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Pima County Administrator Chuck Huckelberry at his desk in 2019.

Pima County Board balks at Huckelberry contract

Jan 5, 2021 Three rookie board members want 2 weeks to think about it.
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.

Pima County leads state in vaccinations

Jan 5, 2021 County health officials hope to move into Phase 1B by late next week.
A Centers for Disease Control illustration of the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19.

Arizona reports record deaths, leads nation in new case rate

Jan 5, 2021 Also a record number of hospital beds are occupied by COVID-19 patients statewide
The Tucson Skyline. October 23, 2019.

News roundup: Pandemic expenses rise, ICU capacity remains low, Ducey 'state of the state' will be virtual

Jan 4, 2021 Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, Jan. 4.
A man sits on the curb at Santa Rita Park in Tucson.

Virus fears halt Arizona county's annual homeless count

Jan 4, 2021 Federal government allows opt out
Bars of a jail cell.

New Pima County attorney drops cash bail, some deportations

Jan 4, 2021 Laura Conover took office Monday, replacing Barbara LaWall.
An employee for Southwest Airlines helps passengers at the ticket counter inside the Tucson International Airport on August 10, 2020.

Tucson airport has highest passenger count since March

Jan 4, 2021 The airport still had less than half the pre-pandemic numbers compared to last year.
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey delivers his 2020 State of the State address, Jan. 13, 2020.

Ducey to deliver 'state of the state' speech virtually

Jan 4, 2021 The plan is to limit the spread of COVID-19
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Arizona reports more than 5,100 new COVID-19 cases, 3 deaths

Jan 4, 2021 More than 850 news cases in Pima County, nearly 80 in Cochise County
The Pima County Board of Supervisors meets at the County Administration Building in downtown Tucson.

Pima County's COVID-19 costs keep growing

Jan 4, 2021 Federal money for the pandemic has run out.
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 hits new daily high in COVID-19 cases, more than 2,200 in Pima County

Jan 3, 2021 Hospital beds also remain in very short supply
Kathy Hoffman won the election for Arizona superintendent for public instruction.

Ducey rejects request for 2-week school 'quarantine'

Jan 2, 2021 Governor rejects recommendation of state Superintendent of Public Instruction
Mural on the side of building in Shiprock, New Mexico, in the Nation Nation March 22, 2020.

Fast rollout of virus vaccine trials reveals tribal distrust

Jan 2, 2021 Suspicion difficult to overcome
This stretch of the Colorado River near Moab, Utah is currently in extreme drought.

National Weather Service: Dryness defined 2020 in Southwest

Jan 2, 2021 Record or near-record dryness across Arizona and the region
Some restaurants opened for dine-in service on Monday, while others said they plan to wait until they feel it's safe for staff and customers.

Arizona increases minimum wage to $12.15 an hour

Jan 2, 2021 AZ one of 21 states with increased minimum wages in 2021
A handout image from Banner Health shows a health care worker in one of the hospital's COVID-19 units.

Health officials: Arizona COVID-19 triage care again likely

Jan 1, 2021 Surging Coronavirus cases crowding intensive care units.

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