Canyon’s Colorado River Trail is open again after rockslide repairs

LAKE HAVASU CITY — Police in Lake Havasu City are investigating the death of a person on a mountain near Sara Park.

Mohave County Sheriff’s search and rescue units were deployed to a recovery mission Sunday morning.

Police say hikers had found a leg of a dead person protruding from a small ledge on the side of a mountain face.

An Arizona Department of Public Safety helicopter took a technical rope team to the top of the mountain and lowered the body to the bottom of the canyon.

Authorities say the body has been taken to the county medical examiner’s investigator to determine the cause of death.

The name, age and gender of the dead person haven’t been released yet, and it’s unclear how long the body had been on the mountain.

Court rules for Navajo Nation in judicial funding dispute with BIA

WINDOW ROCK — An appeals court has ruled for the Navajo Nation in a dispute with the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs over federal funding for the tribe’s judicial services.

The tribe says the ruling by the District of Columbia U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals means the BIA owes the tribe approximately $15.6 million plus interest,

PRESCOTT — The Prescott Fire Department says a federal grant has lifted fiscal pressures that constricted emergency responses from one of its five regular fire stations.

As of Saturday, the department again had enough firefighters for regular operation from the airport station.

Prescott had instituted so-called “brown-outs” at the airport station on most days since Jan. 1, 2016, because it didn’t have enough firefighters to staff an engine truck on emergency calls. Instead, only a rescue vehicle could be used.

A $1.5 million federal Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response grant awarded the city in August provided funding for hiring up to nine additional firefighters for two years.

Fire Chief Dennis Light said city officials will re-evaluate funding for full staffing when the two-year grant period ends in early 2019.

GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK — The Colorado River Trail in Grand Canyon National Park is open again to foot traffic following repairs this week to damage caused by a recent rockslide.

Park officials say the trail remains closed to stock traffic and that hikers may experience delays between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. as crews continue repairs.

The trail is between Pipe Creek and Silver Bridge.

Officials say the North Kaibab Trail at the Redwall Bridge remains closed from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily while crews stabilize a rockslide along the trail. — Associated Press