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A sous chef prepares orders while masked inside the kitchen at Barrio Charro in Tucson.

Why employers can require masks and vaccines among workers

Aug 13, 2021 A discussion with Tucson labor attorney Barney Holtzman.
A package of Narcan Nasal Spray, a form of naloxone that can be used to reverse the effects of an opioid overdose.

Pima County overdose deaths, eviction resources, mask and vaccine mandates

Aug 13, 2021 Plus, how some evictions are playing out in court.
A folder with opioid resource information inside the Arizona Poison and Drug Information Center. January 2020.

Pima County warns overdose deaths on the rise, fentanyl accounts for over half

Aug 13, 2021 Health officials say the pandemic is partially responsible for a rise in substance misuse.
The radio station in the Pascua Yaqui Tribe's reservation, which formerly housed the tribe's early voting site.

Pascua Yaqui Tribe to receive early voting site till 2024

Aug 13, 2021 The tribe and Pima County Recorder's Office announced a settlement to the 2020 lawsuit seeking to reinstate an early voting site in the reservation.
The dome atop the Arizona Capitol Museum at the State Capitol in Phoenix. January 2021.

Lawsuit argues state ban on mask requirements in schools is unconstitutional

Aug 13, 2021 Legislature wrongly tacked "hodgepodge" of policies to the state budget, lawsuit says.
Grass mitigation efforts on A Mountain.

A Mountain closed for buffelgrass maintenance

Aug 13, 2021 Buffelgrass on the southern slope with be sprayed with herbicides Friday and Monday to reduce fire danger.
A border patrol vehicle drives along the border wall in Douglas, Ariz. January 2021.

Border apprehensions rose to a new high in July, but so-called Title 42 expulsions are slightly down

Aug 13, 2021 Border-wide, less migrants were subject to Title 42 than were taken into custody. Still, less than half were released in the U.S.
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 reports 3K virus cases for first time in 6 months

Aug 13, 2021 The state also reported 23 more deaths.
File image of a Border Patrol vehicle on patrol along the Arizona-Mexico border.

Border Patrol Chief Rodney Scott retiring

Aug 13, 2021 New chief is Raul Ortiz, who started as an an agent in San Diego Sector.
Children at school during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Pima County schools have reported over 400 cases of COVID-19

Aug 13, 2021 County superintendent said he's pleading with Gov. Ducey to rescind a ban on schools requiring masks.
A housing subdivision under construction in Tucson off Silverbell Road. December 2020.

Census shows Arizona's biggest city grew as some rural counties shrank

Aug 12, 2021 Pima County, which includes Tucson, saw its population grow by 6.4% from 2010 to 2020.
This illustration provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in January 2020 shows the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV).

Arizona reports 2,970 more COVID-19 cases, most in 6 months

Aug 12, 2021 The number of virus patients occupying hospital beds also continued to climb on Thursday.
Saguaro National Park employees climbing up a hill within the park to find and spray bunches of buffelgrass with herbicide August 2021.

How one grass at Saguaro National Park shows push and pull of climate change

Aug 12, 2021 If left unchecked, buffelgrass poses a tremendous fire danger to native plants and the homes nearby.
The bridge over the Pantano Wash, at Broadway and Pantano on Tucson's east side.

Dozens of Arizona bridges in “poor” condition

Aug 12, 2021 New federal infrastructure dollars could help.
A health care worker prepares doses of the COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination event in Globe on March 13, 2021.

Banner leader says hospitals seeing sharp rise in COVID cases, especially among children

Aug 11, 2021 Banner Chief Clinical Officer Dr. Marjorie Bessel urged the public to get vaccinated to protect those who are too young.
Tucson City Hall seen from El Presidio Plaza.

Tucson voters will decide on raise for mayor, city council

Aug 11, 2021 Voters last approved a raise for the city's leaders in 1999.

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