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One out of two wasn’t bad, she’ll tell you ... The college graduate landed here in early September, figuring schools in Mesa start as they do in most of the country – after Labor Day. Negative: “I was too late. They start school here in August, and everyone had their hiring done by the time I got here,” she said with a laugh. Her brother, Gil Damiani, worked for the Mesa Fire and Medical Department. He told his sister they were hiring. “He said, ‘You have to be physically fit, but it’s a job where you really help the community.’ I thought about it,...

At 78, the Mesa man was eligible to get a COVID-19 vaccination. Theoretically, at least.  “I’ve been trying for two months to get an appointment,” he growled. “I tried online, I tried the telephone, I tried everything,” he said, frustrated over hours spent futilely. Adding gasoline to his fire was hearing that part-time residents in his Sunland Village neighborhood were already getting second shots. “All these snow birds are getting an appointment,” he said. Then, when he logged into the same state vaccination reservation website where he spent hours only...

and last updated 2021-02-03 06:51:57-05 MESA, AZ — Mesa fire officials, who are assisting COVID-19 vaccination efforts, said changing priorities led them to schedule and then cancel hundreds of shot appointments. Deputy Fire Chief Michelle Denton said state health officials asked the City of Mesa to immunize hundreds of police officers and thousands of school employees last month. “They said if...you have any left over, you can trickle those over to the City of Mesa essential workers, so we did,” Denton said. Just days later, according to Denton, Maricopa County health official...

Tim Hacker/Mesa Public Schools Mesa Public Schools held vaccination events for its employees interested in getting immunized against the COVID-19 virus. In a survey by the district, 76% said they had either gotten the vaccine or were interested. Like many school districts, San Carlos Unified was on spring break when the state decided to close school buildings due to the COVID-19 pandemic last March. This means it’s almost been a year since the district, located on the San Carlos Apache Reservation, started conducting classes remotely. But Assistant Superintendent of Academic Excellence Don...

A 23-year-old woman and her 2-year-old son were taken to a hospital in critical condition. A 32-year-old man was taken to a hospital in stable condition and a 1-year-old child was not injured.