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A Centers for Disease Control illustration of the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19.

CDC says Arizona ranks third in the country for COVID-19 deaths per capita

Feb 21, 2021 State reports more than 1,800 new COVID-19 cases and 25 additional deaths

Maj. Gen. Michael McGuire, who oversees the Arizona National Guard, at the state-run COVID-19 vaccination site at the University of Arizona on Feb. 18, 2021.

Arizona National Guard’s role in state’s pandemic response

Feb 21, 2021 Arizona National Guard’s role in state’s pandemic response

Biden administration’s nominee for Secretary of Interior, Rep. Deb Haaland

Tribes have high hopes as Haaland confirmation hearing nears

Feb 20, 2021 Rep. Haaland is President Biden's nominee for Secretary of the Interior

The University of Arizona Administration building.

Education notebook: Proposed changes for Arizona tuition policies, COVID-19 aid coming to Tucson schools

Feb 20, 2021 A look back at this week's education stories in Southern Arizona and the state.

A watchtower seen in the distance at the Florence State Prison.

Lawyers for Arizona inmates seek hearing in health care suit

Feb 19, 2021 The lawyers said Judge Roslyn Silver hasn’t held a status conference in the lawsuit since December 2018

A bundle of syringes at a COVID-19 vaccination site at Tucson Medical Center. January 2021.

Weather-delayed vaccines impacting Arizona's rural counties

Feb 19, 2021 Health officials report extreme winter weather is behind a lag of roughly 89,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine

News roundup: Pressure mounts to cleanup ‘forever chemicals’, vaccine FAQs answered

Feb 19, 2021 Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, Feb. 19.

Vehicles travel along a highway near Sonoita, Ariz.

Challenges with distributing COVID-19 vaccine in rural Southern Arizona

Feb 19, 2021 Tony Paniagua reports.

A guardsman with the Arizona National Guard loads groceries in a cart at a food bank in Sahuarita on Feb. 11, 2021.

COVID-19 vaccine FAQ, Arizona National Guard, mobile vaccinations

Feb 19, 2021 Plus, how the vaccine is being distributed in rural communities.

Answers for common COVID-19 vaccine questions

Feb 19, 2021 Expertise from Dr. Joshua LaBaer who leads ASU's COVID-19 research.

The American flag and a flag bearing the seal of the Department of Homeland Security.

ACLU AZ files records request for Trump-era DHS agreement made with Arizona

Feb 19, 2021 Arizona was one of a handful of states and districts to sign on to the agreements just before Biden entered office.

Children who are waiting for asylum in the United States with their families in Nogales, Sonora, marched to the border wall Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020, to ask the United States to open the border to them.

Arizona reacts as Biden's 'Remain in Mexico' rollback begins

Feb 19, 2021 Governor Doug Ducey and Representative Raúl Grijalva addressed the new plan in letters to DHS this week.

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 appeal in fight over Oak Flat

Feb 19, 2021 A law firm with an undefeated record in the U.S. Supreme Court will be representing the group in the religious liberties case.

A container holds several vials of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine at a distribution event at Tucson Medical Center on Jan. 15, 2021.

County vaccine supply should recover next week

Feb 19, 2021 Weather delays and decreased allotments led to cancelations this week, but more vaccine should arrive in the coming days.

PFAS contamination draws local, national cleanup efforts

Feb 19, 2021 The so-called “forever chemicals” accumulate in bodies and can have numerous health impacts.

Pima County COVID-19 testing at the Kino Events Center, July 13.

State releases more COVID-19 testing funds to counties

Feb 19, 2021 The state health department announced that $100 million is now available.

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