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.
Arizona men's golf played a record-breaking round of 24 under par as a team, the lowest 18-hole team score to par in UA history in the second round of the NCAA Marana Regional on Tuesday at The Gallery Golf Club.
Thirty-one seniors took the walk during graduation ceremonies for the Vail Academy and High School, May 19, 2026, Tucson, Ariz.
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PHOENIX — State treasurer hopeful Elijah Norton is charging that his Republican primary foe is unqualified to manage the state's $32 billion in investments.
The average price of a gallon of gas in the United States could soon reach $4.80 per gallon, one fuel industry analyst said.
A woman who claimed she was injured on an extremely turbulent flight to Phoenix from Seattle in December 2024 is suing Alaska Airlines, alleging the airline neglected safety measures and did not avoid dangerous weather, which caused the extraordinary turbulence.
AI mixed up or skipped hundreds of names during the graduation ceremony last week for Glendale Community College, officials say.
Even before the war, farmers were struggling with a resurgent drought, high input costs, and fallout from Trump's trade policies, which hobbled export markets and drove down crop prices.
Former Rep. Barney Frank has died at the age of 86, his sister confirmed to CNN. The former Democratic representative from Massachusetts spoke to CNN’s Jake Tapper earlier this month to reflect on the state of politics.
Two police officers who defended the U.S. Capitol from rioters on Jan. 6, 2021, filed a lawsuit seeking to halt Trump's fund to compensate victims of political "weaponization."
The agreement states the IRS is “FOREVER BARRED and PRECLUDED” from pursuing any claims over tax liabilities it may have against Trump, his family members and his companies.
- 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.
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A man wanted in a homicide investigation was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of first-degree murder and possession of drug paraphernalia, the Pima County Sheriff's Department said.
The Pinal County Attorney’s Office intends to seek the death penalty against Ricky Wassenaar, who had publicly claimed that he killed three men in a Tucson prison.
The Pima County Sheriff’s Department is asking for the public's help to find a "person of interest" in a homicide investigation.
PHOENIX — A judge has rejected a request by a company accused of excessive pumping of groundwater in La Paz County to delay the case while state officials conduct a separate study of the area.
PHOENIX — Ignoring objections from one of their own with military experience, the state Senate voted Monday to confirm the pick of Gov. Katie Hobbs to head the Arizona National Guard.
The Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System, Arizona's Medicaid agency, is launching an artificial intelligence-driven detection and prevention system to help fight Medicaid fraud.
Arizona State University will now offer a war master's degree to active duty military members and others selected by the U.S. Department of Defense.