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With more than 6,400 new cases reported today, the number of Arizona’s confirmed novel coronavirus cases topped 685,000 of Tuesday, Jan 19, according to the...

With more than 6,400 new cases reported today, the number of Arizona’s confirmed novel coronavirus cases topped 685,000 of Tuesday, Jan 19, according to the Arizona Department of Health Services.

Longtime arts writer Margaret Regan returns to our pages this week with a look at Etherton Gallerys latest show, El Sueño, an exhibit of photographs by Tom Kiefer. An Ajo resident, Kiefer worked as a janitor at a Border Patrol station and collected migrant belongings that had been tossed in the trash by agents. The objects formed the basis of Kiefers work in El Sueño, a haunting show that also includes work by Alejandro Cartigena and a selection of Mexican folk retablos. Regan will also moder...

With more than 9,900 new cases reported today, the number of Arizona’s confirmed novel coronavirus cases topped 584,000 as of Thursday, Jan 7, according to the Arizona Department of Health Services. Pima County, which reported 1,611 new cases today, has seen 77,854 of the state’s 584,593 confirmed cases. A total of 9,741 Arizonans have died after contracting COVID-19, including 1,189 deaths in Pima County, according to the Jan. 7 report. The number of hospitalized COVID cases statewid...

With more than 10,000 new cases reported today, the number of Arizona’s confirmed novel coronavirus cases topped a half-million as of Monday, Dec. 28, according to the Arizona Department of Health Services. Pima County, which reported 1,313 new cases today, has seen 67,360 of the state’s 504,423 confirmed cases. A total of 8,469 Arizonans have died after contracting COVID-19, including 983 deaths in Pima County, according to the Dec. 28 report. The number of hospitalized COVID cases s...

Tucson has a large nonprofit community that helps our community in crucial and diverse ways. In the spirit of giving that we embrace during the holiday season, Tucson Local Media shines a spotlight on many of our town’s charity organizations in the hopes that you’ll find one that deserves your support—especially since with many of them, you can get a dollar-for-dollar return on your contribution on your state taxes. In this year’s edition, managing editor Austin Counts looks...

Tucson, we have a problem. The novel coronavirus is widespread and our local hospitals are overrun with patients. We are experiencing the worst stage of the pandemic as we break the records set during the summer. Its so bad that local health officials are asking us to cancel big holiday parties for Christmas, New Years Eve and whatever else you might be celebrating as 2020 comes to an end. Staff reporter Nicole Ludden explains whats going on and fills you in on the arrival of the first doses of...

The holiday season of giving is upon us. So this week, were highlighting the challenges facing Tucsons large nonprofit community, which helps Southern Arizonans in crucial and diverse ways. We hope youll find one that deserves your support—especially since with many of them, you can get a dollar-for-dollar return on your contribution on your state taxes. Managing editor Austin Counts looks at how you can help the Community Food Bank, which has seen skyrocketing demand as COVID has wracked the...