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Tucson approves minimum wage increase for city workers

Feb 25, 2021 The increase could effect more than 2,000 city employees

The view of the Tucson Skyline from A Mountain. Oct. 23, 2019.

News roundup: UA gives county vaccines, TUSD awaits parent responses for reopening

Feb 25, 2021 Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, Feb. 25.

Outside of the Robert D. Morrow Education Center for Tucson Unified School District.

TUSD prepares to reopen, but number of students remaining online is unclear

Feb 25, 2021 41 percent of parents still have not chosen which learning method they want for their students

File image shows a closeup of a hair stylist cutting a customer's hair.

Tucson may ban hair discrimination

Feb 25, 2021 CROWN Act will weave respect for natural hairstyles into city law.

Oak Flat, east of Superior, Arizona. A company proposes to build one of the world's largest underground copper mines at this location.

Apache Stronghold files emergency appeal in Oak Flat case

Feb 24, 2021 As the expected date of the land swap approaches, a nonprofit fights to save an Apache religious site from becoming a copper mine.

A COVID-19 vaccination record card is received following the administration of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at Banner University South.

UA gives Pima County COVID-19 vaccines

Feb 24, 2021 The Moderna doses will allow community outreach.

News roundup: Mobile vaccine clinics return, Navajo Nation surpasses Feb vaccine goal

Feb 24, 2021 Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, Feb. 24.

Dr. Jill Jim, the Executive Director of the Navajo Department of Health and one of the COVID-19 advisors who prepared President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris during the presidential transition.

Conversation with health expert in the Navajo Nation about COVID-19

Feb 24, 2021 The head of the Navajo Department of Health also talks about her experiences advising then President-elect Joe Biden on COVID-19.

Mobile vaccination clinics return this weekend

Feb 23, 2021 Vaccine shortage canceled the pop-up sites,

Arizona changes 'use it or lose it' water law

Feb 23, 2021 A bill signed last week allows water users to voluntarily conserve water without risking loss of the rights to it.

News roundup: Ducey pushes for drilling on fed land, flags fly at half mast for COVID victims

Feb 23, 2021 Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, Feb. 23.

Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez said the "Stay home, stay safe" message from the tribal government guarantees that businesses in the nation have the "the safest environment" compared to those outside its tribal lands during the pandemic.

The Navajo Nation has its exceeded vaccination goal for February

Feb 23, 2021 Now, the sovereign nation is aiming to administer 120,00 doses by the end of the month.

Arizona Governor Doug Ducey sits for an interview with Arizona 360 in his office at the Arizona Capitol on Jan. 13, 2021.

Ducey “implores” Biden to allow oil leases on federal land

Feb 22, 2021 The governor joined 16 other Republican governors asking for an end to an executive order.

News roundup: UA identifies student killed on campus, COVID testing down in Pima County

Feb 22, 2021 Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, Feb. 22.

Signs advertise a drive-thru COVID-19 testing site outside of Walgreens in Tucson on April 21, 2020.

COVID-19 testing drops in AZ as cases decrease

Feb 22, 2021 Health officials are worried about the declining test trend.

A view of the mall at the University of Arizona taken from the Student Union.

University of Arizona IDs student killed over the weekend

Feb 22, 2021 The sophomore was shot and killed on campus Saturday night.

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