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A recent nationwide study from the Environmental Protection Agency has identified thousands of public water systems that contain PFAS – a category of manufactured, hard-to-remove chemicals.

Santa Cruz County is currently seeking public comment on its proposed tourism strategy, which includes a focus on dark skies and astro-tourism. Successful implementation of such efforts necessitates the adoption

An ambitious proposal that would have opened the door for major commercial and industrial development in the Santa Cruz County community of Rio Rico has been withdrawn.

More than three years after it was forced to shut its doors, the Rio Rico History Museum has found a new home and is open to the community once again.

For Star subscribers: A prominent Santa Cruz County landowner has proposed a major, mixed-use project along both sides of Interstate 19 in Rio Rico, but residents are pushing back.

I would like to shed some background on Colleen and Andy Jackson, and their work in Rio Rico. The Jacksons arrived in Rio Rico in 2013, upon their purchase of

After a pair of packed public meetings this week, the Santa Cruz County Planning & Zoning Commission voted to approve part of a major comprehensive plan amendment – one intended

Saturdays in November and DecemberJoin a docent-led walk through the Park and to the historic buildings of Old Tubac to learn about some of the many characters who have made history in the Village of Tubac.

We appreciate all of the feedback we have gotten from our readers. We love hearing about their explorations, the funny tales and seeing the photographs they took as “proof” of

A collection of the interesting — and sometimes unusual — events that happened this week in Arizona history.Dec. 5On this date in 1873, a Telegraph Ball was held in Tucson to celebrate completion of the first military telegraph to the town.On this date in 1905, there was great public indignation when President Theodore Roosevelt’s message to Congress recommended joint