Members of the San Carlos Apache Tribe attended a hearing Wednesday over a planned copper mine that has been working its way ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — San Carlos Apache tribal members are at the center of a fight to protect their sacred land from being ...

The U.S. Forest Service now must wait until a day after a Supreme Court action in their favor to transfer a 2,400-acre Apache Holy into the jaws of a privately-owned copper mine.

A rush of proposals to mine the state’s famed “sky islands” with water drawn from overtaxed aquifers is drawing opposition ...

Copper mine foes asked a judge to stop the government from acting on Oak Flat mine plans until Supreme Court rules.

A U.S. District judge will hear arguments May 7 in a case over whether the federal government can complete a land swap for a ...

San Carlos Apache member Donna Cracium protests a massive copper mining project on federal land in Arizona outside the U.S. District Court, Wednesday, May 7, 2025, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York ...

The mining company argued that formally ... She said most of those employees are local to Arizona's Copper Triangle, including San Carlos Apache members, and include biologists, cultural resource ...