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

UA readies for more in-person classes

Officials are hoping all students are vaccinated by the end of the semester.
Dr. Cara Christ, the head of the Arizona Dept. of Health Services, took the President and Vice President on a virtual tour of State Farm Stadium in Glendale. The facility is a state-run mass vaccination site for COVID-19 that operates around the clock.

Biden and Harris “visit” state COVID-19 vaccination site

The President and Vice President had plenty of praise for Arizona.
Downtown Tucson, Oct. 23, 2019.

News roundup: Feds send fewer vaccine doses to AZ, Biden takes virtual visit of distribution center

Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, Feb. 8.
The sun sets over Tucson in July 2020, which was the hottest July on record.

Tucson mayor asks community for help guiding climate action plan

A survey open through the end of March invites residents to prioritize actions city can take.
Scientists are theorizing why children avoid serious COVID-19 infection.

Child COVID cases starting to be studied

Researchers are asking why kids are less likely to contract serious COVID-19 infections.
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Arizona reports 1,544 new COVID-19 cases, 37 more deaths

Health officials brace for potential surge from Super Bowl gatherings
A container holds several vials of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine at a distribution event at Tucson Medical Center on Jan. 15, 2021.

Pima County COVID-19 vaccine shortage due to federal government

The state made an error in ordering according to a member of Congress.
Arizona Governor Doug Ducey sits for an interview with Arizona 360 in his office at the Arizona Capitol on Jan. 13, 2021.

Congressional Dems ask Ducey to explain use of COVID-19 cash

Ducey used more than 20% of the $1.86 billion the state received in federal CARES Act relief cash to backfill agency budgets
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 COVID-19 death toll tops 14K; caution urged for Super Bowl

Case numbers have been dropping, but health officials remain concerned.
A Mexican gray wolf.

Endangered wolves sent from Arizona to Texas to aid species

The move is designed to help increase the population of these endangered predators
Tucson students head to buses after getting out of class.

Education notebook: State superintendent tackles education funding, educator vaccinations continue

A look back at this week's education stories in Southern Arizona and the state.
With residences in the foreground, the Bighorn Fire burns in the Santa Catalina Mountains on June 10, 2020.

Forecasters: Arizona faces above-normal wildfire threats

Severe drought raises the danger in 2021
Downtown Tucson, Oct. 23, 2019.

News roundup: Changes come to local justice system, health officials answer common vaccine questions

Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, Feb. 5.
Oak Flat, east of Superior, Arizona. A company proposes to build one of the world's largest underground copper mines at this location.

Oak Flat: Opposing op-eds try to sway public opinion

While Resolution Copper brought up the positive economic impacts of a mine, the San Carlos Apache Tribe calls out desecration.
Volunteers with the WORKship Project wait to distribute to-go meals for the homeless in an alley outside of the Z Mansion in downtown Tucson on Feb. 1, 2021.

Pandemic puts added pressures on Tucson’s homeless and impoverished

We see how volunteers and nonprofit leaders are doing their part to help.
A bundle of syringes at a COVID-19 vaccination site at Tucson Medical Center. January 2021.

What protocols to follow after getting the COVID-19 vaccine

Insight from UA public health researcher Dr. Joe Gerald.

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