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The Pima County Board of Supervisors meets at the County Administration Building in downtown Tucson.

Pima County supervisors extend closures to April 10

Mar 27, 2020 Businesses won't face a criminal penalty but can now be fined for violating the closure order.
A closed sign at the University of Arizona student union. Classes have all moved online for the spring semester.

COVID-19 redefines the semester: One UA student's perspective

Mar 27, 2020 In this radio essay, an AZPM student production assistant describes her experience balancing classes and a pandemic.
The west facade of Old Main on the campus of the University of Arizona. From August, 2019.

UA mobilizes research resources in fight against coronavirus

Mar 27, 2020 Staff and faculty across 14 colleges are working on various facets of research and treatment.
Banner Health workers seal a collection kit at a drive-thru testing site, in this undated still image from video. Banner says the testing is by <a href="https://www.bannerhealth.com/patients/patient-resources/covid-19" target="_blank">appointment only</a>.

Low testing rates give misleading picture of virus spread in Arizona, experts say

Mar 27, 2020 Arizona could be closer to New York and Washington state than test numbers indicate.
Deer dancer statue outside of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe's administration building.

Coronavirus relief package to send $8 billion to tribes

Mar 27, 2020 The aid would be a "godsend" for the Pascua Yaqui Tribe, the chairman said.
A worker prepares free "grab and go" meals for TUSD. The district is <a href=" https://www.azpm.org/p/home-articles-news/2020/3/19/168027-tusd-getting-meals-to-kids-using-drop-off-points/" target="_blank">delivering meals</a> for kids at drop-off points around the district.

Arizona coronavirus news in brief, March 26

Mar 26, 2020 Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona: Health director on peak timeline, farmers and food demand, and more.
File photo of the Palacio de Gobierno de Sonora, or Government Palace of Sonora, in Hermosillo, Mexico.

Sonoran governor declares health emergency, orders nonessential businesses closed

Mar 26, 2020 Gov. Claudia Pavlovich says essential activities include the supply of food, medicine, water, electricity and others will continue.
Many Navajo haul non-potable water from windmills like this one for their sheep and to do the washing.

Navajo access to water compounds response to coronavirus

Mar 26, 2020 Many on the Navajo Nation must drive miles for water, groceries and necessities.
A highway sign between Bisbee and Elfrida in Cochise County, 2016.

In Cochise County, more space may slow coronavirus spread, but presents a challenge for care

Mar 26, 2020 County officials say testing is not necessary for all.
A farm in Central Arizona.

Food demand is up, but Arizona farmers aren't immune to coronavirus impacts

Mar 26, 2020 Even though grocery store shelves are empty, food supply chains remain strong, for now.
Arizona Department of Health Services Director Cara Christ gives COVID-19 updates with Gov. Doug Ducey, in this still image from a March 25 video.

Arizona health director expects COVID-19 illnesses to peak in April, hospitalizations in May

Mar 26, 2020 Gov. Ducey on Thursday issued an order to hospitals to develop plans to increase capacity.
"The Decameron" by Franz Xaver Winterhalter.

What "The Decameron", a Medieval Italian masterpiece, can tell us about life during a pandemic.

Mar 25, 2020 Also on Arizona Spotlight: Why a Tucsonan named Taylor chose to get involved in the conflict in Syria; and Frank Figliuzzi speaks on putting Taylor's story in context with U.S. foreign policy.
Typing on a computer keyboard.

New law to increase internet access for rural and tribal communities

Mar 25, 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic is underlining the importance of broadband services, but some communities can't get a dependable connection.
The Ott Family YMCA is one of the locations open for emergency child care services.

Tucson YMCA, Boys and Girls Club offering child care for essential workers

Mar 25, 2020 A director at the YMCA said they're hoping to address the need created by school closures.
Arizona Public Media.

Arizona coronavirus news in brief, March 25

Mar 25, 2020 Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona: Cases top 400, mayors question "essential services" list, and more.
An executive order by Gov. Doug Ducey identifies groceries, pharmacies, health care and home care services, gas stations and more as “essential services” that cannot be shuttered by local governments in response to the coronavirus. But it also lists parks, trails, laundries and pawn brokers as essential, raising eyebrows among some mayors.

Mayors ‘flabbergasted’ at list of services Ducey order would protect

Mar 25, 2020 Some Arizona mayors questioned why things like golf courses and pawnshops made the list of "essential services" in the executive order.

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