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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

Tragedy in Amboy

Amboy Crater, Mojave Trails National Monument: At approximately 1:36 p.m., Saturday, August 12, San Bernardino County Sheriff's Dispatch...

Summer Starts - with a vengeance

Think cool! Photo by Steve Brown. Summer has arrived in the Mojave and Colorado deserts with a vengeance. High temperatures are...

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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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