This Manning Camp wilderness ranger hikes 10 miles to get to her job, which supports field work crews in Tucson's Rincon Mountains.
- Elvia Verdugo
Tucson's saguaros are beginning to bloom, typically blooming from May to June every year. Here's where you can find them.
- Christine Holtgreive
A pilot program that launched in Tucson on May 1 is testing strategies to reduce plastic waste and encourage customers to use reusable bags.
- Howard Fischer
The governor joined state experts Monday to talk about wildfire danger expectations across the state.
- Henry Brean
Insect and disease researchers at the UA have issued the unusual request to help them build a first-of-its-kind distribution map of the tiny blood-suckers and the diseases they carry around the state.
- Cindy Coffer Chojnacky Special to the Arizona Daily Star
There's a new national forest ranger in town, overseeing Sabino Canyon, Pusch Ridge Wilderness, Redington Pass and more.
City to receive $25M to improve water cleanup in Tucson- Tony Davis
For Star subscribers: A new Tucson facility will help improve the ability to remove potentially cancer-causing PFAS compounds from contaminated groundwater.
With the river possibly in its driest period in 1,200 years and facing an uncertain climate and hydrological future, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation wants public comments on what issues should be covered for its reservoirs.
Fire has burned nearly 19,000 acres on the Tohono O'odham Reservation.
Federal officials declared the Arizona eryngo, a rare wildflower, an endangered species and designated nearly 13 acres in Pima and Cochise counties as critical habitat.
For subscribers: Although sometimes confused for native javelina, feral hogs were brought to North America centuries ago by Spanish missionaries as a source of food. Some escaped.
For Star subscribers: Rep. Raúl Grijalva, House Natural Resources Committee chair, wants feds to consider halting mining company's grading for the Copper World project as a Clean Water Act violation. But the company says there's no federal determination any washes on site are worthy of U.S. regulation.
Surveyors combed canyons and the upper reaches of Tucson's Saguaro National Park to find rare plants, some thought to be extinct locally, and new plant species.
A federal judge dismissed a bid by three tribes to stop the ongoing work of Hudbay Minerals Inc. in the Santa Rita Mountains south of Tucson.
Get a recap of Tuesday's local news stories from Arizona Daily Star.
The Wildcats erase a halftime deficit to drop the Boilermakers and head to the Final Four, winning the West Regional 79-64, San Jose, Calif., March 28, 2026.
President Donald Trump is set to return to Arizona this month for an event with Turning Point USA and Turning Point Action.
See the A1 covers from the past for this day in history.
Will Arizona get more serious about water conservation, or return to depending on groundwater pumping? Experts weigh in.
A day before Arizona was to recognize César Chávez Day, state lawmakers revoked the holiday. Gov. Katie Hobbs said she will sign the legislation.
A U.S. Marine is charged with stealing ammo and weapons at California’s Camp Pendleton — including a shoulder-fired missile system — and conspiring to sell them in Arizona.
The Arizona Supreme Court refused to disturb an Appeals Court ruling over a county supervisor's push for immunity for his push to hand-count ballots in Mojave County.
The judge noted, "no statute comes close to giving the President the authority he claims to have."
Trump signs order directing creation of a national voter list, a move already facing lawsuit threats
Voting law experts say the order violates the Constitution by attempting to seize the power to run elections from states.
The judge said the First Amendment right to free speech "does not tolerate viewpoint discrimination and retaliation of this type."
The Iran war has pushed up the average U.S. price for a gallon of regular gas by $1.
- David Wichner
For Star subscribers: A wind farm proposed in the high desert about 30 miles north of Tucson, has drawn swift opposition from Southern Arizona ranchers.
- Tony Davis Arizona Daily Star
For Star subcribers: A federal biological opinion concerning the impact Fort Huachuca has on endangered species along the San Pedro miscalculated the amount of groundwater the fort will save in its conservation efforts.
- Emily Sacia Cronkite News
The largest drought coverage seen in the U.S. since 2013, with as much as 60% of the continental U.S. facing drought conditions, was predicted in the spring outlook released this month by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
- Arizona Daily Star
- Henry Brean
Longfin dace are swimming in Tucson's Santa Cruz River again after being gone for more than 100 years.
- Henry Brean
A tiny native fish was reintroduced to the Santa Cruz River in Tucson on Wednesday, thanks to efforts to restore the river's flow using treated wastewater.
Check out the inside of the Macon County Jail through photos from the Herald & Review archives. More archive photos at herald-review.com.
A new indictment has added two kidnapping and six witness tampering charges against an Allegany County man under federal investigation since a government witness in the Pharaoh’s strip club case turned up dead in his home.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Nicholas Cooper told a judge that his office intends to file witness tampering charges against Simon P. Gogolack 39, of Wellsville.
A Southern Tier man with a history of drug-related charges has become entangled in the FBI’s probe into the death of a government witness in the Pharaoh’s strip club case.
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A confrontation in the lobby of a Marana hotel in January that led to the shooting of an armed man by a Pima County Sheriff's Department detective was captured by surveillance cameras.
Increased police presence and traffic control will be in effect in Tucson Saturday for Arizona's Final Four game vs. Michigan near the University of Arizona and in downtown.
A Tucson man linked to the theft of more than a half-ton of copper wire during a 2025 spree has been sentenced to five years in prison.
A 48-year-old woman was shot to death and a 39-year-old man was wounded Saturday night on Tucson's south side, police say.
Will Arizona get more serious about water conservation, or return to depending on groundwater pumping? Experts weigh in.
A day before Arizona was to recognize César Chávez Day, state lawmakers revoked the holiday. Gov. Katie Hobbs said she will sign the legislation.
The Arizona Supreme Court refused to disturb an Appeals Court ruling over a county supervisor's push for immunity for his push to hand-count ballots in Mojave County.
Arizona lawmakers are advancing a bill that would make it a crime to mail or receive abortion pills, potentially penalizing both providers and patients. The proposal is raising constitutional questions after voters approved abortion rights in 2024.