July 4, 1776, marked the beginning of the American experiment, but it was just another hot summer day in the small, Indigenous village that would give rise to Tucson.
- Henry Brean
Meet 10 people who helped put Southern Arizona on the map over the past 250 years.
- Henry Brean
As the American revolutionaries fought to preserve their new Declaration of Independence, they got a little boost from a remote Spanish outpost called the Presidio San Agustín del Tucson.
- Henry Brean
A list of 100 people with ties to Southern Arizona who made their mark on American history over the past 250 years.
- Gabriela Rico
Homes on the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, some which were built in the 1950s, are getting a $16 million makeover.
New effort could ID dozens of USS Arizona unknowns- Henry Brean
A new effort to identify USS Arizona casualties buried as unknowns in Hawaii is slated to start on Dec. 7, thanks to a civilian-led campaign with a Tucson connection.
- Henry Brean
Tucsonans have been saluting the flag for the past 250 years, but it hasn't always been the American flag.
Tucsonans have been saluting the flag for the past 250 years, but it hasn't always been the American flag.
A giant fish carved into the ground more than 1,000 years ago was bulldozed during construction of a second border wall in Arizona, according to new images of the damage.
The San Clemente neighborhood is the latest Tucson subdivision to amend its founding documents to remove racist language from the dark days of institutional housing discrimination in America.
A new Tucson Transportation Museum Trail invites visitors to explore six museums and collect stamps along the way.
When the United States celebrated its 100th birthday in 1876, Tucson was still a relatively new addition to the still-expanding nation.
On April 12, the Blenman-Elm neighborhood will once again open its doors — literally and figuratively — to the wider Tucson community with the return of the Blenman-Elm Home Tour: Dwellings Through Time.
Anna Durkee rose from an orphaned childhood in New York to become one of America’s most successful women miners, building a fortune through Alaska garnet operations and Arizona mining ventures while leading one of the world’s first women-run mining companies.
Pioneering homesteader Leonard G. Wagner — who has a new street named after him in Vail — worked in mining, law enforcement and railroading in Pantano, Vail, Helvetia and Tucson starting in about 1900.
In 1868, diarist “Hattie” Bunyard crossed the Arizona Territories. Tucson was a beautiful place with nice homes, she wrote.
Survivors, community members and Pima County officials gathered at the Embrace Memorial on the 15th anniversary of the Jan. 8, 2011 shooting that killed six people and wounded 13 others.
Tucked behind El Minuto Café in Tucson’s Barrio Viejo sits El Tiradito, a wishing shrine tied to the folktale of 18-year-old Juan Oliveras.
Environmental reporter Jane Kay produced one of the most important, hard-hitting stories in the Star's history when she revealed widespread contamination of the southside water supply — and ensuing deaths and illnesses — from the industrial solvent TCE.
In December 1965, Mary Velasquez Riley stood alongside a contingent of White Mountain Apaches in Washington, D.C., as the official national Christmas tree was lit, the first time a Native American tribe had donated a tree for the seasonal event. Mary rightfully belonged among the delegation …
Historic Lees Ferry bell dates to an era of Mormon migration to Arizona in the 19th Century.
A Green Valley retiree is among those who submitted DNA samples that could soon be used to help identify USS Arizona servicemen buried as unknowns.
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The annual Pearl Harbor remembrance ceremony will be held at 9 a.m. Sunday on the Mall at the University of Arizona.
In 1909, when Clara Schultes Higgins arrived in Tucson, she had no idea that over the ensuing years she would be responsible for the care, feeding and comfort of thousands of children who needed a place to stay, a safe environment and someone to watch over them.
For Star subscribers: A civilian group has reached a major milestone in its campaign to identify dozens of USS Arizona crew members who were buried in Hawaii as unknowns.
Growlers Taphouse memorial wall has photos of nearly 20 service members who died in the line of duty. It is a reminder of the soldiers' sacrifices.
Ernesto Portillo Sr., who gave voice to Tucson's Hispanic community as both a Spanish-language radio broadcaster and a civic leader, died on Nov. 2 at the age of 92.
St. Philip’s in the Hills Episcopal Church has won a $150,000 grant from the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s Fund for Sacred Spaces program.
How an investigation by the Star into the University of Arizona's football program led to two reporters winning the Pulitzer Prize.
What did soldiers at the Tucson Presidio have in common with George Washington and Paul Revere? More than you might think, according to the Daughters of the American Revolution.