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Signage inside a building at the University of Arizona promotes mask wearing on campus, July 2020.

UA not lifting mask requirements

Mar 30, 2021 The decision is despite Governor Ducey’s order allowing the end of mask mandates.
The Tucson Skyline. October 23, 2019.

News roundup: TUSD reports from first week back, Sonoran officials die in plane crash on way to Tucson

Mar 29, 2021 Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, March 29.
Arizona National Guard service members at a COVID-19 drive-thru testing site in the Tohono O'odham Nation in Sells, Arizona, July 6, 2020.

Anniversary of first COVID-19 cases among Tohono O'odham members

Mar 29, 2021 According Tohono O'odham Nation Health Care in early March 2021, 1,740 tribal members had contracted the disease.
A sign outside Banner - University Medicine North in Tucson for the hospital's COVID-19 vaccine distribution site. Dec. 17, 2020.

Pima County gets FEMA COVID-19 vaccine site

Mar 26, 2021 The state changes course on allowing FEMA to come in.
Gov. Doug Ducey at July 30 update on Arizona's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ducey reopens bars, lifts mask mandates

Mar 25, 2021 Tucson keeps mask rule under city charter
Downtown Tucson, Oct, 23, 2019.

News roundup: Ducey lifts more COVID restrictions, Pima County expands vaccine eligibility

Mar 25, 2021 Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, March 25.

Arizona unemployment above national average

Mar 25, 2021 The state unemployment rate crept up in February.
A COVID-19 vaccination site set up on the University of Arizona Mall. January 2021.

Ducey offers to "revisit" FEMA vaccine offer

Mar 25, 2021 Pima County Supervisors support federal offer.
A bundle of syringes at a COVID-19 vaccination site at Tucson Medical Center. January 2021.

Pima County expands COVID-19 vaccines to those age 16 and older

Mar 25, 2021 The county expansion comes with some restrictions.
Governor Doug Ducey urges Arizonans to get their COVID-19 vaccination in a public service announcement released March 23, 2021.

New PSAs urge Arizonans to get vaccinated

Mar 24, 2021 Many appointments going unfilled as demand wanes.
The view of the Tucson Skyline from A Mountain. Oct. 23, 2019.

News roundup: Local officials discuss fed stimulus, nearby states prepare for Colorado River negotiations

Mar 23, 2021 Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, March 23.
This transmission electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2—also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus that causes COVID-19—isolated from a patient in the U.S.

Arizona rolling averages of COVID cases, deaths drop sharply

Mar 23, 2021 According to Johns Hopkins University data, the seven-day rolling average of daily cases plummeted
Downtown Tucson, Oct. 23, 2019.

News roundup: All adult Arizonans eligible for vaccine, state distribution sites plan to move inside

Mar 22, 2021 Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, March 22.
Scientists say sensor testing for COVID-19 can be an improvement over tests performed with nasal swabs or saliva.

Researchers developing sensor testing for COVID-19

Mar 22, 2021 New method could detect PCR test-evading COVID variants.

Local officials talk about new federal stimulus package

Mar 22, 2021 The $1.9 trillion dollar package includes funding for schools, local and tribal governments.
A vial of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.

State opens COVID-19 vaccines to all adults

Mar 22, 2021 People age 16 and up are now eligible for COVID-19 vaccines at state pods.

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