Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A federal appeals court temporarily halted a land exchange that would allow construction of a copper mine on a site held sacred by ...

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 ...

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 ...