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 ...

The U.S. District Court in Phoenix will hear arguments May 7 as grassroots group Apache Stronghold seeks to temporarily block the Trump administration from clearing the way to transfer ownership ...

Apache Stronghold, a grassroots group, will ask a federal judge May 7 to halt a land swap that would allow work to start on a copper mine at Oak Flat east of Phoenix. The U.S. Supreme Court has ...

Apache Stronghold argues in the lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Arizona that the U.S. Forest Service cannot legally transfer land to international mining company Rio Tinto in exchange for ...

Apache Stronghold, the group at odds with the plans, is asking officials to wait. The cause is still going through the courts, with the Supreme Court actively considering whether to hear this case.

Over the last year, Apache Stronghold has taken its fight to the Supreme Court, with lawyers requesting the high court to hear their case after a lower court decision denied their efforts to stop ...