Tonto National Forest

The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from Apache Stronghold to halt a massive copper mining project at Oak Flat in central Arizona.

Work is wrapping up on the Horton Fire near Payson, with a Type 3 team from the Tonto National Forest set to take back command Monday.

The Horton Fire burning along the Mogollon Rim northeast of Payson swelled to over 1,000 acres over the weekend.

An estimated 45,000 people visit Fossil Creek every year to hike, swim and cool off. Amid the rugged conditions and remote location's busiest time of year, search and rescue calls spike.

One person is in custody after a man was shot and killed near the Rim Trail subdivision of the Tonto National Forest Saturday.

The 279-acre Brady Fire remains 0% contained.

A group of conservationists has sued the U.S. Forest Service to protect a region of the Tonto National Forest from “hundreds of unowned horses” they say threaten endangered species in the area.

A broad coalition of religious groups are urging a federal appeals court to protect an Apache sacred site in Arizona from one of the nation’s largest copper mines.

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.

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.