Morenci News

Explorer Francisco VA squez de Coronado didn't have to obey the highway speed limit, make hotel reservations or fuss with other such travel details when he rode the route that now bears his name.

The new president of the Arizona Board of Regents is calling for a fourth state university.

Merle's Automotive Supply is something of a Tucson institution, but the modern version is as far from the days of a shade tree mechanic with a pack of Lucky Strikes in his rolled-up T-shirt sleeve as a hybrid Lexus SUV is from a '56 Chevy Nomad wagon.

A takedown variant of Winchester's lever-action big bore was worth waiting for. I've always been intrigued by the 1895 Winchester, and not just because Teddy Roosevelt fancied it.

Hundreds of miners being laid off by Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold may avoid losing their homes under a company decision.

A Morenci woman was killed Saturday morning when the pickup she was riding in rear-ended a tractor-trailer on Interstate 10 east of Benson, authorities said.

Redhawk Resources, Inc. is pleased to announce that it has arranged a non-brokered private placement of up to 4,000,000 units at a price of $0.10 per unit to raise gross proceeds of up to $400,000. Each unit ...

What: "DeGrazia, 100 years, 100 Works" When: Opening reception is 6 to 9 p.m. Friday.

During the recent copper boom from 2006 to 2007, employment in Arizona's copper industry rose from 8,200 to 10,300. Copper mining had a direct economic impact of $3.2 billion in 2007, according to the Western ...

Ted DeGrazia is one of the best-known modern artists in the world and he was born right here in Arizona.

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold announced today it will be cutting almost half the employees at its Morenci mine.

A major mining operation in Eastern Arizona plans to cut its work force in half in another round of layoffs since the bottom fell out of the copper market.

The Phoenix-based mining company Freeport McMoRan announced Friday they will be laying off at least 1,550 employees at its Morenci, Ariz.

The busy pace of coordinating 14 different WIC program locations throughout the greater Tucson area keeps Arlene Nehls energized.