A kerfuffle erupted last week between Benson city leaders and the state parks department over how a massive development proposed in the tiny Cochise County town could affect one of the county’s ...

BENSON, AZ — Just south of Tucson lies one of Arizona’s hidden gems—Kartchner Caverns State Park, an active limestone cave system known for its rare, pristine formations and year-round underground ...

BENSON, Ariz. — Deep inside the dark, damp caves of Kartchner Caverns State Park lies something that sounds more suited to a fairy tale than to a rock formation. The so-called Big Room holds the world ...

PHOENIX — Kartchner Caverns State Park is taking volunteers for the summer season. The park, located near Benson, helps visitors connect to the environment by visiting the caves, hummingbird garden ...

Considering that the formations were discovered in 1974 and the park opened only in 1999, today’s visitors are among the relative few who have ever laid their eyes on the huge limestone cave system ...