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Hualapai corporation seeks bankruptcy protection
The Hualapai tribal corporation that managed the Grand Canyon Skywalk has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after a federal judge upheld a $28 million judgment in favor of the Las Vegas developer who built the glass bridge.  Grand Canyon Skywalk6/17/2013
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County board to weigh in on Grand Canyon Skywalk road dispute
(Arizona) -- A Mohave County board is scheduled to weigh in on a dispute over a main road to the Grand Canyon Skywalk.
6/15/2013
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Tourists regain access to Grand Canyon Skywalk
(Arizona) -- Tourists who had been denied access on the main road to the Grand Canyon Skywalk now have a way to get to the glass bridge, be it through a bypass route or...
6/14/2013
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Developer of Grand Canyon Skywalk dies at 51
(Las Vegas) -- A representative says the Chinese tour operator and Las Vegas businessman who built the Grand Canyon Skywalk attraction in northwestern Arizona has died...
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Developer of Grand Canyon Skywalk dies of cancer
(Las Vegas) -- David Jin, the developer of the Grand Canyon Skywalk on the Hualapai Indian Reservation at Grand Canyon West, has died after a four-year battle with...
6/11/2013
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Bypass road to Skywalk should open today
(Arizona) -- A dirt road bypassing a roadblock on Diamond Bar Road should be open by this afternoon, re-establishing a route to the Grand Canyon Skywalk that has been...
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Tourists regain access to Grand Canyon Skywalk as tribe, rancher clash over paving project
(Arizona) -- Tourists who were denied access on the main road to the Grand Canyon Skywalk for about a week now have a way to get to the glass bridge, be it through a...
6/9/2013
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Dude rancher blocks Grand Canyon road
(Arizona) -- A dude rancher who grew up watching John Wayne movies in England is starring in his own Old West standoff with an Arizona sheriff and an Indian tribe over...
6/8/2013
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Kirkpatrick asks BLM to help with 'Skywalk' bypass
(Arizona) -- U.S. Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick asked federal officials Friday to help an Arizona American Indian tribe with plans to build a "bypass" road to the Grand...
6/7/2013
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Hualapai ask for new Skywalk road to bypass roadblock
(Arizona) -- In order to route tourists around a roadblock obstructing a road to the Grand Canyon Skywalk, the Hualapai Tribe wants the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to...
6/5/2013
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Arizona rancher jailed in dispute over Grand Canyon Skywalk access
(Arizona) -- The man who incurred the wrath of the Hualapai Indian tribe and many tourists by charging a toll to reach the Skywalk Grand Canyon West attraction over the...
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Man arrested in dispute over road to Hualapai Tribe's Skywalk
(Arizona) -- A non-Indian rancher who has been charging a toll on a road that leads to the Hualapai Reservation in Arizona was arrested on Tuesday.
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Property owner accused of threatening workers
(Arizona) -- The guest ranch owner who imposed a toll on tourists traveling to the Grand Canyon West and the Skywalk was arrested Tuesday afternoon shortly after...
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Rancher fights tribe, BLM over access to Canyon attraction
(Arizona) -- A dude-ranch owner said he’ll reopen a road passing through his land to tourist traffic today, a day after he barricaded one of the only routes to...
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Skywalk road closure brings complaint by Las Vegas tourism bus company
(Arizona) -- There’s something about a rocky old country road that doesn’t make good neighbors, especially if it runs straight into the Grand Canyon’s...
5/31/2013
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Grand Canyon Skywalk: Mediation talks fail in SkyWalk dispute; tribe may create temporary road
(Arizona) -- An attempt to resolve a dispute over paving the road to the Grand Canyon Skywalk has failed. Ranch owner Nigel Turner wants assurances that the project on...
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Mediation fails in dispute over road to Skywalk
(Arizona) -- A daylong attempt to resolve a dispute over paving the road to the Grand Canyon Skywalk ended without an agreement.
5/30/2013
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Protesters decry fee on road leading to Skywalk
(Arizona) -- Tourists heading to the Grand Canyon Skywalk have driven through Nigel Turner's ranch for years. Up until this past weekend, they haven't had to pay...
5/28/2013
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Editorial: No end in sight for Skywalk troubles
(Arizona) -- If you want to look straight down at one of the Seven Wonders of the World, be sure to take a wallet full of cash.
5/21/2013
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Hualapai Claim Victory in Latest Skywalk Court Round
(Arizona) -- In ongoing court battles over the right to manage the world-famous Grand Canyon Skywalk, the Hualapai Tribe claims victory in the latest round. But it...
5/17/2013
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Hualapai 'couldn't keep up' after taking over Skywalk
(Arizona) -- Hualapai Tribal Chairwoman Sherry Counts has acknowledged that a tribe-owned entity had trouble tracking Grand Canyon Skywalk revenues after it took over...
5/15/2013
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Hualapai chairwoman leads through Skywalk battle
(Arizona) -- The Hualapai Tribe has one of the most sought-after landscapes in the world: a slice of the Grand Canyon where tourists can raft the Colorado River, take an...
4/30/2013
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Work begins on paving the rest of Skywalk road
(Arizona) -- The Hualapai Tribe hopes that a newly paved Diamond Bar Road will draw even more visitors to the Grand Canyon Skywalk, its star tourism attraction.
4/29/2013
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Tribe calls Skywalk ruling 'significant victory'
(Arizona) -- The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a ruling that requires Grand Canyon Skywalk developer David Jin to exhaust all remedies in the Hualapai Tribal...
4/28/2013
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Paved road to make travel smoother to Skywalk
(Arizona) -- Teeth-chattering. Axle-busting. Head-pounding. The dirt and gravel stretch of the road that leads tourists to the Grand Canyon Skywalk is no doubt rugged.
4/27/2013
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9th Circuit rules in Grand Canyon Skywalk dispute
(Arizona) -- A federal appeals court says a Nevada developer must exhaust his legal battle over the Grand Canyon Skywalk contract dispute in tribal court before going to...
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Court says businesses can't automatically seek federal help in legal disputes on reservations
(Arizona) -- Private companies that do business on reservations with tribes and their corporations cannot automatically ask federal courts to intercede when legal...
4/26/2013
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Skywalk feud sent to Tribal Court
(Arizona) -- The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday that the Hualapai Tribal Court must adjudicate a dispute over the Grand Canyon Skywalk attraction before...
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Tribal Court Awaits Spat Over Canyon Skywalk
(Arizona) -- The developor of the Grand Canyon Skywalk cannot skip tribal court in its battle to take back the remote tourist attraction, the 9th Circuit ruled Friday.
3/13/2013
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Bankruptcy makes Skywalk case even more twisted
(Arizona) -- Who will be responsible for paying the $28.5 million judgment to Grand Canyon Skywalk developer David Jin may depend on another federal court battle.
3/8/2013
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Tribal leaders critical of Skywalk builder ousted
(Arizona) -- Two members of the Hualapai Tribal Council who have been critical of the Grand Canyon Skywalk developer have been ousted in a recall election.
3/7/2013
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Hualapai judge sends Skywalk case to federal court
(Arizona) -- A Hualapai tribal judge has put a case that stems from the tribe taking sole control of the Grand Canyon Skywalk on hold.
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Hualapais recall 2 tribal leaders in takeover of Skywalk
(Arizona) -- Hualapai voters in northern Arizona on Wednesday recalled two Tribal Council members who had been leaders in the takeover of the Grand Canyon Skywalk from a...
3/6/2013
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Tribal Owner of Grand Canyon Skywalk Files for Bankruptcy
(Arizona) -- The Grand Canyon Skywalk, a glass-bottomed walkway that juts out over the canyon’s edge for a view of the Colorado River 4,000 feet below, is built on...
3/5/2013
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Hualapai corporation seeks bankruptcy protection
(Arizona) -- The Hualapai tribal corporation that managed the Grand Canyon Skywalk has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after a federal judge upheld a $28...
2/26/2013
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Hualapai Tribe to appeal $28M arbitration ruling
(Arizona) -- The Hualapai Tribe says it will appeal a ruling that puts its business arm on the hook for $28 million.
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Hualapai Tribe to pave last nine mile stretch of Skywalk road to Grand Canyon West to tune of $25 million
(Arizona) -- After more than 20 years of dust, grit and dangerous curves, Diamond Bar Road will finally be paved all the way to Grand Canyon West.
2/21/2013
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Rest of road to Grand Canyon Skywalk to be paved
(Arizona) -- The Hualapai Tribe has awarded a $25 million contract to a Prescott company to straighten and finish paving the road that leads to the Grand Canyon Skywalk...
2/19/2013
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$28.5 million Grand Canyon Skywalk verdict stands
(Arizona) -- Grand Canyon Skywalk developer David Jin plans to go after $10 million in trust funds and 100 percent of the ticket sales for the glass-bottomed bridge on...
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EDITORIAL: Hualapais not helping
(Arizona) -- The state of Indian economies and politics, the basic ingredients of tribal sovereignty, are improving fast, according to Jefferson Keel, president of the...
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