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A sign outside of the University of Arizona bookstore reminds visitors that masks are required to enter.

University of Arizona will require masks indoors

Aug 11, 2021 ASU, NAU also announce mask requirements amid rising number of COVID-19 cases statewide.
OSIRIS-REx on its return journey to Earth.

OSIRIS-REx helps scientists project asteroid orbits

Aug 11, 2021 Data shows that Bennu will eventually make a close fly-by of Earth.
Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard speaks at a press conference in this photo published March 28, 2019.

Top Mexican official says loosening of border restrictions unlikely this month

Aug 11, 2021 Foreign secretary cites surge in coronavirus cases on both sides of the border.
Since the year 2000, the Pima County Medical Examiner has received nearly 4,000 sets of human remains from people who died crossing the U.S.-Mexico border into Arizona. Here, a cross marking the place where a man in his 30s died in 2009 lays a few hundred yards from one of the water stations the nonprofit Humane Borders sets out for migrants crossing the desert.

Deaths along the Arizona-Mexico border are on pace to set a new record

Aug 11, 2021 More than 140 sets of remains have been recovered from the Arizona desert so far this year.
Arizona State Capitol building.

Arizona state senator accused of molestation resigning

Aug 11, 2021 The Phoenix-area lawmaker faced growing calls to step down.
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.

Tohono O'odham Nation in high level of COVID -19 transmission

Aug 10, 2021 Tohono O'odham Nation Health Care recently reported almost 50% of the tribe's eligible residents were fully vaccinated.

Pima County overdose deaths on pace to surpass last year's record

Aug 10, 2021 Nearly 450 people died from overdoses across the county last year, county officials say this year that number could surpass 500.
This illustration provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in January 2020 shows the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV).

Arizona reports another 2,582 COVID-19 cases, 12 more deaths

Aug 10, 2021 Arizona has now hit a week of more than 2,000 new COVID-19 cases a day.
The Pima County Board of Supervisors meets at the County Administration Building in downtown Tucson.

Pima County supervisors vote down proposal to require vaccinations for employees

Aug 10, 2021 Board also rejected motion to require masks in all county schools.
Mexican pesos in various denominations.

Poverty in Mexico rose to nearly half the country in 2020

Aug 10, 2021 Nearly 20 percent are experiencing extreme poverty, according to new data.
A sign on the campus of the University of Arizona directs visitors to a COVID-19 testing site, August 2020.

UA to open with in-person classes

Aug 9, 2021 Arizona requirements keep the university from mandating vaccines and masks.
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 more than 2,000 COVID-19 cases for 6th day

Aug 9, 2021 Virus-related hospitalizations continue to climb with 1,380 as of Sunday.
A flag flies by the dome of the U.S. Capitol.

Foothills want out of current congressional and legislative districts

Aug 9, 2021 Residents gave the Independent Redistricting Commission an earful.
Lake Pleasant, north of Phoenix, is a major reservoir for Colorado River water. Each summer the lake is pumped down to send water to Maricopa, Pinal, and Pima counties. July 2021

Water cutbacks coming to Arizona

Aug 9, 2021 A decades-long drought means less water from the Colorado River.
Puerto Peñasco (Rocky Point), Mexico attracts thousands of visitors from Arizona and other places who are seeking sun, sand, and surf. This photo was taken in November 2018.

Rocky Point implements new COVID-19 restrictions as cases rise

Aug 8, 2021 Leaders announced they are reducing hours and capacity at some local establishments.
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Arizona reports over 2K more COVID cases on 4th straight day

Aug 7, 2021 Seven-day rolling average of daily new cases nearly doubled over the past two weeks.

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