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Federal plan to close land won’t end uranium mining near Grand Canyon

[caption id="attachment_35756" align="alignleft" width="199" caption="Horn Creek in Grand Canyon National Park creates a ribbon of vegetation across an otherwise desolate landscape before plunging toward the Colorado River. The National Park...

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Southwest sees copper boom thanks to high prices

With prices high and backing in place from some of the world’s largest mining companies, the hunt for copper in the American Southwest is experiencing a revival. Mining and milling...

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Meeting to discuss future of solar energy

A public meeting to put some light on the federal government’s plan for developing solar energy is scheduled in Tucson Wednesday night. KOLD-TV reports the...

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Charleston: Tougher than Tombstone?

Jacob W. Swart’s Saloon in Charleston, Ariz., which he bought in 1881 from Frank Stilwell, an accused conspirator in the murder of Wyatt Earp’s brother, Morgan.
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Violence prompts strong warning at Ariz. monument

An increase in smuggling violence at the Sonoran Desert National Monument about 80 miles south of Phoenix has prompted a stronger warning to visitors about drug and immigrant traffickers passing...

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Bureau of Land Management names new associate director for Arizona

The Bureau of Land Management today named Raymond (Ray) Suazo associate state director for the Arizona office, putting him in charge of day-to-day operations for 12.2 million acres of BLM-administered...

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Uranium rush: Sparks fly over mining near the Grand Canyon

Excess water runs off at a site undergoing uranium exploration.
The forces of nature that blessed Arizona with the Grand Canyon also provided high-grade uranium, trapped...

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