The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued an emergency injunction on Monday, temporarily blocking the Trump administration ...

A federal judge conceded that a planned copper mine will destroy a site sacred to the Apache people, but refused to stop a ...

Hours before a disputed land swap was to take effect, an appeals court halted the process, giving copper mine opponents more ...

On Friday, a federal judge in Phoenix seemingly cleared the way for a massive copper mining — until the 9th Circuit suddenly ...

A U.S. appeals court has put the brakes on the transfer of federal forest land in Arizona to a company that plans to mine one ...

A U.S. district judge has denied a request by a Native American tribe and environmentalists to stop the federal government ...

Conservation and tribal groups were successful in their bid to further delay the transfer of public land for a copper mine in ...

The 11th-hour block comes as what could be the last reprieve for a coalition of Native Americans and other advocates who have ...

With only weeks until a disputed land swap opens the door to a huge copper mine at Oak Flat, opponents seek a late reprieve.

In a 94-page decision released on Friday, August 15, a federal judge in Arizona rejected the most recent attempt by the San ...

She wouldn't have direct control over Oak Flat since the Department of Agriculture oversees the Forest Service. Still, advocates hope her presence and perspective will have an influence.

Oak Flat Sacred to Western Apache and other Indigenous people, the beautiful lands of Oak Flat, Arizona are also home to species like ocelots and endangered Arizona hedgehog cacti. Sadly this place of ...