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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.
Rillito River flows after a monsoon storm, July 2020

Major changes in environmental policy expected under Biden

Reclassifying Arizona waterways is among the items on the new administration's agenda
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.
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Pima County top health official warns of 'sobering weeks ahead' with pandemic

County puts voluntary curfew in place for the rest of the year.
The campus of Northern Arizona University, in Flagstaff.

NAU cracks down on students who don't get COVID tests

The university in Flagstaff locked students who hadn't received tests out of their online classes.
A marijuana plant.

Mexico’s Senate approves marijuana legalization measure

Mexico’s lower house still needs to debate and pass the legislation for it to become law.

Here's how the 2020 Pima County sheriff's race differed from 2016

Democrat Nanos flipped several precincts and chipped away at Republican Napier's margins in some conservative-leaning areas.
File image of an empty classroom at Sabino High School in Tucson.

Education notebook: Pandemic pushes students out of traditional schools

A look back at this week's education stories in Southern Arizona and the state.
A roasting Thanksgiving Turkey.

Cost of a Thanksgiving meal rises

A turkey dinner with all the fixings will cost 10% more this year.
Two shoppers wear masks in a Tucson grocery store.

Democratic Arizona mayors call for statewide mask mandate

The mayors of Tucson, Phoenix, Flagstaff and Tolleson want Gov. Doug Ducey to act.
A flier at the Mexican Consulate in Tucson notifies visitors of travel restrictions at the U.S.-Mexico border due to COVID-19. August 2020.

US-Mexico border closure extended through late December

Mexico's foreign ministry announced nonessential travel restrictions would stay in place through at least Dec. 21.

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