Courtland, Arizona was founded in 1908 after copper was discovered in the surrounding hills. Within a few years the town grew rapidly, adding a movie theater, stores, railroads, and a population of ...

Jerome calls itself “America’s Most Vertical City,” and it’s not marketing hyperbole. The streets are stacked vertically up the mountainside in a configuration that makes no sense until you remember ...

In 1950, a huge open-pit copper mine opened beside a small town in Arizona. As the mine expanded over the next two decades, ...

The U.S. wants to quadruple nuclear power generation. Is fewer than two years of nuclear fuel worth sacrificing the Grand Canyon region?

Summer in the Arizona desert is no joke, and wandering around a ghost town when it’s 115 degrees outside is a good way to become a ghost yourself. The cooler months are much more pleasant, and you’ll ...

This is an Arizona off-road trail into Box Canyon near the Gila River just past Florence with the new Ford Raptor. Once you ...

Approximately 80 people, including members of the Navajo Nation, Havasupai Tribe and local residents, gathered on the Flagstaff City Hall lawn in Downtown Flagstaff to protest against uranium mining a ...

University researchers create tool to tackle abandoned mines across Arizona Arizona's three public universities are joining forces to map out 44,000 abandoned mines in Arizona and flagging sites to ...

More than a year after uranium shipments resumed, the Navajo Nation EPA is drafting regulations and asking for public input by March 9.

Cottonwood residents are concerned about black dust originating from a historic copper smelter slag pile. A company is ...

Arizona’s three public universities have developed a new tool to help environmental officials find and cleanup abandoned mines in the state. The interactive database maps the tens of thousands of ...

Arizona’s vast mineral wealth fueled its economic growth, but left behind tens of thousands of abandoned mining sites. Many were never fully documented. Arizona’s three public universities have ...