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Plans for a sensory park in Tucson, where children on the autism spectrum can play safely.

Sensory park for kids with autism breaks ground in Tucson

Sep 14, 2020 Fully enclosed park will give parents of "runners" peace of mind.

News roundup: Virus numbers grow at UA, Biden increases lead in AZ, flu shots crucial

Sep 14, 2020 Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, September 14

University of Arizona students wearing masks on campus.

UA, Pima County asks off-campus students to shelter in place

Sep 14, 2020 The voluntary request is intended to stem a surge of new coronavirus cases.

Doctors say flu shots can guard against sickness through a COVID-stressed winter.

Doctors: flu shots crucial during COVID pandemic

Sep 14, 2020 They are hoping to prevent crowded hospitals and clinics during the winter.

Education notebook: Tucson districts plan for hybrid classes, UA COVID-19 case numbers continue to rise

Sep 12, 2020 A look back at this week's education stories in Southern Arizona and the state.

News roundup: Corporation Commission race approaching, federal unemployment dries up

Sep 11, 2020 Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, Sept. 11.

Terri Rice with Adult Loss of Hearing Association speaking with participants in a Zoom discussion group.

Pandemic through disability services, legal protections and education

Sep 11, 2020 Plus, how false positives and vigilant masking depict the evolution of COVID-19 science.

Adults in the Tucson Jewish Community Center's day program for people with disabilities swimming at the J Sept. 3, 2020.

JCC continues to provide services during pandemic despite loss

Sep 11, 2020 How the pandemic has affected its child care program, distance learning students and adults with disabilities.

Signage inside a building at the University of Arizona promotes mask wearing on campus, July 2020.

UA reports its highest number of daily COVID-19 cases so far

Sep 11, 2020 Nearly 200 cases were confirmed Friday, with a testing positivity rate of 9.8%.

Distance learning options are getting mixed reviews from parents and educators.

Pandemic prompts parents to give pod learning a try

Sep 11, 2020 Supporters say it opens the door for educational reform, but the reviews are mixed.

Race underway for Corporation Commission, Arizona's 'fourth branch of government'

Sep 11, 2020 The Arizona Corporation Commission, which regulates utilities, pipelines and securities, has three open seats this fall.

An unemployment insurance claims office.

Federal unemployment supplement dries up in Arizona

Sep 10, 2020 The payments tapping FEMA funds only lasted six weeks.

News Roundup: Indigenous activists arrested at protest, Pima County residents can text 911

Sep 10, 2020 Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, Sept. 10.

Pima County residents can now text 911 for help

Sep 10, 2020 Messages to 911 sent via text will be handled with the same priority as phone calls.

A Hia-Ced O'odham protester sits inside a vehicle to block construction on a stretch of border wall going up in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument on Sept. 9, 2020.

Indigenous activists arrested in demonstration against border wall construction near Quitobaquito Springs

Sep 10, 2020 Two O'odham protesters were arrested for impeding construction in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument.

Experts say signs like this one could become more common this fall, as state and national moratoriums on evictions in the face of COVID-19 are lifted. Arizona already has one of the highest rates of housing losses in the nation, a new report says.

Report: Arizona had highest ‘housing loss’ rate; more evictions coming

Sep 10, 2020 Trends in Arizona do not bode well for the fall, experts said, as drivers of housing loss are are amplified by the pandemic.

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