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It's been another busy news year. We’re taking a look back at the stories that captured your attention these last 12 months.
We’re not saying these are the biggest stories out of Arizona this year — just the ones you, our audience, viewed the most.
Revisit the most popular tribal resources stories on KJZZ.org this year.
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President Donald Trump signed a slate of executive orders on Tuesday aiming to deregulate coal mining on federal lands and revitalize the industry nationwide.
Gabriel Pietrorazio/KJZZ
2. From Utah to China, where in the world could Arizona copper sitting under an Apache holy site go?
Once that critical mineral is dug up, it will leave the Copper State entirely. Despite the six-decade project still not being greenlit, the pair of global mining giants – BHP and Rio Tinto – behind it hope the huge gamble pays off.
Sydney Lovan/Cronkite News
President Donald Trump’s order covers Arizona’s four border counties – Yuma, Pima, Santa Cruz and Cochise – except for a 62-mile stretch of Pima County controlled by the Tohono O’Odham Nation.
Peter MacDonald
From Ira Hayes to Lori Piestewa, Arizona’s Indigenous war heroes were literally erased from the annals of military history last month as part of the Trump administration’s attack on DEI — diversity, equity and inclusion — within the U.S. Department of Defense.
U.S. Department of the Interior
The Interior Department released hundreds of documents Monday from a two-week review in February. The records contain action plans for national monuments and mineral withdrawals across the U.S. to accelerate President Trump’s American energy agenda.
