Latest Native American tribes in Arizona Stories

HOUSTON, Oct. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Apache Corporation (NYSE, Nasdaq: APA) today announced that the Hostetter #1-23H well located in Washita County, Okla., is producing 17 million cubic feet (MMcf) of gas and 800 barrels of liquid hydrocarbons per day. The Hostetter #1-23H is Apache's first operated horizontal well in the prolific Granite Wash play. The well was drilled to a depth of 12,500 feet with a 4,000-foot horizontal section and eight separate fracture-stimulation stages....

SALT RIVER PIMA-MARICOPA INDIAN COMMUNITY, Ariz., Sept. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Salt River Devco, an enterprise of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, announced today that Chaparral Business Center V has been awarded LEED ® Certification established by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and verified by the Green Building Certification Institute (GBCI). LEED is the nation's preeminent program for the design, construction and operation of high performance green buildings. "We...

By ERICA MELTZER Pima County taxpayers may end up buying a 106-acre Southwest Side property that the county designated for industrial use against the wishes of the owners, who wanted to put a residential subdivision there. The designation was part of a series of larger land-use decisions made late last year to address anticipated growth that could add as many as 114,000 new residents over the next 50 years to the area between Mission and Sandario roads. County officials said they need more...

The Sheraton Wild Horse Pass Resort & Spa goes beyond Green and promotes both Cultural Sustainability and Environmental Responsibility with its new Geo-Green initiative. Geo-tourism is defined as tourism that sustains or enhances the geographical character of a place--its environment, culture, aesthetics, heritage and the well-being of its residents. Located on the Gila River Indian Community, the Sheraton Wild Horse Pass Resort & Spa has long been a beacon for how to respectfully and...

By ERICA MELTZER Flow shift could hurt river habitat Pima County officials say a concern raised by the Ak-Chin Indian Community about effluent reaching its land could destroy riparian habitat in the Santa Cruz River that is sustained by discharge from county sewage-treatment plants. County Administrator Chuck Huckelberry said finding another way to dispose of the effluent could cost sewer ratepayers anywhere from $285 million to $10 billion. But a Tucson Water official said that by...

By The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson Aug. 1--Border Patrol agents discovered more than one ton of marijuana in an abandoned pickup truck Friday morning on the Tohono O'odham Reservation. At 1 a.m., agents patrolling near the village of Gunsite noticed suspicious car tracks, said a news release from the agency. They followed the tracks and found a Chevrolet pickup truck spray-painted black. They found 164 bundles of marijuana weighing 2,800 pounds, the release said. The marijuana has an...

By Tony Davis, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson Jun. 25--PHOENIX -- It's 2048 in the Sonoran Desert. Do you know where your water will come from? Thomas McCann, a top official with the agency that runs the Central Arizona Project, laid out a vision in response to that question Tuesday at a conference on the future of the Colorado River: --Three desalination plants are on line by that year to increase the supply of CAP water flowing to Phoenix and Tucson. One is removing salt from...

By Jill Redhage, The Tribune, Mesa, Ariz. Jul. 29--Torrential rain and lightning hampered rescue efforts Saturday after a boat exploded at Apache Lake and a man drowned at Saguaro Lake in separate incidents. Motorists idled for miles along Highway 88, stranded between washes, as rescuers headed to the lakes. Apache Junction and Rural/Metro firefighters and Maricopa County Sheriff's Office deputies received a call at 2:27 p.m. from the Apache Lake marina, where three passengers were...

By Tim Gaynor ALI JEGK, Arizona (Reuters) - Members of a traditional Indian nation spanning the Arizona-Mexico border are divided over plans to erect a fence to stop drug and human traffickers driving over the desert from Mexico. The U.S. Border Patrol is to start building a 75-mile (120-km) vehicle barrier across the Tohono O'odham nation lands abutting Mexico's Sonora state as early as next month, as part of a move to gain greater control over the porous border Tribal authorities...

PHOENIX -- Great views "” and plenty of goosebumps for those afraid of heights. An American Indian tribe with land along the Grand Canyon is planning to build a glass-bottomed walkway that will jut out 70 feet from the canyon's edge.The horseshoe-shaped skywalk, expected to open in January, is part of the Hualapai Tribe's $40 million effort to turn 1,000 acres of reservation land into a tourist destination that will also feature an Indian village and Western-themed town.The tribe's...