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Downtown Tucson, Oct. 23, 2019.

News roundup: Vaccine rollout reaches next phase, Ducey discusses pandemic, education and tax cuts

Jan 11, 2021 Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, Jan. 11.
The University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, has a retractable roof.

Arizona stadium opens as mass vaccination site as cases soar

Jan 11, 2021 Hospitals struggle to meet the demand of COVID-19 patients
The entrance to the Pima County Juvenile Courts.

Pima County Attorney's office goes virtual after COVID outbreak

Jan 11, 2021 Staff rushed to make the move over the weekend.
Gov. Doug Ducey delivers the annual State of the State address online due to COVID-19. Jan. 11, 2021

Gov. Ducey touts pandemic response, promises focus on education and tax cuts in annual address

Jan 11, 2021 The governor delivered his address virtually rather than in front of the state legislature.
Dr. Christian Bime, medical director of the ICU at Banner - UMC Tucson, receives a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on Dec. 17, 2020.

UA to start vaccinations Jan. 22

Jan 11, 2021 The university will be the primary place for educators to get vaccines in Pima County.
The proposed Aspera mission will chart the territory between galaxies from Earth orbit.

UA researchers receive grant to build new space telescope

Jan 11, 2021 The Aspera project is expected to launch in 2024.
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Arizona COVID-19 deaths exceed 10,000, cases pass 600,000

Jan 11, 2021 Arizona and Rhode Island are tied for the worst COVID-19 diagnosis rate in the country
The Cameron Peak Fire burned through the headwaters for northern Colorado's Poudre River and many of its small tributaries.

When wildfire burns a high mountain forest, what happens to the snow?

Jan 11, 2021 Researchers are trying to understand the impacts to water sources from large fires.
A health care worker holds a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine during a vaccination event at Banner - University Medicine North on Dec. 17, 2020.

Half of Arizona counties in phase 1B for vaccines

Jan 10, 2021 About 2% of the residents have been vaccinated.
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 reports 11,021 new COVID-19 cases, 105 more deaths

Jan 10, 2021 Pima County reported 1,555 new cases with 44 deaths
Cindy McCain at the casket of Sen. John McCain, lying in state in Phoenix, Aug. 29, 2018.

Arizona GOP to vote on resolution to censure Cindy McCain

Jan 10, 2021 The move is in reaction to McCain's support of Joe Biden for president over Donald Trump
Mural on the side of building in Shiprock, New Mexico, in the Nation Nation March 22, 2020.

Navajo Nation reports 237 new COVID-19 cases, 22 more deaths

Jan 9, 2021 Weekend lockdowns extend through Jan. 25
Members of the Arizona state Legislature meet at the Senate Building.

Arizona Legislature kicks off 2021 session amid virus surge

Jan 9, 2021 Republicans retain control of both chambers
The Tucson Unified School District building.

TUSD educators to get vaccine soon

Jan 9, 2021 Roll out scheduled to start Jan. 19
A student works on a laptop at University High School in Tucson, March 2019.

Education notebook: Growing AZ outbreak means more remote learning, vaccines for educators on horizon

Jan 9, 2021 A look back at this week's education stories in Southern Arizona and the state.
A Centers for Disease Control illustration of the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19.

Arizona tops COVID-19 marks of 10,000 deaths, 600,000 cases

Jan 9, 2021 State remains a coronavirus hotspot

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