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A view of downtown Tucson.

News roundup: State breaks single-day case count record, UA secures online university

Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, Dec. 1.
Arizona Chief Justice Robert Brutinel, Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, Governor Doug Ducey, and Attorney General Mark Brnovich certify the 2020 General Election. Nov. 30, 2020

Arizona officially certifies election results

Certification came while Rudy Giuliani said Arizona's election was filled with fraud.
Mayor Regina Romero meets with reporters minutes before being sworn into office. December 2, 2019

Tucson mayor recommends mandatory curfew

The City Council will meet Tuesday to vote on a curfew and economic relief.
Dr. Jill Jim - executive director of the Navajo Nation Department of Health

Dr. Jill Jim named a member of President-elect Joe Biden’s COVID-19 advisory board

Executive Director of Navajo Nation Department of Health
Organic marijuana being grown at an Arizona farm for processing into medical marijuana.

Arizona county prosecutors join in dropping pot charges

The move comes in response to Prop 207 passage
A sign notifies people masks are required in order to enter a polling site set up at Tucson's Temple Emanu-El on the day of Arizona's primary election, August 4, 2020.

University researchers recommend 3-week shutdown, mask order

UA COVID Modeling Team warn of potential disaster from current surge
A Centers for Disease Control illustration of the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19.

COVID-19 surge continues across the state

All counties have now moved up to the moderate range
A woman stands with her luggage in the baggage claim area of the Tucson International Airport on August 10, 2020.

Passengers head to Tucson airport despite travel warnings

The airport estimates 6,000 to 7,400 passengers passed through the terminal Wednesday.
Students walk near the fountain at Old Main on the University of Arizona campus. From August 2019.

Attorney General Brnovich can challenge ABOR over DACA tuition

The state Supreme Court allows a tuition suit to go forward.
The search for lost loved ones is continuous in and around Brooks County, Texas. Omar Roman-Gonzalez and Michelle Chinos put up flyers in the search for Omar's brother Homero Roman, who had already been missing for two years when the film begins.

"Missing in Brooks County" captures perseverance and tragedy from the U.S. / Mexico border.

Also on Arizona Spotlight: Live Theater Worksop's outdoor drive-in stage experience "Having Our Say"; and some intricate acoustic swing from The Django Shredders.
Both a customer and stylists wear face masks during a hair cut at Eclips Cuts Salon in Tucson on May 12, 2020. The salon reopened when Arizona eased COVID-19-related restrictions that had ordered barbers and salons to close.

COVID-19 rules are difficult to enforce

Numbers are rising and officials need the community to buy in.
Gail Kocourek, 69, stands inside an area where migrants are processed on the Mexican side of the port of entry in Sasabe. This fall, Kocourek and other volunteers started making bi-weekly trips to the area to hand out food and water to migrants after they've been expelled by Border Patrol agents.

'No right way': Rapid migrant expulsions transform remote border crossing

Aid groups say Trump administration's pandemic-era expulsions trap migrants in a borderland ill-equipped to care for them.
Downtown Tucson, Oct, 23, 2019.

News roundup: Pandemic at levels not seen since summer, tribal nations hit hard

Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, Nov. 24.
A sign outside the east entrance to Banner University Medicine directing visitors and patients to the emergency room.

Banner forecast to exceed hospital capacity next week

Officials are urging Arizonans to adjust Thanksgiving plans.
The University of Arizona campus, August 2018.

UA working on plans for spring semester

COVID-19 numbers will determine how the university teaches classes in the spring.
COVID19

Pima County top health official warns of 'sobering weeks ahead' with pandemic

County puts voluntary curfew in place for the rest of the year.

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