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The sign at the downtown Tucson Police Department station, South Stone Avenue.

TPD releases reports for four in-custody deaths

Jul 9, 2020 The reports include a second death this year and three more in the last decade.
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey at a July 9 news briefing on the state's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ducey allows restaurants to stay open at reduced capacity amid calls for stricter measures

Jul 9, 2020 The governor repeated his appeal to Arizonans to be safe and promised "prescriptive" guidance, as COVID-19 cases continue to rise.
Demonstrators in Sonoyta, Sonora are blocking southbound tourists from entering Mexico at the Lukeville-Sonoyta port of entry over coronavirus concerns.

Sonoyta protesters allow travelers through border blockade for now

Jul 9, 2020 Demonstrators had blocked the road outside the port of entry over coronavirus concerns and turned away beach-bound tourists trying to enter.
Drivers are screened at a Walgreens COVID-19 testing site in Tucson, April 21. Tucson was chosen as one of 15 locations nationwide for the expansion of drive-thru testing sites by Walgreens.

'We are nowhere near having this under control,' UA epidemiologist says

Jul 9, 2020 Arizona's high COVID-19 percent positivity rate indicates the virus is uncontained.
A view of Tucson from Tumamoc Hill.

Daily news roundup: Arizona COVID-19 cases, educators on reopening calls

Jul 8, 2020 Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, July 8.
A row of empty lockers in a hallway at Marana Middle School.

White House calls for quick return to school; some Arizona parents, educators balk

Jul 8, 2020 Some teachers and parents in Arizona said they worry that schools here will not be able to find safe ways to reopen.
A Tucson Police car on patrol.

Tucson repeals controversial ordinance on police crime scenes

Jul 8, 2020 Groups like the ACLU opposed the rule, which was widely criticized as an attempt to prevent the recording of police.
Newspaper classified listings.

Arizona weekly unemployment claims close to a record

Jul 7, 2020 Claims are within a few thousand of the highest since the pandemic began.
Downtown Tucson, Oct. 23, 2019.

Daily news roundup: AZ tops nation for positive COVID-19 test rate, businesses' aid running out

Jul 7, 2020 Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, July 7.
A woman speaks to someone in a vehicle seeking a COVID-19 test at a drive-thru testing site set up at Walgreens in Tucson on April 21, 2020.

Pima County moves to 'dramatically' expand contact tracing

Jul 7, 2020 The county signed with a health care contractor to ramp up its efforts.
Tucson Police Department Chief Chris Magnus, at a June 24, 2020 media briefing.

TPD forms board to review 'critical' incidents

Jul 7, 2020 The new board will review the events that lead to the death of Carlos Ingram-Lopez in Tucson police custody in April.
Demonstrators hold signs against police brutality and violence during the Black Lives Matter Tucson: Celebration of Black Lives on the University of Arizona campus on June 6, 2020.

Tucson advocates say there's still time to push for police defunding in city budget

Jul 7, 2020 Black Lives Matter Tucson is urging community members to speak up at this week's City Council meeting.
A handwritten sign posted by a business on Fourth Avenue about the store's closure as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Arizona employers received more than $7 billion in PPP loans. But what’s next?

Jul 7, 2020 Record case counts and the return of mandated closures threaten to erase the program’s gains.
Arizona has its first COVID-19 test that uses saliva. More than 6,000 people have already been tested using the test, ASU scientists say.

ASU researchers develop cheaper, faster saliva test for COVID-19

Jul 7, 2020 Saliva tests may be even more accurate than nasal tests, the director of ASU's Biodesign Institute says.
Demonstrators in Sonoyta, Sonora, are blocking southbound tourists from entering Mexico at the Lukeville-Sonoyta port of entry over coronavirus concerns.

Sonora border town residents block U.S. citizens from entering Mexico

Jul 7, 2020 Exceptions for some Rocky Point-bound travelers prompted residents of Sonoyta to block the port of entry over the weekend.
The view of the Tucson Skyline from A Mountain. Oct. 23, 2019.

Daily News Roundup: AZ COVID-19 cases top 100K, primary registration due, cross-border infections

Jul 6, 2020 Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, July 6

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