Summer is winding down on U.S. Route 89. Even in Phoenix, the daily high is predicted to stay below 100°F for the week ahead. It's time to start looking for the autumn colors of the aspen and cottonwoods at the higher elevations. Deer hunting season is underway in a number of localities, so watch for ATVs on the highway shoulders.
Headlines from Highway 89
New Grocery Store Opens in Downtown Great Falls (source, Great Falls, Montana)
When Albertsons closed its store in April, downtown residents had nowhere to shop for groceries, until a local entrepreneur opened Everyday IGA this week.
Livingston residents, almanac predict cold winter for 2009 (Livingston Enterprise, Livingston, Montana)
"With summer coming to an end and fall on its way, it is almost painful to think about the winter, but some people in Livingston can already see the signs that predict what kind of snowy season the area can expect."
Zap! Marauding grizzlies in for nasty shock (Jackson Hole News&Guide, Jackson, Wyoming)
Outfitters test electric fences around camps to deter grizzly intrusions under new Wyoming Game and Fish program.
Filmmaking school to open in Springville (Daily Herald, Provo, Utah)
"Utah may not have had a great reputation for filmmakers in the last few years, but one local arts school is hoping to change that perception with a new film school for high-school and college students."
NPS seeks to clean up uranium mine site at Grand Canyon rim (Arizona Daily Sun, Flagstaff, Arizona)
A former private in-holding, the Orphan Mine is two miles from the Grand Canyon Village. Patented in 1906 as a copper claim, the mine produced nearly 800,000 tons of uranium ore in the late 1950s.
Over 3,000 immigrants become US citizens in Phoenix ceremony (source, Phoenix, Arizona)
"More than 3,000 immigrants filled the Dodge Theatre in Phoenix on Wednesday and became U.S. citizens. They pledged allegiance to their new country. They sang a song and waved American flags. Then, they registered to vote in time for the election in November."
This weekend on America's greatest highway
Yavapai County Fair (Daily Courier, Prescott, Arizona)
Tractor pulls, carnival, produce and livestock displays, and a traveling rainforest exhibit
