Tech. Sgt. Harold Lynn Seifreid is unknown no more. He was buried with full military honors Friday, 80 years after his bomber was shot down over Southeast Asia.
Henry Brean
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About
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.
For Star subscribers: Volunteers spent Wednesday morning pulling invasive stinknet weeds from the parking lot of the Pima County Fairgrounds to keep their seeds from being spread across Tucson by fairgoers.
For Star subscribers: The South32 Hermosa mine near Patagonia announced plans to build an operations center in Nogales for the technicians who will remotely drive robotic trucks and equipment at the underground mine.
The Santa Cruz River has been ranked as one of America's most endangered waterways, bolstering a campaign seeking federal protection of the river as an Urban National Wildlife Refuge.
Spring is a busy time for Southern Arizona Hummingbird Rescue, so the group wants the public to do its part to reduce the number of birds in need of care.
After 122 years of operation, Bisbee's landmark Copper Queen Hotel is on the market for $12.5 million.
The eclipse will only cover about 75% of the sun in the Tucson area on April 8, but Kitt Peak and Flandrau Planetarium will hold viewing parties anyway.
“No man had ever seen the sun eclipsed for such a long time, no flight crew had ever carried out such a difficult encounter so faultlessly, no plane had ever provided such a fine observatory ..."
It will now be easier for neighborhood associations to get rid of race-based housing restrictions outlawed in the 1960s but still on the books.