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The shadows of children playing outside at a school in Tucson.

Pima County COVID-19 trends improve, but risk remains too high for schools

Aug 7, 2020 A recent memo recommended schools wait until after Labor Day to offer traditional in-person learning.

A poster taped to a vehicle protests returning to in-person learning too soon during the pandemic. Demonstrators staged a motorcade and decorated their vehicles beforehand outside Hi Corbett Field on July 22, 2020.

Arizona schools chief anticipates delays to in-person learning

Aug 7, 2020 State Superintendent Kathy Hoffman supports schools providing targeted services for vulnerable students.

News roundup: SB 1070 retrospective, pandemic and public transit, pop-up COVID-19 testing

Aug 7, 2020 Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, Aug. 7.

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.

Pima County to open free pop-up testing sites

Aug 7, 2020 The one-day sites are supposed to help underserved areas of the community.

Arizona National Guard service member directs visitor traffic at COVID-19 testing site in Tonalea, Arizona, in the Navajo Nation May 19, 2020.

Feds to cover full cost of AZ's National Guard pandemic work

Aug 7, 2020 The Trump administration will increase the amount Arizona receives.

The Ronstadt Transit Center on August 1, 2020.

Sun Tran regains riders, but faces an uncertain future

Aug 7, 2020 Transit advocates say federal funding is key to the agency's future.

File photo of the Rialto Theatre, a Tucson venue that has canceled events to limit the spread of COVID-19.

Tucson music venues calling on Congress to help

Aug 7, 2020 As many as 90% of independent music venues around the country could disappear without aid.

News roundup: Fraud in Arizona unemployment claims, benchmarks released for school return

Aug 6, 2020 Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, Aug. 6.

Pima County COVID-19 testing at the Kino Events Center, July 13.

Pima County opens another free COVID-19 testing site

Aug 6, 2020 The county is opening its third, free site at the Morris K. Udall Center.

DES: State investigating hundreds of thousands of fraudulent unemployment claims

Aug 6, 2020 A new anti-fraud procedure led to a major drop in state unemployment numbers.

File image of an empty classroom at Sabino High School in Tucson.

Arizona releases guidance for returning to classrooms

Aug 6, 2020 The promised benchmarks for returning to in-person learning outline county COVID-19 targets.

Agency: Anti-fraud measures lead to drop in Arizona unemployment numbers

Aug 6, 2020 The state says fraudulent activity in a benefit program for the self-employed was driving numbers up.

A sign instructs Pima County voters casting their ballots on primary election day, Aug. 4, 2020.

News roundup: Primary votes being tallied, 100s of COVID-19 cases in Tucson prison

Aug 5, 2020 Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, Aug. 5.

The downtown location of Paty López's family beauty business Kayros is one of two that have closed so far. The other four are teetering, she said.

As pandemic drags on, Sonoran businesses face tough choices

Aug 5, 2020 Critics say government at all levels should be doing more to aid businesses and workers during the crisis.

Nearly half the inmates at Tucson prison test positive for COVID-19

Aug 4, 2020 517 inmates have been infected at ASPC-Tucson Whetstone facility

New citizens take the oath of allegiance at Saguaro National Park at the annual Independence Day citizenship ceremony, July 4, 2018.

Fees for several immigration services to increase

Aug 4, 2020 Facing a $1.2 billion budget shortfall, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is making immigration more costly.

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