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Transmission electron micrograph of SARS-CoV-2 virus particles, isolated from a patient. Image captured and color-enhanced at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility (IRF) in Fort Detrick, Maryland.

Arizona virus death roll tops 8K with 2nd-largest daily rise

The Pima County Health Department on Monday warned that Tucson’s health care system was in danger of being overwhelmed.
GREAT PERFORMANCES "From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 2021" Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

GREAT PERFORMANCES : From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 2021

FRIDAY at 8
The owner of Shish Kebab House of Tucson (center) and employees work in the kitchen to fill to-go orders. The restaurant saw a sharp decline in business when it had to halt dine-in service during the Arizona's stay-at-home order. April 2020.

New state benchmarks mean bars, restaurants can stay open

Relaxed rules were enacted last week with little notice.
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Joe Bonamassa: Royal Tea Live

THURSDAY at 8
Sanditon, the new 8-part series from MASTERPIECE begins on Sunday, January 12 on PBS 6.

Sanditon Marathon

SUNDAY at 7

A Celebration of Hope and Holiness

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A group of men, women and children prepare their documents after approaching and surrendering to Border Patrol in the Yuma Sector, 2019.

Arizona migrant border deaths on track for record amid heat

Record heat in Arizona takes its toll
A row of empty lockers in a hallway at Marana Middle School.

Education notebook: Schools end the semester with budget and student grade woes

A look back at this week's education stories in Southern Arizona and the state.
File image of equipment in a trauma room at a hospital in Tucson.

Arizona continues string of record COVID-19 hospitalizations

The state also reported a fourth straight day of triple-digit deaths due to the current coronavirus surge.

Arizona weekly unemployment continues to fall

A major unemployment program is closing down.
Pima County Public Library director Amber Mathewson organizes books at the system's downtown branch on May 29, 2020.

Some Pima County libraries closing, changing service due to COVID-19 surge

Libraries will keep patrons outside.
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.

Arizona to receive fewer vaccine doses than expected next week, health department says

The state will receive about 30,000 fewer Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines than expected for the week of Dec. 20.
A sign outside the east entrance to Banner University Medicine directing visitors and patients to the emergency room.

Banner-Phoenix morgue overflows with COVID-19 dead

Hospital calls on refrigerated trucks as the pandemic grows.
A view of downtown Tucson.

News roundup: Vaccine arrives in Pima County, checking in on the Santa Cruz River

Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, Dec. 18.
Opioid overdoses in Arizona spiked during March, the first month of the COVID-19 pandemic, and hit a high of 500 in August. Advocates worry that the epidemic, involving both prescription and illicit opioids, is both aggravated by pandemic conditions and masked by them.

With focus on COVID-19, experts fear opioid crisis may worsen unseen

Local and national experts say a growing number of opioid overdoses and deaths is being overlooked.
This stretch of the Colorado River near Moab, Utah is currently in extreme drought.

Colorado River watershed forecast looks very dry for start of 2021

The Colorado River’s largest reservoirs are likely to drop next year if demands stay the same.

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