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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

Amargosa Opera House launches new season

Marta Becket, legendary founder of the Amargosa Opera House, may be gone, but there's an exciting season of artistic performances being...

Mokoomba returns to the Joshua Tree Music Festival

If you missed Mokoomba's performance at last fall's Joshua Tree Music Festival, you should stop whatever you're doing right now and kick...

From Woodstock... to Joshua Tree: Sridhar Silberfein's Spiritual Journey

Most of us know his festivals—Bhakti Fest, in September, and Shakti Fest, in May. But not that many of us hi-desert folk know the man...

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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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