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Environment

Experience a day in the life of a Tucson-area wilderness ranger

Experience a day in the life of a Tucson-area wilderness ranger

  • Cindy Coffer Chojnacky Special to the Arizona Daily Star

This Manning Camp wilderness ranger hikes 10 miles to get to her job, which supports field work crews in Tucson's Rincon Mountains.

Tucson saguaros are blooming. Here's everything you need to know.

Tucson saguaros are blooming. Here's everything you need to know.

  • Elvia Verdugo

Tucson's saguaros are beginning to bloom, typically blooming from May to June every year. Here's where you can find them.

A reusable bag pilot program is launching in Tucson

A reusable bag pilot program is launching in Tucson

  • 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. 

Hobbs: Wildfires a concern for Arizona despite winter rains

Hobbs: Wildfires a concern for Arizona despite winter rains

  • Howard Fischer

The governor joined state experts Monday to talk about wildfire danger expectations across the state.

Got ticks? University of Arizona researchers want them

Got ticks? University of Arizona researchers want them

  • 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.

Meet the man responsible for Tucson's Santa Catalina District

Meet the man responsible for Tucson's Santa Catalina District

  • 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

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.

Feds seek ideas on how to manage a drier Colorado River

Feds seek ideas on how to manage a drier Colorado River

    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.

    Wildfire SW of Tucson 40% contained

    Wildfire SW of Tucson 40% contained

      Fire has burned nearly 19,000 acres on the Tohono O'odham Reservation.

      Rare wildflower could boost efforts to preserve San Pedro River

      Rare wildflower could boost efforts to preserve San Pedro River

        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.

        Invasive feral hogs threaten Arizona agriculture, wildlife

        Invasive feral hogs threaten Arizona agriculture, wildlife

          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.

          Grijalva: Hudbay illegally grading washes in mountains near Tucson

          Grijalva: Hudbay illegally grading washes in mountains near Tucson

            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. 

            'Lost plants' found in Tucson's Saguaro National Park

            'Lost plants' found in Tucson's Saguaro National Park

              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. 

              Judge rejects tribes' bid to halt work on mine south of Tucson

              Judge rejects tribes' bid to halt work on mine south of Tucson

                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.

                Local News

                Photos: Vigil for Capara, Siqueiros draws hundreds to Tucson park

                Photos: Vigil for Capara, Siqueiros draws hundreds to Tucson park

                Hundreds gathered in Catalina Park to honor and remember Vincent Anthony Siqueiros, 42 and Cameron Davis Capara, 33, who were shot and killed in the parking lot of the Venture-N bar early Monday.

                September 3 recap: Tucson news you may have missed today

                September 3 recap: Tucson news you may have missed today

                Thursday's news: What you missed while you were at work.

                UA Faculty Chair Leila Hudson speaks to the Star after the Aug. 31 Faculty Senate meeting

                UA Faculty Chair Leila Hudson speaks to the Star after the Aug. 31 Faculty Senate meeting

                After the contentious Faculty Senate meeting Aug. 31, the first meeting of the fall semester and the new academic year, where University of Arizona President Suresh Garimella and Faculty Chair Leila Hudson sparred over recent university decisions and the former accused the latter of several …

                UA Faculty Chair Leila Hudson speaks to the Star after the Aug. 31 Faculty Senate meeting

                UA Faculty Chair Leila Hudson speaks to the Star after the Aug. 31 Faculty Senate meeting

                After the contentious Faculty Senate meeting Aug. 31, the first meeting of the fall semester and the new academic year, where University of Arizona President Suresh Garimella and Faculty Chair Leila Hudson sparred over recent university decisions including fall 2026 enrollment, the dismantli…

                State & Regional

                AZ schools chief candidate files complaint vs. opponent over school visits

                AZ schools chief candidate files complaint vs. opponent over school visits

                Both candidates vying for the state's top education office sat in classrooms, talked to students and used the footage for campaign fodder. But only one could land in legal trouble for doing so.

                LDS Church picks Arizona site for planned temple

                LDS Church picks Arizona site for planned temple

                QUEEN CREEK — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has selected a 15-acre site in Queen Creek for its planned 82,000-square-foot temple, giving members their clearest look yet at what will become Arizona’s seventh temple.

                CAP board authorizes legal action vs. feds 'if necessary' over Colorado River

                CAP board authorizes legal action vs. feds 'if necessary' over Colorado River

                PHOENIX — The Central Arizona Project’s board authorized its legal counsel to take legal action “if necessary” against a federal plan to cut Arizona’s share of Colorado River water dramatically in coming years.

                Court nixes AZ's bid to delay takeover of prison health care

                Court nixes AZ's bid to delay takeover of prison health care

                Arizona is just weeks away from having a court-appointed receiver run the prisons' health system after a court rebuffed the state's request for a delay.

                Nation & World

                Funerals held in Iran for wedding party victims of US missile strikes

                Funerals held in Iran for wedding party victims of US missile strikes

                Funerals were held in southern Iran for four people, including two children, killed in US missile strikes on a wedding party near Sirik.

                Maria Bartiromo abruptly out at Fox News

                Maria Bartiromo abruptly out at Fox News

                Maria Bartiromo leaves Fox News, ending a high profile run and prompting major changes across Fox Business programming.

                Supporters of Haitian man who died with ankle monitor blame immigration policy

                Supporters of Haitian man who died with ankle monitor blame immigration policy

                Family members and supporters of a Haitian man fatally hit by a truck said he was recently feeling humiliated by bullying over an ankle monitor he was forced to wear.

                House Democrats block GOP effort to lock Supreme Court at 9 justices

                House Democrats block GOP effort to lock Supreme Court at 9 justices

                A GOP measure to lock the number of Supreme Court justices at nine failed on a 212-206 vote, with only one Democrat siding with Republicans.

                Developer studying potential for massive wind farm north of Tucson

                Developer studying potential for massive wind farm north of Tucson

                • 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.

                Judge orders new analysis of Ft. Huachuca's impact on San Pedro River

                Judge orders new analysis of Ft. Huachuca's impact on San Pedro River

                • 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.

                Arizona to endure another hot, dry spring as droughts persist

                Arizona to endure another hot, dry spring as droughts persist

                • 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.

                Read more: San Pedro River in Southern Arizona

                Read more: San Pedro River in Southern Arizona

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                Watch Now: Native fish returns to the Santa Cruz River

                Watch Now: Native fish returns to the Santa Cruz River

                • Henry Brean

                Longfin dace are swimming in Tucson's Santa Cruz River again after being gone for more than 100 years.

                Native fish comes home to Tucson as part of river restoration

                Native fish comes home to Tucson as part of river restoration

                • 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.

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                WinCo Foods discount grocery chain buys $18M property in Tucson

                WinCo Foods discount grocery chain buys $18M property in Tucson

                LDS Church picks Arizona site for planned temple

                LDS Church picks Arizona site for planned temple

                143 arrested as Border Patrol targets truckers in Arizona

                143 arrested as Border Patrol targets truckers in Arizona

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                Crime

                23 photos from inside the Macon County Jail through the years

                23 photos from inside the Macon County Jail through the years

                Check out the inside of the Macon County Jail through photos from the Herald & Review archives. More archive photos at herald-review.com.

                Wellsville man accused of giving drugs to Pharaoh's witness faces new charges

                Wellsville man accused of giving drugs to Pharaoh's witness faces new charges

                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.

                Prosecutors say Wellsville man tampered with government witnesses

                Prosecutors say Wellsville man tampered with government witnesses

                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.

                Wellsville man accused of giving drugs to Pharaoh's witness who died

                Wellsville man accused of giving drugs to Pharaoh's witness who died

                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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                Contributor content. The crypto market does not move in a straight line. It rises, cools off, and builds again.

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                Contributor content. Learn the benefits of planned tire programs for Tucson freight vehicles during the summer months.

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                Affiliate content. Learn what to do if you need an emergency HVAC repair. 

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                Crime

                Friends: Tucson shooting victim used camera to document injustices

                Friends: Tucson shooting victim used camera to document injustices

                If Wednesday’s vigil wasn’t for him, Cameron Davis Capara would have been photographing it.

                Tucson gunman's cousin says he never heard anti-gay sentiments from him

                Tucson gunman's cousin says he never heard anti-gay sentiments from him

                A cousin of Ousman Ceesay, the man police say killed two people outside a Tucson gay bar before shooting himself, said he never heard anti-gay sentiments from Ceesay, despite his growing up in a country that criminalizes homosexuality.

                Inmate captured after escape from federal prison near Tucson

                Inmate captured after escape from federal prison near Tucson

                 James Casady Cangro, 46, a prison gang member, ran from a federal facility southeast of Tucson about 8 a.m. Wednesday. He was captured later in the day.

                Vigil for Cameron Davis Capara and Vincent Anthony Siqueiros draw hundreds in Tucson

                Vigil for Cameron Davis Capara and Vincent Anthony Siqueiros draw hundreds in Tucson

                Hundreds fill Tucson park Wednesday evening to honor slain men, Cameron Davis Capara and Vincent Anthony Siqueiros.

                Politics

                Tucson swim teams hit by pool fee hike

                Tucson swim teams hit by pool fee hike

                For now, the swim teams at Vail's Mica Mountain and Cienega high schools are getting funding from council member Nikki Lee’s office to help cover the cost of increased pool fees to keep practicing at Clements Swimming Pool.

                CAP board authorizes legal action vs. feds 'if necessary' over Colorado River

                CAP board authorizes legal action vs. feds 'if necessary' over Colorado River

                PHOENIX — The Central Arizona Project’s board authorized its legal counsel to take legal action “if necessary” against a federal plan to cut Arizona’s share of Colorado River water dramatically in coming years.

                Court nixes AZ's bid to delay takeover of prison health care

                Court nixes AZ's bid to delay takeover of prison health care

                Arizona is just weeks away from having a court-appointed receiver run the prisons' health system after a court rebuffed the state's request for a delay.

                Arizona AG: No new data centers

                Arizona AG: No new data centers

                Attorney General Kris Mayes says she wants Arizona to stop approving new data centers.

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