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The Trump administration plans to reissue an environmental impact statement that would permit the government to exchange land with Resolution Copper at Oak Flat in the Tonto National Forest.

Apache Stronghold formally filed an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court in a final attempt to save one of the Apache’s most sacred sites from a copper mine.

An Apache-led nonprofit that has nearly exhausted its legal options to protect a sacred Arizona site from copper mining is traveling across the country on a prayer journey. They're headed to D.C. to file an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.

On today's newscast: The Navajo Nation is considering legislation to approve a sweeping federal settlement over access to the Colorado River and other key water sources, Habitat for Humanity has completed two homes in the remote Supai Village on Havasupai land, and advocates for the Apache sacred site Oak Flat will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a case over a massive copper mine that threatens the area.

An Apache group that has fought to protect land it considers sacred from a copper mining project in central Arizona has suffered a significant blow.

Arizona’s U.S. senators are urging federal officials to classify copper as a critical mineral amid growing demand. They say it’s necessary for national security and water and clean energy infrastructure.

The Arizona Court of Appeals has ruled that the state Department of Environmental Quality illegally issued a Clean Water Act permit for the proposed Resolution Copper mine, which is being opposed by the San Carlos Apache Tribe.

The Bureau of Land Management says an environmental review for the proposed Resolution Copper mine near Superior falls short on details about water and the potential impacts of climate change.

A federal appeals court has ruled that a land exchange paving the way for one of the nation’s largest copper mines can move forward. Oak Flat in central Arizona is a sacred site to the San Carlos Apache Tribe, who’ve opposed the project for years.

A group of elders from the San Carlos Apache Nation have gathered to urge Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly to back legislation that will keep lands they call sacred from being torn up for a massive copper mine.