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At-Home Learning Tips From an Educator Mom

During this time of at-home learning, rest assured, you can do this!
20 years after they were abandoned by their mother, Danny and Raymond Jacob still support each other through tough times.

Broken Places

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L-R researchers Connor Stahl, Sachin Chaudhary M. D., and Christopher Morton prepare to test 3D printed respirator mask at the University of Arizona

UA team developing 3D-printed masks to protect doctors against coronavirus

The team is responding to an anticipated shortage of masks at Banner University Medical Center.
A construction worker works on installing 30-foot bollard fencing along Arizona's border with Mexico in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, February 2020.

Groups question risk, expense of border wall construction during coronavirus pandemic

Critics say big construction crews are still at work — increasing the risk of spreading the virus and traveling to other states.
Students and families receive packaged meals from Tucson Unified School District workers who are distributing meals along the district's bus routes during closures associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.

TUSD distributes thousands of meals in Grab-and-Go program

Students sent home because of the COVID-19 pandemic can still receive breakfast and lunch from their districts.
A line of lockers at a high school.

Arizona schools will stay closed through the end of the school year

Gov. Doug Ducey and Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy Hoffman made the announcement Monday morning.
Banner Health workers seal a collection kit at a drive-thru testing site, in this undated still image from video. Banner says the testing is by <a href="https://www.bannerhealth.com/patients/patient-resources/covid-19" target="_blank">appointment only</a>.

Gov. Ducey issues stay-at-home order for Arizona

The executive order is effective Tuesday at 5 p.m.

Arizona coronavirus news in brief, March 30

Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona: School closure extended, hospital bed capacity, and more.
Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez during the announcement of the curfew March 29, 2020, in this still image from a Facebook Live video.

Navajo Nation enacting curfew to stem coronavirus spread

Navajo Nation President “gets stern” and tells people to stay home as COVID-19 cases climb above 100.
President Theodore Roosevelt surveys the construction of the Panama Canal, 1906

The Roosevelts: An Intimate History: In The Arena (1901-1910)

SATURDAY at 11 am
A UA psychology professor says our level of engagement with news and social media has a huge effect on our anxiety levels.

UA psychology professor offers tips for navigating uncertainty of coronavirus

The first piece of advice? Lower the expectations you put on yourself and others.
File photo of a pedestrian crossing at the U.S.-Mexico border in Nogales.

Officials take temperatures of southbound border crossers in Nogales, Sonora

The U.S. has closed the border with Mexico to all "non-essential" travel, but Mexico has not yet broadly implemented similar restrictions.
File image of a row of lockers in a school.

Arizona schools will stay closed through the end of the school year

Gov. Doug Ducey and Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy Hoffman made the announcement Monday morning.
An eye exam hangs on the wall of a health clinic.

Arizona hospital group says target for adding beds is a tall order, but possible

The governor has ordered hospitals to increase bed capacity by 50% by the end of April.
Gov. Doug Ducey, June 2019.

Arizonans take to internet to urge Gov. Ducey to issue shelter-in-place order

An online petition had garnered more than 180,000 signatures as of Monday morning.
Businesses like Creative Juice painting studio are adapting to distancing measures put in place to slow the spread of COVID-19.

Painting studio moves online as COVID-19 forces businesses to close or evolve

The 8-year-old Creative Juice is offering free classes on Facebook, as many businesses adapt to closures and distancing measures.

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