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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...

Bernie Sanders Adds Coachella Valley Rally Wednesday, May 25

Photo of Bernie Sanders with fans at VillageFest in Palm Springs, Thursday, May 19, 2016. Photo courtesy of Twitter user Kamber...

Bernie Sanders Visits Palm Springs Tonight

Photo of Bernie Sanders with fans at VillageFest in Palm Springs, Thursday, May 19, 2016. Photo courtesy of Twitter user Kamber...

Devils Hole Vandals Caught

Around 7:20 p.m. on Saturday, April 30, three likely drunk, and indisputably stupid, men in an OHV drove off the road and around a gate...

Third Edition of Popular Joshua Tree Gateway Communities Visitor Guide Coming This Summer!

The popular Sun Runner Guide to the Joshua Tree Gateway Communities visitor guide is being updated and prepared for publication later...

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...

Take the Route 66 Relics Tour

Once a year, visitors have the opportunity to take the Route 66 Relics Tour of Route 66 sites in and around the Petrified Forest National...

15th annual Native Film Fest - Celebration of Indigenous Storytelling Around the Globe

Palm Springs is well known for its flagship film festival every January. But one of our very favorite film festivals is the annual...

Joshua Tree National Park hits 2 Million Visitors

According to Joshua Tree National Park, a couple visiting the park from Inglewood, California and their friends visiting from Denmark...

Shop The Sun Runner's 2015 Desert Gift Guide

Stop shopping those generic big box stores! Find gifts from the real desert this holiday season and support desert artists and artisans,...

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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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