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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

Joshua Tree National Park to remain open

Earlier this week, a temporary closure of Joshua Tree National Park was announced for Thursday morning, January 10, 2019. As of this...

Thank you, and a fond farewell

The Sun Runner magazine began publishing on New Year's Day, 1995 in Twentynine Palms. Vickie Waite was the founding editor and publisher....

Joshua Tree National Park to temporarily close Thursday

Joshua Tree National Park, our local national treasure that's been under undue stress during the past two weeks of a partial federal...

Community pulls together to support Joshua Tree National Park during shutdown

Community volunteers, Carl and Susan Parmley, take a quick break from cleaning and restocking vault toilets in Joshua Tree National Park....

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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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