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Mojave National Preserve closures during government shutdown

Joshua Tree National Park to remain open

Some of our favorite Sun Runner covers

Thank you, and a fond farewell

Joshua Tree National Park to temporarily close Thursday

Community pulls together to support Joshua Tree National Park during shutdown

Government shutdown impacts parks

Jazz legend Nancy Wilson has died

Monument Valley Tribal Park closed due to Satanic cult YouTube stunt

Sun Runner and Southwest Stories hit the country's largest travel show

The Sun Runner and Southwest Stories with Steve Brown, made their annual appearance at the country's largest travel show, the LA Travel &...

Southwest Stories set to start new season on PBS!

Southwest Stories with Steve Brown, the PBS television series featuring Sun Runner publisher, Steve Brown, is set to launch its second...

Remembering a True Desert Treasure: Huell Howser

By Steve Brown From the February/March 2013 Desert Treasures Issue I couldn’t believe it. Huell Howser was dead. I was in shock when I...

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The Sun Runner

Welcome to The Sun Runner, The Journal of the Real Desert, published since January, 1995. In 2014 we began to expand our scope from the California deserts, across the Southwest with both the magazine and our television series, Southwest Stories.
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