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File image of an empty classroom at Sabino High School in Tucson.

Arizona releases guidance for returning to classrooms

Aug 6, 2020 The promised benchmarks for returning to in-person learning outline county COVID-19 targets.
The Rio Sonora flows through the town of Baviácora, Sonora, July 30, 2019.

6 years after Rio Sonora mining spill, contamination continues

Aug 6, 2020 Residents impacted by the spill say neither the mining company nor the government have followed through with promises.
Newspaper classified listings.

Agency: Anti-fraud measures lead to drop in Arizona unemployment numbers

Aug 6, 2020 The state says fraudulent activity in a benefit program for the self-employed was driving numbers up.
Candles encircle an image of Carlos Ingram-Lopez with his fiancé at the El Tiridito shrine.

Family of man who died in Tucson police custody seeking $19M in damages

Aug 6, 2020 The family is seeking $10 million from the city of Tucson and $3 million from each of the responding officers.
A sign instructs Pima County voters casting their ballots on primary election day, Aug. 4, 2020.

News roundup: Primary votes being tallied, 100s of COVID-19 cases in Tucson prison

Aug 5, 2020 Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, Aug. 5.
The downtown location of Paty López's family beauty business Kayros is one of two that have closed so far. The other four are teetering, she said.

As pandemic drags on, Sonoran businesses face tough choices

Aug 5, 2020 Critics say government at all levels should be doing more to aid businesses and workers during the crisis.
Tangled proteins in the Alzheimer's affected brain harm communication between nerve cells.

UA scientists investigate connection between Alzheimer's and Down syndrome

Aug 5, 2020 The team is developing new ways to look at protein interaction in the human brain.

Pima County gets outsider as new county attorney

Aug 4, 2020 Laura Conover easily wins the Democratic primary.

Nearly half the inmates at Tucson prison test positive for COVID-19

Aug 4, 2020 517 inmates have been infected at ASPC-Tucson Whetstone facility

Arizona primary election results: Pima County races

Aug 4, 2020 Voters cast their ballots in Arizona's primary on Aug. 4.
New citizens take the oath of allegiance at Saguaro National Park at the annual Independence Day citizenship ceremony, July 4, 2018.

Fees for several immigration services to increase

Aug 4, 2020 Facing a $1.2 billion budget shortfall, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is making immigration more costly.
A voter displays their "I Voted Early in Pima County" sticker.

News roundup: Primary election underway in AZ, UA group wants to unionize

Aug 4, 2020 Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, Aug. 4.
Tucson Police Department Chief Chris Magnus, at a June 24, 2020 media briefing.

Tucson man dies in police custody

Aug 4, 2020 The man was unresponsive when police found him and did not respond to efforts to resuscitate him.
The University of Arizona Administration building.

UA group critical of university's pandemic response wants a union

Aug 4, 2020 A group of faculty, staff and graduate students say it is time to push back against the administration.
Old Main on the University of Arizona campus.

Eller faculty warned UA purchase of for-profit university would be ‘catastrophic’

Aug 4, 2020 A faculty review of Ashford's assets called the acquisition a "lemon."

Tucson moves ahead with public Wi-Fi

Aug 3, 2020 Access points funded by pandemic relief funds will serve neighborhoods without broadband.

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