBY is an acronym for “not in my backyard.” It’s a nickname some use for residents who oppose developments they find undesirable, like homeless shelters, prisons and nuclear waste dumps. In Page, proposed apartment buildings pack the chambers with nimbys at city council meetings.
On Thursday, July 20, 2023, at approximately 11:43 a.m., the National Park Service (NPS) Glen Canyon Communications Center received a 911 call reporting a possible cliff jumping fatality approximately one-quarter mile south of Buoy 89 on Lake Powell within Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.
The Sand Devils held its summer football camp last week, which for Coach Billie marks the first day of the 2023 football season. There is no place Coach Billie would rather be.
On Aug. 5, 2022, Chris Brown was outside working on his jeep while his wife, Morgan, was inside their home in St. George, Utah. She got a message from her father-in-law, Joe Brown. He wanted to know if they had insurance for their 6-year-old son, Hayden. Joe and his grandson were boating at Lake Powell. Confused, she told him yes and asked why. Joe told her, “A propeller got him.”
Starting this weekend, residents and tourists will have nearly 11 more miles of singletrack to enjoy when the City of Page unveils the new Red Mesa Rim Trail. The grand opening will be held on Saturday, July 22, at the trailhead at 2155 Coppermine Road. A ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held at 8 a.m., followed by a scavenger hunt and other activities until noon.
Page, Arizona, is home to a rising YouTube star named Whitey, a rambunctious cattle dog who loves exploring the outdoors in northern Arizona and southern Utah.
On July 8, 2023, regional artists, area residents and tourists flocked to the grand opening of The Gallery’s new location at 71 7th Avenue.
On June 28, Page City Council approved zoning modifications to convert a 3,200 sq. ft. commercial building into a four-unit multifamily apartment complex. Remodeling will transition four offices into four fully functional, 800 sq. ft. apartments.
Page Assistant Fire Chief Joe Noonchester drove the new, million-dollar Pierce Pumper from Flagstaff to Page.
Author, journalist and science writer Melissa Sevigny will be the guest lecturer for July’s Glen Canyon Lecture Series in Page. She’ll be discussing her newly published book “Brave the Wild River,” which tells the story of Elzada Clover and Lois Jotter, botanists who became the first women to raft the Grand Canyon while gathering plant samples in the hard-to-reach terrain of Cataract, Glen, Marble and Grand Canyons.
A mare and foal that had been stranded on a Lake Powell beach in Navajo Canyon have been rescued. Glen Canyon National Recreation Area staff had been monitoring and feeding the animals since June 7.
On May 7, 2023, the water level at Lake Powell was 3,530 feet above sea level, at which point Lone Rock in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area was still landlocked, as it has been for the past couple of years.
During the July 4 holiday weekend, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area will be participating in the national Operation Dry Water awareness and enforcement weekend.
