FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Officials have awarded a temporary contract for a concessionaire to provide services at the The Grand Canyon's South Rim. The one-year contract to Xanterra (zan-TAYR'-uh) Parks & Resorts averts a shutdown of some of the park's iconic hotels and its mule rides to the bottom of the canyon. Xanterra has been providing those services for decades but its current contract ends Dec.