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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

Government shutdown impacts parks

The scene that greeted visitors during the 2013 government shutdown over a Republican attempt to repeal Obamacare resulted in park...

Missing hikers an apparent murder suicide

It's difficult to imagine the tragedy of two young hikers missing in Joshua Tree National Park for months, with their bodies just found,...

Two bodies found by hikers in Joshua Tree National Park

According to a news release published by Joshua Tree National Park on Facebook this morning (at approximately 7 a.m.), hikers found two...

Full news coverage of missing Joshua Tree National Park hikers

Full ongoing coverage of the hikers missing in Joshua Tree National Park can be found on our Joshua Tree Tortoise Telegraph website where...

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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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