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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

Cathedral City feels the bern

The line of Bernie Sanders supporters stretched down the sidewalk along Date Palm in Cathedral City this morning, as thousands of people...

14th annual Joshua Tree Music Festival Arrives this week!

The 14th annual (Spring) Joshua Tree Music Festival dances its way into town May 12 - 15 out at the Joshua Tree Lake Campground. The...

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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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