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Martin Fontes installs a take out window in the doorway of Martin's Comida Chingona on March 18, 2020.

Caruso's, other local restaurants counting on takeout and delivery to make it through virus

Mar 19, 2020 Restaurants have few options after Tucson adopted the White House's latests COVID-19 guidelines.
The exterior of Tucson's Casino Del Sol.

Pascua Yaqui Tribe temporarily closing Casino del Sol and Casino of the Sun; Desert Diamond follows suit

Mar 18, 2020 The tribe expects it will take a significant financial hit as it shutters in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Rialto Theatre on March 17, when Tucson declared a local emergency in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

City of Tucson restricting gathering places, making changes to transit

Mar 18, 2020 The city declared a local emergency as it joins communities all over working to curb the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona.

Food bank starting 'drive-through' distribution and prepping for increased need

Mar 17, 2020 The organization also says it has increased its hygienic practices and canceled one of its top fundraising events of the year.
The Fox Tucson Theatre's sign on March 17 reads: "The show will go on! See you soon."

Rio Nuevo steps in to save Fox Tucson Theatre, but other downtown projects uncertain

Mar 17, 2020 A drop in sales tax due to the novel coronavirus could hamstring downtown redevelopment, the board chairman said.
VITA tax preparers help Pima County taxpayers in 2018.

Tax prep sessions canceled due to coronavirus

Mar 17, 2020 Locals counting on free help filing will have to go it alone due to concerns about the spread of COVID-19.
File photo of the Rialto Theatre, a Tucson venue that has canceled events to limit the spread of COVID-19.

As gigs get canceled, fundraiser aims to help keep Tucson musicians afloat

Mar 17, 2020 Performers are losing income as the city's venues cancel events or go dark to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus.
Gov. Doug Ducey, June 2019.

Ducey recommends Arizonans avoid going out: 'Our advice is don't'

Mar 17, 2020 The governor's response to the novel coronavirus does not go as far as other states.
In the 1990s, small, independent antique shops began to fold and dealers relocated into large antique malls. Midtown Antiques in Stillwater, Minnesota is likely the largest in the upper Midwest.

"Secondhand: Travels in the New Global Garage Sale"

Mar 11, 2020 Also on Arizona Spotlight: Adiba Nelson shares an open love letter to all women, everywhere; and how UA scientists are understanding climate change through research in the Southern Ocean.
An illustration from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reveals ultrastructural morphology exhibited by coronaviruses.

Pima County resident diagnosed with 'presumptive' COVID-19

Mar 9, 2020 The person traveled to an area with community spread of the new coronavirus, according to a release.
Looking out at the tower at the Tucson International Airport.

CBP moving to new airport location to streamline operations

Mar 6, 2020 The airport authority announced a $1.8 million plan to renovate the airport’s old executive terminal for CBP use.
Some of the clean power the Navajo Nation hopes to sell to Los Angeles will be produced by the sun.

Clean energy produced on Navajo land could help power Los Angeles

Mar 5, 2020 With the recent closure of the Navajo Generating Station, Navajo leaders are looking to jump start the tribal economy by partnering with Los Angeles.
The exterior of the AC Marriott Hotel in downtown Tucson.

Groups say development incentives are gentrifying Tucson

Mar 4, 2020 Activists say GPLET agreements drive up rents. The reality is more complicated.
The Supreme Court rejected Arizona’s bid to challenge what it says is California’s practice of unfairly assessing taxes on thousands of out-of-state businesses for “doing business” in the state, even though they may only own a stake in a company operating in California.

Supreme Court refuses to hear Arizona challenge to California tax law

Feb 25, 2020 The challenge came over a tax California collects from Arizona companies "doing business" in that state.
Arizona 360 host Lorraine Rivera interviews a classroom of University of Arizona seniors in the Blue Chip Leadership program on Feb. 18, 2020.

UA seniors discuss factors determining their next steps

Feb 21, 2020 Lorraine Rivera met with students in the Blue Chip Leadership program.
The University of Arizona Student Union Memorial Center.

UA finds a third of undergrads stay in the Tucson metro area after graduation

Feb 21, 2020 A university office conducts the survey to add data to the conversation about what students do after graduating.

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