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Realtors see fewer snowbirds flocking to Tucson this season.

Tucson snowbird trend slows in 2020

Dec 1, 2020 The annual migration to Southern Arizona is being impacted by COVID-19.
The University of Arizona Administration building.

UA acquires for-profit Ashford University, launches new online 'campus'

Dec 1, 2020 The new UA Global Campus will start off with over 35,000 students.
Pima County COVID-19 testing at the Kino Events Center, July 13.

Arizona cites holiday reporting delays for record 10K COVID-19 cases

Dec 1, 2020 The state said the numbers reflected not only the current surge but also delayed reporting due to the holiday weekend.
Arizona Chief Justice Robert Brutinel, Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, Governor Doug Ducey, and Attorney General Mark Brnovich certify the 2020 General Election. Nov. 30, 2020

Arizona officially certifies election results

Nov 30, 2020 Certification came while Rudy Giuliani said Arizona's election was filled with fraud.
Mayor Regina Romero meets with reporters minutes before being sworn into office. December 2, 2019

Tucson mayor recommends mandatory curfew

Nov 30, 2020 The City Council will meet Tuesday to vote on a curfew and economic relief.
Dr. Jill Jim - executive director of the Navajo Nation Department of Health

Dr. Jill Jim named a member of President-elect Joe Biden’s COVID-19 advisory board

Nov 29, 2020 Executive Director of Navajo Nation Department of Health
Organic marijuana being grown at an Arizona farm for processing into medical marijuana.

Arizona county prosecutors join in dropping pot charges

Nov 29, 2020 The move comes in response to Prop 207 passage
A sign notifies people masks are required in order to enter a polling site set up at Tucson's Temple Emanu-El on the day of Arizona's primary election, August 4, 2020.

University researchers recommend 3-week shutdown, mask order

Nov 28, 2020 UA COVID Modeling Team warn of potential disaster from current surge
A Centers for Disease Control illustration of the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19.

COVID-19 surge continues across the state

Nov 26, 2020 All counties have now moved up to the moderate range
Students walk near the fountain at Old Main on the University of Arizona campus. From August 2019.

Attorney General Brnovich can challenge ABOR over DACA tuition

Nov 25, 2020 The state Supreme Court allows a tuition suit to go forward.
Rillito River flows after a monsoon storm, July 2020

Major changes in environmental policy expected under Biden

Nov 25, 2020 Reclassifying Arizona waterways is among the items on the new administration's agenda
A woman stands with her luggage in the baggage claim area of the Tucson International Airport on August 10, 2020.

Passengers head to Tucson airport despite travel warnings

Nov 25, 2020 The airport estimates 6,000 to 7,400 passengers passed through the terminal Wednesday.
Downtown Tucson, Oct, 23, 2019.

News roundup: Pandemic at levels not seen since summer, tribal nations hit hard

Nov 24, 2020 Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, Nov. 24.
Both a customer and stylists wear face masks during a hair cut at Eclips Cuts Salon in Tucson on May 12, 2020. The salon reopened when Arizona eased COVID-19-related restrictions that had ordered barbers and salons to close.

COVID-19 rules are difficult to enforce

Nov 24, 2020 Numbers are rising and officials need the community to buy in.
Gail Kocourek, 69, stands inside an area where migrants are processed on the Mexican side of the port of entry in Sasabe. This fall, Kocourek and other volunteers started making bi-weekly trips to the area to hand out food and water to migrants after they've been expelled by Border Patrol agents.

'No right way': Rapid migrant expulsions transform remote border crossing

Nov 24, 2020 Aid groups say Trump administration's pandemic-era expulsions trap migrants in a borderland ill-equipped to care for them.
A sign outside the east entrance to Banner University Medicine directing visitors and patients to the emergency room.

Banner forecast to exceed hospital capacity next week

Nov 24, 2020 Officials are urging Arizonans to adjust Thanksgiving plans.

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