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A sculpture outside of the University of Arizona's Main Library is donned with a face mask.

Concerns about delta variant loom over new school year

Aug 6, 2021 Experts and community leaders continue to encourage eligible people get vaccinated against COVID-19.

An empty chair outside of a former motel on North Oracle Road that the city of Tucson purchased and transformed into bridge housing for people experiencing homelessness. August 2021.

City of Tucson buying properties to expand transitional housing

Aug 6, 2021 Tony Paniagua spoke to one mother who is utilizing the new program.

Vials of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination clinic in Tucson. January 2021.

Delta variant, preventing homelessness, raising minimum wage

Aug 6, 2021 Resources for people facing eviction in PIma County, plus a recent initiative to expand transitional housing in Tucson.

A staff member with the Casa Alitas Welcome Center gives an orientation to migrants who have just been brought from Nogales by the Border Patrol. Migrants will stay at the center for a few days while working out travel arrangements to connect with family in the U.S.

Migrants from Texas being flown to Tucson

Aug 6, 2021 As Rio Grande Valley surpasses capacity, Pima County administrator says some migrants and asylum seekers are coming to Tucson.

Local governments set rental assistance record

Aug 6, 2021 Tucson and Pima County teamed up to distribute federal aid money.

Children at school during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Mobile COVID-19 vaccine clinics coming to Tucson schools

Aug 6, 2021 Alice Vail Middle School and Salpointe Catholic High School will have clinics Saturday. No appointments needed.

Tumamoc Hill closed next week for maintenance

Aug 6, 2021 The popular recreation spot will close Monday night and reopen next weekend.

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 health officials report 2,826 new cases of COVID-19, 42 deaths

Aug 6, 2021 Transmission of COVID-19 is high in nearly every Arizona county, including Pima, according to CDC

Indigenous protester arrested at border wall site set to head to trial

Aug 5, 2021 Amber Ortega was arrested for physically blocking construction machinery at Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument last September

A group of migrants and Border Patrol agents along the border fence in Yuma County. June 2021.

As Biden continues to use Title 42, ACLU resumes lawsuit against it

Aug 5, 2021 The controversial protocol allows border officers to turn migrants back across the border into Mexico without processing.

Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard speaks at a press conference in this photo published March 28, 2019.

Mexico sues U.S. gun manufacturers for negligence, fueling violence

Aug 5, 2021 Mexican government has blamed gun makers, lax U.S. gun regulations for country’s soaring violence

US to probe Phoenix police over excessive force allegations

Aug 5, 2021 Dept. of Justice will also examine whether officers have engaged in discriminatory policing, retaliation

Arizona health officials report 2,289 new cases of COVID-19, 11 deaths

Aug 5, 2021 Hospitalizations at highest level since February

Tucson homicide rate soars

Aug 5, 2021 The increase is part of a national trend.

More than one-third of households in Tucson are considered housing cost burdened.

All Arizona counties covered by new eviction moratorium

Aug 4, 2021 Narrower 60-day ban announced Tuesday after previous federal moratorium expired

A vote here sign outside of a polling place in Tucson. November 2020.

Dahl, Kozachik win Democratic primaries for Tucson city council

Aug 4, 2021 Unopposed, Fimbres is nominated for another term

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