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Liberty Quarry

article 'Shocking' twist in quarry hearing (5/16/2012)
(California) -- The Riverside County Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 Tuesday to affirm its denial of Granite Construction's Liberty Quarry project, a rock mine that...
article Pechanga statement on quarry vote 'flip-flop', Tavaglione's rationale (5/16/2012)
(California) -- Shortly after the newspaper's article on the county Board of Supervisor's vote to certify the environmental impact report for Granite...
article Project denied, but opponents say door open (5/15/2012)
(California) -- What was expected to be the final chapter in the seven-year battle over a proposed Temecula-area rock mine could be the jumping-off point for a court...
article Granite Rules Out Legal Action (3/21/2012)
(California) -- Granite Construction decided against suing the county for rejecting its application to build Liberty Quarry, an official said today.
article Board votes to deny Quarry project (2/16/2012)
(California) -- The Riverside County Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 Thursday to uphold the Planning Commission's denial of Granite Construction's Liberty Quarry...
article Controversial quarry voted down by board (2/16/2012)
(California) -- Overcome by emotion, opponents of Granite Construction's Liberty Quarry project cried tears of joy after the Riverside County Board of Supervisors...
article County rejects quarry plan opposed by tribe, city (2/16/2012)
(California) -- County supervisors on Thursday rejected a proposal to develop a quarry on a mountain near Temecula amid opposition from hundreds of residents and an...
article Liberty Quarry strip mine near Temecula denied permits in 3-2 vote (2/16/2012)
(California) -- Riverside County supervisors today denied permits for a proposed 414-acre strip mine near Temecula that opponents argued would damage the environment and...
article Massive Temecula quarry rejected by Riverside County supervisors (2/16/2012)
(California) -- The Riverside County Board of Supervisors on Thursday rejected a proposed mammoth rock quarry on a mountain overlooking the Temecula Valley, ending seven...
article Riverside County supervisors reject massive Temecula quarry (2/16/2012)
(California) -- The fastest-growing county in California rejected a massive, mountaintop rock quarry Thursday that supporters called an essential source of the...
article Supervisors turn down project, 3-2 (2/16/2012)
(California) -- An open-pit mine proposed south of Temecula was rejected this morning by Riverside County Supervisors. The board’s 3-2 vote comes after a 7-year...
article Supervisors vote 3-2 against Liberty Quarry (2/16/2012)
(California) -- Riverside County supervisors today denied permits for a proposed 414-acre mine near Temecula that opponents argued would damage the environment and...
article Experts support rock quarry plans near Temecula (2/15/2012)
(California) -- A mining company executive told the Riverside County Board of Supervisors Tuesday that his firm has worked diligently to make a proposed rock quarry near...
article Quarry Hearing Leaves Spectators Guessing (2/15/2012)
(California) -- Which way the vote on Liberty Quarry will go tomorrow is anybody's guess, but some audience members say they have a fix on how two supervisors will...
article Board listening to supporters, opponents of Liberty Quarry (2/14/2012)
(California) -- The Riverside County Board of Supervisors listened to hours of testimony and rebuttal arguments Tuesday during the third day of a public hearing on a...
article No vote Tuesday, supervisors reconvene Thursday (2/14/2012)
(California) -- Riverside County supervisors could decide the fate of a proposed Temecula-area quarry Thursday after spending much of Tuesday questioning the project...
article Supervisors scrutinize developer comments (2/14/2012)
(California) -- Riverside County supervisors have set a Thursday hearing to decide the fate of a proposed Temecula-area quarry after spending much of Tuesday questioning...
article Vote on controversial rock quarry near Temecula may come today (2/14/2012)
(California) -- The Riverside County Board of Supervisors could vote Tuesday on a proposed rock quarry on a mountain overlooking the Temecula Valley -- a project that...
article Board going ahead with quarry appeal hearing on Tuesday (2/10/2012)
(California) -- The Riverside County Board of Supervisors will meet Tuesday morning for the third in a series of hearings on Granite Construction's appeal of the...
article Supervisors don’t postpone Tuesday’s meeting (2/10/2012)
(California) -- Tuesday’s Riverside County Board of Supervisors hearing on the proposed Liberty Quarry will be held as scheduled.
article Tuesday’s supervisors meeting may be delayed (2/8/2012)
(California) -- Next week’s Liberty Quarry hearing could be postponed so county officials can discuss transportation needs in Washington, D.C.
article County supervisors hold final public hearing on Liberty Quarry project (2/6/2012)
(California) -- Riverside County supervisors will hold a final public hearing today to consider a mining company's appeal for approval of a quarry project near...
article Opponents hit project; next meeting set (2/6/2012)
(California) -- Liberty Quarry foes launched a sometimes emotional verbal assault on the proposed open-pit mine during an all-day hearing on Monday.
article Opponents slam quarry project during 8-hour-plus hearing (2/6/2012)
(California) -- Opponents of Granite Construction's Liberty Quarry slammed the proposed mine Monday during the second in a series of hearings being held by the...
article Quarry opponents to take center stage on Monday (2/6/2012)
(California) -- Supporters of Granite Construction's Liberty Quarry project had their say last week, telling the Riverside County Board of Supervisors that the...
article Second hearing starts this morning (2/6/2012)
(California) -- The second Riverside County Board of Supervisors hearing on the Liberty Quarry project will start at 9 a.m. today with comments from opponents of he...
article Liberty Quarry Public Hearing Draws Several Hundred to Voice Concern and Support (1/31/2012)
(California) -- A public hearing today to consider a mining company's appeal for approval of a quarry project near Temecula drew several hundred people to the...
article Appeal hearing today in Riverside (1/30/2012)
(California) -- More than 1,000 people -- many riding buses from Temecula -- are expected to gather this morning in the Riverside Convention Center for the first of two...
article Battle intensifies over proposed Temecula rock quarry (1/30/2012)
(California) -- A giant rock quarry proposed in the hills above Temecula had politicians from one of the most conservative corners of the Inland Empire railing Monday...
article Concerns over jobs, environment dominate hearing (1/30/2012)
(California) -- The yearning for employment in tough times and the fear of toxic air and environmental ruin drew more than 1,000 people to the Riverside Convention...
article 1st hearing Monday on quarry appeal (1/26/2012)
(California) -- The moment that thousands of people in Southwest County have been awaiting for years arrives next week.
article More hearings on strip mine near Temecula (1/12/2012)
(California) -- A mining company's appeal to the Riverside County Board of Supervisors for reconsideration of plans for a strip mine near Temecula will be the...
article County sets quarry appeal dates (1/11/2012)
(California) -- County officials have scheduled two dates for an appeal before the Riverside County Board of Supervisors on the proposed Liberty Quarry open-pit mine...
article Quarry appeal will be heard in Riverside (1/10/2012)
(California) -- The appeal of the Riverside County Planning Commission’s rejection of a 414-acre quarry will be heard in Riverside despite a request from quarry...
article Options for Granite if board denies Liberty Quarry project (1/2/2012)
(California) -- Some of the people following the debate over a quarry proposed south of Temecula recently posed an interesting "what if" question. If the...
35 Total Articles on this Issue

Snowbowl

article Construction Begins on San Francisco Peaks; Controversy Far From Over (5/12/2012)
(Arizona) -- The Arizona Snowbowl ski area, near Flagstaff, began construction this week on the infrastructure to deliver treated wastewater for snowmaking on its slopes.
article Owners of Ariz. ski resort plan for man-made snow (3/8/2012)
(Arizona) -- A northern Arizona ski resort on a mountain that American Indian tribes consider sacred is planning to spray artificial snow beneath the chairlifts next...
article 9th Circuit denies second Snowbowl appeal (2/16/2012)
(Arizona) -- Calling it a "gross abuse of the judicial process," a three-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Feb. 9 turned thumbs down on a...
article Arizona Snowbowl Wins Again in Quest For Snowmaking (2/16/2012)
(Arizona) -- In what a federal appeals court called “a gross abuse of the judicial process,” opponents to snowmaking at Arizona Snowbowl lost yet another...
article Navajo Administration releases opinion on the Peaks (2/15/2012)
(Arizona) -- Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly and Vice President Rex Lee Jim jointly issued the following statement regarding the Save The Peaks Coalition v. United...
article San Francisco Peaks Ruling Draws Heavy Opinions (2/13/2012)
(California) -- Flagstaff, Arizona residents were out in droves on February 10, to enjoy a sunny and unusually warm winter’s day in the shadow of the San Francisco...
article Hopis appeal Snowbowl ruling (2/8/2012)
(Arizona) -- In August 2011, the Hopi Tribe filed a complaint in Arizona state court challenging the city of Flagstaff's plan to allow reclaimed wastewater to be...
article Peaks plaintiff: Public will have final say in reclaimed sewage issue (1/12/2012)
(Arizona) -- While she's not sure how the federal judges of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals will rule after hearing arguments in the Arizona Snowbowl case Monday,...
article Court Hears Arguments in Arizona Snowbowl Snowmaking Project Dispute (1/10/2012)
(California) -- The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco on Monday heard arguments in a challenge to the approval of Arizona Snowbowl’s plan to use...
article Federal court hears Arizona ski resort wastewater case (1/10/2012)
(California) -- A federal appellate court in San Francisco is considering arguments that challenge the planned use of treated wastewater to make snow at an northern...
10 Total Articles on this Issue

Mining & Drilling

article BLOG: A Sacred Peak With Rich Ore Deposits (4/12/2012)
(Montana) -- The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes in Montana are seeking to have a mountain peak listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the hope of...
article Mexico: Indigenous Sacred Land Saved as Mining Project Suspended (3/3/2012)
(Mexico) -- A Mexican court has ordered the suspension of 38 mining projects in the sacred indigenous area of Wirikuta in the northern Mexican state of San Luis Potosi.
article Long Live Wirikuta! Mexico Judiciary Suspends Mining Concessions On Wixarika Lands (2/28/2012)
(Mexico) -- The Wixarika people, after campaigning for seventeen straight months to protect their sacred territory, have been granted a major reprieve by the federal...
article Huichol ‘cosmic portal’ peyote ceremonies threatened by silver mine (2/14/2012)
(Mexico) -- For the Huichol Indians, the desert mountains here are sacred, a cosmic portal with major mojo, where shamans collect the peyote that fuels the waking dreams...
4 Total Articles on this Issue

Pine Ridge

article Native Sun News: Sacred sites in Black Hills face desecration (4/5/2012)
(South Dakota) -- Yet another federally funded “improvement” project threatens to further undermine the sanctity and integrity of a culturally relevant...
1 Article on this Issue

Other News

article Bear Butte Forum discusses issues surrounding Bear Butte (5/5/2012)
(South Dakota) -- The Bear Butte Forum took place on Saturday to address various issues surrounding the mountain in Meade County. Those who attended the forum voiced...
article Chumash history revealed during hike to sacred site (4/26/2012)
(California) -- “They would pour water in the holes and when the reflection of the Little Dipper matched up with the holes, they knew what time of year it was,...
article Sitka Tribe, Sealaska reach deal on sacred sites (4/2/2012)
(Alaska) -- The Sitka Tribe of Alaska has reached a deal to manage sacred sites near Sitka. Five of the sites are already owned by Sealaska Corporation. And the deal for...
article Winnemem Wintu map sacred sites around Shasta Lake (3/25/2012)
(California) -- Anthropologist Lyla Johnston takes a reading on the shores of Shasta Lake, near the Rocky Ridge village site. Winnemem Wintu families lived in the area...
article American Indian studies professors blast Palomar College over sacred site (3/19/2012)
(California) -- Palomar College did not consult with its own American Indian studies professors last month as protests broke out at a college construction site in...
article Dighton mulls public hearing on Council Oak proposal (3/6/2012)
(Massachusetts) -- The proposal by G. Lopes Construction, Inc. to remove gravel from a parcel of land adjacent to the Council Oak in Dighton — a sacred Native...
article Construction continues over Indian burial ground (3/4/2012)
(California) -- Construction on Horse Ranch Creek Road is advancing despite the discovery of a Native American burial ground and an ensuing lawsuit.
article BLOG: Hearing for Temporary Restraining Order will continue tomorrow (2/28/2012)
(California) -- This morning’s hearing for the Temporary Restraining Order sought by the San Luis Rey band to halt work at Tomkav was attended by about 20 tribal...
article Indians Seek Halt to Road Work Near I-15 (2/28/2012)
(California) -- A court hearing to consider a temporary restraining request by Indian tribes to stop construction of a road in Fallbrook they say is desecrating sacred...
article San Luis Rey Band Seeks Injunction To Stop Road Work (2/28/2012)
(California) -- Heavy equipment is already cutting through fields at the junction of Interstate 15 and Highway 76 for an access road to a new Palomar College campus.
article Tom-Kav the New Rallying Cry: Prayers Needed to Stop Further Desecration of Sacred Sites (2/28/2012)
(California) -- Non-Indian historians refer to Tom-Kav, the San Luis Rey Complex, as a pre-historic site. These historians should and must measure it against the...
article Column: American Indian Human Remains: Where is the Human Decency? (2/27/2012)
(California) -- Imagine if you would what would happen if there was a small 1850s Catholic cemetery in San Diego County where 25 people are buried. Imagine going to the...
article Day 1: Tom- Kav, Luiseño Indian Sacred Site (Campo Santo): Stop the Desecration! (2/25/2012)
(California) -- Yesterday, a group of indigenous elders and tribal citizens stopped bulldozers from further damaging their sacred site, Tom-Kav. The San Luis Rey Band of...
press release Luiseno and Mission Indians: Halt Palomar College from disturbing burial site (2/25/2012)
(California) -- Today the Pauma Band of Luiseno Indians joined the San Luis Rey Band of Mission Indians in its formal request to stop Palomar College from grading...
article San Diego County Burial Site Desecration (2/25/2012)
(California) -- American Indians are back on the scene of the construction site in this northern San Diego County town to stop further desecration of an ancestral burial...
article Bulldozers tear up tribal burial ground (2/24/2012)
(California) -- Bulldozers began digging up a land that was once a Native American burial ground Thursday for a project to expand Palomar College.
article San Diego County tribe says sacred site bulldozed (2/24/2012)
(California) -- A San Diego County tribe claims developers bulldozed a sacred site during construction of a road. The Pauma Band of Luiseno Indians has occupied land in...
article The 2,000 Year Old American Indian Mounds of Tennessee (2/23/2012)
(Tennessee) -- A great article in The Tennessean highlights the state’s incredible mounds, created two thousand years ago in the current Westhaven community.
article Fighting for future of Dighton Council Oak site (2/22/2012)
(Massachusetts) -- At the March 7 Board of Selectmen meeting, the selectmen will hear a proposal from G. Lopes Construction Inc. to remove gravel from land adjacent to...
article Tribe files new request to stop work on Indian burial ground (2/18/2012)
(California) -- A North County tribe filed two more legal actions Friday to stop construction on a Fallbrook road it says will rip through an ancient tribal burial...

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