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Arizona reports 1,544 new COVID-19 cases, 37 more deaths

Feb 7, 2021 Health officials brace for potential surge from Super Bowl gatherings

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

Congressional Dems ask Ducey to explain use of COVID-19 cash

Feb 6, 2021 Ducey used more than 20% of the $1.86 billion the state received in federal CARES Act relief cash to backfill agency budgets

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 COVID-19 death toll tops 14K; caution urged for Super Bowl

Feb 6, 2021 Case numbers have been dropping, but health officials remain concerned.

Endangered wolves sent from Arizona to Texas to aid species

Feb 6, 2021 The move is designed to help increase the population of these endangered predators

Tucson students head to buses after getting out of class.

Education notebook: State superintendent tackles education funding, educator vaccinations continue

Feb 6, 2021 A look back at this week's education stories in Southern Arizona and the state.

With residences in the foreground, the Bighorn Fire burns in the Santa Catalina Mountains on June 10, 2020.

Forecasters: Arizona faces above-normal wildfire threats

Feb 6, 2021 Severe drought raises the danger in 2021

News roundup: Changes come to local justice system, health officials answer common vaccine questions

Feb 5, 2021 Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, Feb. 5.

Volunteers with the WORKship Project wait to distribute to-go meals for the homeless in an alley outside of the Z Mansion in downtown Tucson on Feb. 1, 2021.

Pandemic puts added pressures on Tucson’s homeless and impoverished

Feb 5, 2021 We see how volunteers and nonprofit leaders are doing their part to help.

A close up of the hands of a man experiencing homelessness in Tucson. February 2021.

Equitable vaccine distribution, homelessness during COVID, State of Education

Feb 5, 2021 Plus, what protocols people should follow after they've received the vaccine.

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

What protocols to follow after getting the COVID-19 vaccine

Feb 5, 2021 Insight from UA public health researcher Dr. Joe Gerald.

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

Oak Flat: Opposing op-eds try to sway public opinion

Feb 5, 2021 While Resolution Copper brought up the positive economic impacts of a mine, the San Carlos Apache Tribe calls out desecration.

Local officials discuss changes to prosecution, police funding

Feb 5, 2021 A new county sheriff and attorney bring different perspectives to criminal justice as criticism of police funding continues.

Aerial view of the border wall at the Tinajas Altas Mountains near Yuma, AZ.

Biden halted border wall construction. Now what?

Feb 5, 2021 Environmental and human rights advocates hope to steer the administration toward a new vision at the border.

Liz Archuleta, who resigned from the Coconino Board of Supervisors to accept an appointment in the Biden administration

Former Coconino County Supervisor named to USDA senior staff position

Feb 4, 2021 Liz Archuleta accepts senior staff position in the U.S. Department of Agriculture

News roundup: Border wall vivisects Indigenous communities, report scrutinizes border patrol rescue operations

Feb 4, 2021 Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, Feb. 4.

A sign outside Banner - University Medicine North in Tucson for the hospital's COVID-19 vaccine distribution site. Dec. 17, 2020.

Pima County getting fewer COVID-19 vaccines

Feb 4, 2021 The head of the Board of Supervisors is reaching out for more inoculations.

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