By Cyndy Cole, The Arizona Daily Sun, Flagstaff Dec. 7--If the U.S. Forest Service halts some forest thinning projects in response to a Wednesday ruling, northern Arizona would be affected.

By Doug Kreutz, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson Nov. 25--KINISHBA RUINS -- Seven centuries ago, this place might have seemed like a grand stone metropolis in a high lonesome landscape.

By Ed Taylor, The Tribune, Mesa, Ariz. Jul. 25--Sens. Jon Kyl and John Mc-Cain reintroduced legislation Tuesday to allow Resolution Copper Co. to develop an underground mine near Superior that could tap one of the largest deposits of copper ore ever discovered in North America.

By Andrea Rivera, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson Jul. 14--By paying tribute to their rich mining history, nine communities in Pinal and Gila counties hope to attract tourists to a region in need of some economic attention.

By The Arizona Daily Sun, Flagstaff Jun. 24--A cinder pit used for target practice that is ankle-deep in trash. A once-beautiful, aspen-ringed campsite reduced to stumps. A hillside laced with 2-foot-deep tire ruts.