The following letters are in response to the Oct. 20 article "US delays report on Rosemont mine plan." Forest no place for mine's waste Jamie Sturgess of Rosemont Copper said the costs of shipping waste to an already abandoned hole in the ground at, for instance, Twin Buttes, is fantasy because the cost to him would be too high.

One hundred years ago today, cheap power gave Phoenix a jolt.Until Oct. 1, 1909, the city of 11,000 relied on gas lanterns and electricity from small wood- and gas-burning power plants.

The Gila River is a majestic river in Arizona terms; it doesnt have the length, breadth or depth of the Mississippi but it is a great river nevertheless.

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.