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A dispensary employee weighing and portioning marijuana.

University of Arizona launches cannabis certificate programs

Dec 20, 2021 Online courses will provide the skills needed to succeed in the legalized marijuana industry.
A flag flies by the dome of the U.S. Capitol.

US Treasury has issued new guidance on deadlines to spend CARES Act relief

Dec 20, 2021 Costs can now be considered incurred by December 31, 2021, if recipients have an order placed or have entered into a contract by that end of the year deadline.
A view of downtown Bisbee.

Redistricting commission eyes changes for Bisbee's legislative district

Dec 19, 2021 Draft changes would move the town into a Democratic-leaning district but split Santa Cruz County.
COVID19

Arizona reports 2,745 more COVID-19 cases and 3 more deaths

Dec 19, 2021 The latest numbers pushed the state’s totals since the pandemic began to 1,336,806 cases and 23,519 known deaths.
File image of the downtown Tucson skyline.

Tucson receives federal grant to develop green jobs and infrastructure plan

Dec 18, 2021 The city worked with a coalition of nonprofits, universities and other organizations to write the proposal.
A keyboard on a desk.

Study shows more people are not afraid to have machines make their choices

Dec 17, 2021 A University of Arizona researcher's survey asked if they preferred algorithms to human-generated decision-making.
Tamales are enjoyed by millions around the world and many families enjoy their special recipes with different ingredients or spices.

Family, festivities, food

Dec 17, 2021 Tamales are a popular holiday meal enjoyed by millions around the world.
The owner of Shish Kebab House of Tucson (center) and employees work in the kitchen to fill to-go orders. The restaurant saw a sharp decline in business when it had to halt dine-in service during the Arizona's stay-at-home order. April 2020.

Arizona recovers jobs lost early in pandemic

Dec 17, 2021 The unemployment rate also fell below that of February 2020.
A handout image from Banner Health shows a health care worker in one of the hospital's COVID-19 units.

Arizona reports 3,686 additional COVID-19 cases, 143 deaths

Dec 17, 2021 Hospitals statewide had 2,569 virus patients occupying inpatient beds as of Thursday.
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.

First case of Omicron variant confirmed in Pima County

Dec 16, 2021 The Pima County Health Department said the person tested positive for COVID-19 in Tucson in early December.
A dispensary employee weighing and portioning marijuana.

Over 1,500 applications filed for social equity marijuana licenses

Dec 16, 2021 The Department of Health Services said a random selection process to award the social equity licenses will be conducted next spring.
Representatives from lower Colorado River basin states, the federal government and tribes sign the new 500+ plan. The deal, formalized at the Colorado River Water Users Association conference in Las Vegas, allocates millions of dollars to help put water back into Lake Mead.

Lower basin states sign deal to put water back in Lake Mead amid dropping levels

Dec 16, 2021 Arizona, California, Nevada, and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation are pooling more than $100 million dollars to incentivize reductions in water use.
A dog waits to be adopted from Pima Animal Care Center

Pima Animal Care Center is overcrowded, asking community to help with strays

Dec 16, 2021 The center also says that when done responsibly, it's OK to give a new pet as a holiday gift
A handout image from Banner Health shows a health care worker in one of the hospital's COVID-19 units.

Arizona rural hospitals asking feds for COVID-19 staffing

Dec 16, 2021 The state Department of Health Services put in requests for medical staffing for at least seven rural hospitals.
A health care worker prepares doses of the COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination event in Globe on March 13, 2021.

DHS explores COVID-19 vaccine services at the border

Dec 16, 2021 DHS says it’s looking to award a short-term contract to provide vaccine services to non-U.S. citizens at points along the Southwest border.
An A-10 makes a pass over the runway at Tucson's Davis-Monthan Air Force Base. July 2021.

A-10 part of Defense spending in Arizona

Dec 15, 2021 The NDAA brings millions of dollars into the state.

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