Saguaro National Park has announced that its visitor centers will be closed on Mondays "until further notice," amid the Trump Administration's chaotic cuts to the federal workforce.

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.
Daily admission to Arizona's state parks will more than double in some cases, while the price of an annual pass will almost triple when new rates hit on Feb. 25.
Tucson's signature Old West tradition, the Fiesta de los Vaqueros rodeo and parade, was launched a century ago by a rich polo enthusiast from back East.
Tucson's signature Old West tradition, the Fiesta de los Vaqueros rodeo and parade, was launched a century ago by a rich polo enthusiast from back East.
A fungus that has killed millions of bats across North America has arrived in Arizona, state wildlife officials announced on Thursday.
For Star subscribers: A newly finished 4-year study of bobcats in Tucson documented several cases of mothers sharing urban spaces with their adult daughters, an unusual finding for the normally territorial predators.
State wildlife authorities continue to collect dead coyotes from the Pantano Wash on Tucson's east side, where 32 of the animals have been deliberately poisoned over the past two weeks.
Large wildfires in the desert were once rare. Now experts worry that invasive plants and a changing fire cycle are putting our saguaros and our homes in danger.
Bennu samples brought back by a University of Arizona-led space mission contain the key ingredients of life and signs of the stew needed to mix them.