Arizona should strengthen aquifer-protection requirements for the massive proposed Copper World mine to guard against ...

Three Native American tribes have called for a halt to preliminary work on a planned copper mine in southern Arizona’s Santa Rita Mountains. TUCSON, Ariz. (CN) – Three Native American tribes have ...

Arizona is on the verge of approving water permits for the Hudbay copper mine in the Santa Rita Mountains. Residents and environmental groups are opposed to this plan. At recent hearings in Vail ...

The Santa Rita Mountains are now ground zero for the proposed Rosemont Copper Mine. El Jefe has already lost part of his former home range through significant habitat destruction in the northern Santa ...

Tucked away in the Santa Rita Mountains near the town of Sonoita, this ghost town served as a gold mining camp from the mid-1800s through the early 1900s. Today, the site is home to several ...

A structure fire in Whetstone is causing evacuations near Sanders and Bowers roads. A structure fire in Whetstone caused ...

The family of Marissa Jones Anderson is scrambling for justice after she was shot in the head at a vacant home on Tucson’s ...

The open pit mine, planned for more than a decade on the eastern flank of the Santa Rita Mountains about 40 miles from the Mexican border, would obliterate about 3,600 acres of designated critical ...

The perfect combination of stunning scenery, a peaceful atmosphere, and a slow-paced life makes these Arizona mountain towns ...

TUCSON, Ariz.— A federal judge today overturned the U.S. Forest Service’s approval of a controversial open-pit copper mine in southern Arizona’s Santa Rita Mountains, citing the agency’s “inherently ...

Rita Hills, or serpentinite influence in ... from the far western Sonoma Coast to the Santa Cruz Mountains. Even in warmer areas like Paso Robles or Napa, the increased focus on matching soil ...