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Signage inside a building at the University of Arizona promotes mask wearing on campus, July 2020.

UA not lifting mask requirements

The decision is despite Governor Ducey’s order allowing the end of mask mandates.
Arizona National Guard service members at a COVID-19 drive-thru testing site in the Tohono O'odham Nation in Sells, Arizona, July 6, 2020.

Anniversary of first COVID-19 cases among Tohono O'odham members

According Tohono O'odham Nation Health Care in early March 2021, 1,740 tribal members had contracted the disease.
The Tucson Skyline. October 23, 2019.

News roundup: TUSD reports from first week back, Sonoran officials die in plane crash on way to Tucson

Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, March 29.
A sign outside Banner - University Medicine North in Tucson for the hospital's COVID-19 vaccine distribution site. Dec. 17, 2020.

Pima County gets FEMA COVID-19 vaccine site

The state changes course on allowing FEMA to come in.
Gov. Doug Ducey at July 30 update on Arizona's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ducey reopens bars, lifts mask mandates

Tucson keeps mask rule under city charter
A woman receives a COVID-19 vaccine during a mobile event run by Pima County and Tucson Medical Center outside St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church on March 6, 2021.

Pima County continues to see vaccine demand outpace supply

The county's chief medical officer discusses the county's coordination with the state.
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey at a news conference at the University of Arizona where he spoke about state pods expanding COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to residents ages 16 and up. March 24, 2021.

Ducey touts expanded vaccine eligibility at state pods

He also discusses why he denied FEMA permission to open vaccination sites in Pima County.
Downtown Tucson, Oct, 23, 2019.

News roundup: Ducey lifts more COVID restrictions, Pima County expands vaccine eligibility

Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, March 25.

Arizona unemployment above national average

The state unemployment rate crept up in February.
A bundle of syringes at a COVID-19 vaccination site at Tucson Medical Center. January 2021.

Pima County expands COVID-19 vaccines to those age 16 and older

The county expansion comes with some restrictions.
A COVID-19 vaccination site set up on the University of Arizona Mall. January 2021.

Ducey offers to "revisit" FEMA vaccine offer

Pima County Supervisors support federal offer.
Governor Doug Ducey urges Arizonans to get their COVID-19 vaccination in a public service announcement released March 23, 2021.

New PSAs urge Arizonans to get vaccinated

Many appointments going unfilled as demand wanes.
The view of the Tucson Skyline from A Mountain. Oct. 23, 2019.

News roundup: Local officials discuss fed stimulus, nearby states prepare for Colorado River negotiations

Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, March 23.
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 rolling averages of COVID cases, deaths drop sharply

According to Johns Hopkins University data, the seven-day rolling average of daily cases plummeted

Local officials talk about new federal stimulus package

The $1.9 trillion dollar package includes funding for schools, local and tribal governments.
Downtown Tucson, Oct. 23, 2019.

News roundup: All adult Arizonans eligible for vaccine, state distribution sites plan to move inside

Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, March 22.

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