One of the biggest challenges of living in the American West is the federal government’s control over massive expanses of land. The problem isn’t public ownership. Instead, it’s the overly ...

PHOENIX— The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued an emergency injunction today blocking the Trump administration from handing Oak Flat over to a private mining company while three lawsuits ...

A U.S. appeals court has temporarily blocked the transfer of federal forest land in Arizona to a pair of international companies that plan to mine one of the largest copper deposits in North America.

The federal appeals court temporarily blocked the land swap right as a public comment period wrapped up. A federal appeals court Monday temporarily blocked a land exchange in Arizona just hours before ...

PHOENIX— Conservation groups appealed a federal judge’s ruling today denying their request to pause the Oak Flat land exchange in Arizona. Without an injunction from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of ...

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued an emergency injunction on Monday, temporarily blocking the Trump administration’s plan to transfer Oak Flat—a sacred and ecologically sensitive area in ...

The April 26 photo shows a young couple in paradise. Nathan Freddy and his partner, with their dog, pose nude in beautiful Aravaipa Canyon, showing off what appears to be large cannabis leaves ...

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 of the largest copper deposits in North America. A U.S. appeals court has ...