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Retired publisher from Tucson takes Wick job

Jane Amari, who retired as editor and publisher of the Arizona Daily Star in June, has been named editor and publisher of two Cochise County community newspapers owned by Wick Communications Co.

Amari will oversee the San Pedro Valley News Sun in Benson, and the Arizona Range News in Willcox. In July, Amari purchased 460 acres 17 miles north of Benson on the San Pedro where she and her husband Roberto are building a home and facilities for their American Saddlebred horses.

“I am very fortunate to be able to work in the area I love,” Amari said. “I have family in Southern Arizona and we plan to stay here. I am looking forward to meeting the people in Benson and Willcox and getting involved in the community.”

Amari has 38 years’ experience in the newspaper business. She holds a B.S. in communications from the University of Illinois and an MBA from California State University.

Prior to retiring from the Star, where she was also vice president of news for Pulitzer Newspapers Inc., she held management positions at Gannett, Knight-Ridder, Times Mirror and the Kansas City Star.