Arizona now has four national parks. Chiricahua's new designation is expected to attract more visitors to Willcox and southeastern Arizona.
Henry Brean
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Henry joined the Star in 2019 after 25 years at Nevada newspapers. A Tucson native, he graduated from Amphi and earned a journalism degree from the University of Missouri. He wrote about the environment for the Las Vegas Review-Journal for 16 years.
It's official: The bill to upgrade Chiricahua National Monument to national park status was signed Tuesday afternoon by President Donald Trump.
The University of Arizona’s “Bear Down” legend is memorialized on a historical marker along Arizona Highway 79 in Florence, just north of the …
John Byrd “Button” Salmon’s grave at Evergreen Cemetery in Tucson.
The University of Arizona’s “Bear Down” legend is memorialized on a historical marker along Arizona Highway 79 in Florence, just north of the …
For Star subscribers: A century after his death, John “Button” Salmon’s death-bed message to his University of Arizona football teammates — “Tell the team to bear down.” — remains a defining part of the school’s identity.
A beloved giant has fallen at Catalina State Park.
A giant cottonwood along the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona was knocked down by heavy equipment, after authorities cleared out protesters who h…
The remains of a giant saguaro rests on a hillside at Catalina State Park on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026.