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Passengers at Tucson International Airport wait to pick up their luggage in baggage claim. August 2020.

Passenger totals plunge at Arizona’s major airports

Tucson International Airport recorded its lowest numbers since 1982.
A vial of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.

Once approved, should children receive the COVID-19 vaccine?

A discussion with pediatric infectious disease specialist Dr. Wassim Ballan.
A COVID-19 vaccination site set up on the University of Arizona Mall. January 2021.

High-capacity vaccine site, childhood vaccines, air travel impacts

Plus, analyzing Arizona's economic recovery and the pandemic's impacts on health care.
Councilwoman Claudette White, a member of the Quechan Indian Tribal Council, died Feb. 6, 2021 after contracting COVID-19. She also served on the Quechan and San Manuel Band of Mission Indians tribal courts.

Fort Yuma Quechan Tribal Council member dies after getting COVID-19

Claudette White was new to the council but had a legal history in tribal courts as a judge.
Jasmine Blackwater-Nygren will be replacing former Arizona State Representative Arlando Teller in District 7.

New District 7 state representative named

Jasmine Blackwater-Nygren was appointed the newest representative for District 7.
A scene from the Oak Flat campground, a site sacred to Apache peoples and the epicenter of lawsuits trying to block the development of a large copper mine.

A conversation with law expert about Oak Flat and treaties

Law Professor Stacy Leeds discusses how a treaty from 1852 has bearing in the battle over Oak Flat.
A tent at the University of Arizona where people can confirm their COVID-19 vaccine appointment. January 2021.

UA vaccine site to be expanded

State, county officials differ over vaccine source.
A Customs and Border Protection employee in 2018.

New lawsuit revisits near-fatal Border Patrol shooting in Nogales

A Tucson man who almost died at a border crossing in 2019 is suing DHS
A Tucson Unified School District Bus.

TUSD eyes March reopening

Students could enroll in remote, in-person or hybrid instruction based on grade level
Ga'an Canyon is a place where beings who have been compared to angels live according to the Apache religion. It is near Oak Flat.

Nearly 200 organizations ask Biden to save Oak Flat

A letter calls on the Biden Administration to stop the land transfer of the religious site to Resolution Copper, among other things.
Host, Henry Louis Gates Jr. inside of Historic Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, GA.

The Black Church: This is Our Story, This Our Song Part 1

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Using Media to Know Better, Teach Better

Cultivate critical media literacy skills within your professional practice.
Maricopa County Superior Court

Judge refuses to block Arizona's new education tax

Ruling rejects constitutional challenge to Prop. 208
Health care workers prepare to administer a doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine at a distribution site at Banner - University Medical North in Tucson on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020.

State wants 24/7 COVID-19 vaccine site in Pima County

Vaccine shortage means cuts to local centers.
Downtown Tucson, Oct, 23, 2019.

News roundup: Climate plan seeks community input, UA plans for more in-person classes

Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, Feb. 9.
Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez said the "Stay home, stay safe" message from the tribal government guarantees that businesses in the nation have the "the safest environment" compared to those outside its tribal lands during the pandemic.

Navajo Nation reports 98% of available COVID-19 vaccine doses administered

The Navajo Nation and other tribes will also soon split hundreds of millions in federal COVID-19 relief.

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