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U.S. Department of the Interior

  • News

    September 16, 1992

    HOME OF THE BRAVE

    A REVOLUTION ERUPTS ON THE CHEMEHUEVI INDIAN RESERVATION.

  • News

    April 13, 1994

    ARIZONA'S ISLAND PARALYZE

    THE STATE HAD GRAND HOPES FOR DEVELOPING ITS $80 MILLION ISLE IN LAKE HAVASU. IT'S BEEN A REAL BEACH.

  • News

    June 29, 1994

    WHEN SOMEONE DIGS YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD

    MINERS--SPURRED BY NEW TECHNOLOGY AND INPENDING REGULATORY REFORM--SCURRY TO LOCK UP MINERAL RIGHTS. RESIDENTS OF WALKER, ARIZONA, FEAR THEY'RE ABOUT TO GET THE SHAFT.

  • News

    April 20, 1995

    WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE

    DEL WEBB'S 5,600-ACRE NEW RIVER DEVELOPMENT HAS SPAWNED CONTROVERSY. BUT NEWS COVERAGE HAS IGNORED THE WATER WHEELING AND DEALING THAT COULD CARPET ARIZONA'S VIRGIN DESERT WITH SUBURBAN SPRAWL.

  • News

    September 7, 1995

    NO MINER CONSIDERATION

    A CANADIAN MINING COMPANY WANTS TO DIG A 300-ACRE HOLE BEHIND DONNA GOODALE'S HOUSE. ALTHOUGH MOST ALL OF THE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES INVOLVED THINK IT'S A TERRIBLE IDEA, THEY MAY NOT BE ABLE TO STOP THE EXCAVATION.

  • News

    September 14, 1995

    FLASHES

    A CANADIAN MINING COMPANY WANTS TO DIG A 300-ACRE HOLE BEHIND DONNA GOODALE'S HOUSE. ALTHOUGH MOST ALL OF THE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES INVOLVED THINK IT'S A TERRIBLE IDEA, THEY MAY NOT BE ABLE TO STOP THE EXCAVATION.

  • News

    April 18, 1996

    Park Rancher

    How 84-year-old Paul Webb and a handful of cows have buffaloed the bureaucrats and trampled an Arizona national monument

  • News

    May 23, 1996

    The Museum That Couldn't Think Straight

    It's named after Kemper Marley, the apparent inspiration for the murder of newsman Don Bolles. It's full of inaccuracies, racism, Chamber of Commerce blather and third-rate gimmickry.

  • News

    August 1, 1996

    Owl See You in Court

    From spikedaces to spotted owls, the Southwest Center for Biological Diversity has logged the legal system and rewritten the book on environmental activism

  • News

    August 22, 1996

    Babbitt's Interior

    As the White House flips and flops, Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt takes his environmental losses and victories in stride. Is his stoicism a necessary virtue or a political vice?

  • News

    October 31, 1996

    A Hostile Environment

    Witnesses say a Justice Department attorney physically attacked a lawyer for environmentalists

  • News

    March 27, 1997

    Water Over the Dam

    Dave Wegner's career with the Bureau of Reclamation seemed to be at peak flow. He had no idea it was about to run dry.

  • News

    April 24, 1997

    Dark Days on Black Mesa

    The Hopi want one of the largest coal mines in North America to stop using their groundwater. If springs and wells continue to dry up, they say, their ancient culture may disappear, too.

  • News

    May 1, 1997

    A People Betrayed

    Recently discovered documents indicate that the lawyer who represented the Hopi Tribe in crucial negotiations with Peabody Western Coal Company was working for the mining company at the same time

  • News

    November 20, 1997

    Babbitt's Department of Ulterior

    When wealthy casino tribes sought to derail a would-be competitor, campaign donations were the currency of the day

  • News

    December 4, 1997

    Letters

    When wealthy casino tribes sought to derail a would-be competitor, campaign donations were the currency of the day

  • News

    December 11, 1997

    Government by Litigation

    Increasingly, public officials ignore laws they're paid to uphold. Citizens and interest groups regularly drag these same bureaucrats into court, trying to ensure that the laws of the land are enforced. But now even the courts, once bastions of authority,

  • News

    December 18, 1997

    Letters

    Increasingly, public officials ignore laws they're paid to uphold. Citizens and interest groups regularly drag these same bureaucrats into court, trying to ensure that the laws of the land are enforced. But now even the courts, once bastions of authority,

  • News

    September 17, 1998

    Power Struggle

    Top state officials clash over Salt River Project

  • News

    April 29, 1999

    Subversion of Guadalupe

    Town and tribe fight over land, accountability

  • News

    May 3, 2007

    Not So Slick, Rick

    Congressman Renzi's big land-swap fibs are finally catching up to him

  • News

    October 12, 2006

    Deal Breaker

    Congressman Rick Renzi and the very strange coincidence

  • News

    January 6, 1994

    DEATH OF AN ECO WARRIOR

    LEROY JACKSON TRANSFORMED HIMSELF FROM A PHOENIX STREET WINO INTO A CHARISMATIC NAVAJO ENVIRONMENTALIST. HIS FRIENDS THINK HE WAS MURDERED FOR HIS EFFORTS.

  • News

    October 7, 2004

    Raging Bull

    Kerry's a wuss. Dubya's a doof. How can anybody vote for either of these clowns?

  • News

    June 7, 2001

    Strictly for the Birds

    Governor's budget knife forces state habitat restoration fund onto endangered list

  • News

    March 22, 2001

    Land Sakes!

    Clinton Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt lays claim to an environmental legacy. Too bad it's a monumental disappointment.

  • News

    February 1, 2001

    Raptor Rapture

    Jerry Ostwinkle's life fell apart when the government seized his golden eagle; now he's fighting for Rex and the rights of falconers.

  • News

    December 14, 2000

    Tribal Belt

    Margarite Faras tried to fix what she thought was wrong with the San Carlos Apache Reservation. Instead, San Carlos fixed her.

  • News

    June 8, 2000

    Road Warrior

    Ranch owner's feud with feds has been dragging on for 10 years

  • News

    June 1, 1994

    A RIVER RAN THROUGH ITA TANGLED DEBATE SURROUNDS THE SAN PEDRO RIVER, ARIZONA'S ECOLOGICAL STOREHOUSE

    Ranch owner's feud with feds has been dragging on for 10 years

  • News

    June 30, 1993

    ANATOMY O

    WHEN BRUCE BABBITT SURFACED AS THE TOP CHOICE FOR THE U.S. SUPREME COURT, A WASHINGTON, D.C., NEWPAPER PLAYED FAST, LOOSE AND SLOPPY WITH HIS PAST

  • News

    January 29, 1992

    NORTHERN ARIZONA EXPOSURE

    J.D. RAN HIMSELF UP A FLAGPOLE. BUT NOBODY SALUTED.

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2010

    Feds Claim Criminal Wrongdoing in Death of Macho B, Arizona's Last Known Jaguar

    ​The Arizona Game and Fish Department may have some explaining to do over the death of the last known jaguar in Arizona. A report filed by the Department of the Interior alleges that the initial capture of the cat, known as Macho B, was probably intentional and violated the Endangered Species ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 19, 2010

    Hot Links: RSV Virus, Solar Power, and Money for Eggs

    ​Health officials at children's hospitals around the Valley say that hundreds of Arizona kids have been diagnosed with a potentially life-threatening respiratory virus. The virus, known as RSV, is a common cause of inflammation in the airways of the lungs and pneumonia, and its symptoms are simila ... More >>

  • News

    February 25, 2010

    Blood's Thicker Than Water: As Thousands Die in the Arizona Desert as a Result of U.S. Border Policy, an Army of Activists Intervenes

    ​Health officials at children's hospitals around the Valley say that hundreds of Arizona kids have been diagnosed with a potentially life-threatening respiratory virus. The virus, known as RSV, is a common cause of inflammation in the airways of the lungs and pneumonia, and its symptoms are simila ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2010

    Glendale Mayor Pledged to Work With Tohono O'odham if Feds Gave Nod to West Valley Reservation; City Instead Plans Legal Challenge

    Elaine Scruggs making her pledge during April 2009 City Council meeting​Glendale Mayor Elaine Scruggs once pledged to work with the Tohono O'odham Nation if the federal government approved the tribe's application to create a West Valley reservation.But nearly two months after the feds approv ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2010

    Russell Pearce Suing the Feds to Derail Tohono O'odham's Proposed Casino ... and Glendale's Picking up the Tab!

    Russell Pearce ​State Senator Russell Pearce, best known for his immigrant-loathing views, is taking on the Tohono O'odham Nation, an Indian tribe that plans to open a resort-style casino in the West Valley.Pearce and state Senate-hopeful Scott Bundgaard, now joined by about a dozen Ari ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2010

    State Senator Russell Pearce's Lawsuit to Derail West Valley Casino Tossed By Courts

    Russell Pearce ​U.S. District Court Judge David G. Campbell has denied an attempt by Senator Russell Pearce to join a lawsuit filed by the City of Glendale and the Gila River Indian Community against the Department of the Interior.Glendale and the Gila are suing the Interior Department ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2011

    Governor Jan Brewer Signs Law That Allows Forcible Annexation of Land, Leaves Property Owner Without Any Say

    www.westvalleyopportunity.com The latest rendering of the West Valley Resort, a casino that Glendale officials and state leaders are trying to derail.​Governor Jan Brewer signed into law a measure that allows local governments to annex property without a property owner's consent under certa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 3, 2011

    Tohono O'odham Nation One Step Closer to West Valley Resort-Style Casino

    Artists rendering of the proposed West Valley Resort​United States District Judge David Campbell ruled today that the Tohono O'odham Nation's 54-acre property in the West Valley must be taken into trust.And that means that the Nation is one step close to building the West Valley Resort, a casino t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2011

    Tohono O'odham Nation Scores Major Legal Victory Over Glendale; One Step Closer to W. Valley Casino

    An artist rendering of the Nation's proposed West Valley casino.​The Arizona Court of Appeals has delivered a blow to Glendale officials trying to block the Tohono O'odham Nation from building a resort-style casino near the city's border.The court ruled on May 3 that the Nation's entire 135-acre p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2011

    James Patock Files $20 Million Defamation Lawsuit Over National Mall Arrest for Guns in Trailer; Demands Return of Dog

    Washington D.C. cops trashed James Patock's trailer, which served as his home.They threw him in jail for 45 days, where he was pelted with excrement.They even seized his 10-year-old German Shepherd, Lobo, and gave it away for adoption.All because police searched his trailer, thinking incorrectly it ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2011

    Two Thousand Acres of Desert in Southwest Valley to be Destroyed for Solar Plant -- So Why are Conservationists Happy?

    ​ The federal government just approved the destruction of 2,000 acres of Sonoran Desert land in the southwest Valley for a new solar plant, but conservationists aren't complaining.This time, anyway.Thomas Hulen, executive director of Friends of the Sonoran Desert National Monument, was one of ... More >>

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