Tuesday, Aug. 19, marked the 60th day after the U.S. Forest Service issued a new environmental impact statement for the proposed copper mine, which would be built on 2,200 acres at Oak Flat, east of ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily/AP) — A federal judge in Phoenix issued a temporary injunction on Monday that blocks a copper mine land swap in Arizona. “We are grateful that Judge Lanza has provided us an ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — A federal judge has decided to block the controversial land mine transfer in Oak Flat, a piece of land that tribes say is sacred. Judge Steven P. Logan granted a preliminary ...

PHOENIX— A federal judge in Arizona temporarily halted the Oak Flat land exchange today while two lawsuits challenging the exchange proceed. Without today’s injunction, the public lands about 40 miles ...