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A border patrol vehicle drives along the border wall in Douglas, Ariz. January 2021.

Border apprehensions rose to a new high in July, but so-called Title 42 expulsions are slightly down

Border-wide, less migrants were subject to Title 42 than were taken into custody. Still, less than half were released in the U.S.
This transmission electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2—also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus that causes COVID-19—isolated from a patient in the U.S.

Arizona reports 3K virus cases for first time in 6 months

The state also reported 23 more deaths.
A housing subdivision under construction in Tucson off Silverbell Road. December 2020.

Census shows Arizona's biggest city grew as some rural counties shrank

Pima County, which includes Tucson, saw its population grow by 6.4% from 2010 to 2020.
This illustration provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in January 2020 shows the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV).

Arizona reports 2,970 more COVID-19 cases, most in 6 months

The number of virus patients occupying hospital beds also continued to climb on Thursday.
Soldier Canyon in the Catalina Mountains.

Measuring the Monsoon.

Also on Arizona Spotlight: 'Tis the season for mushroom hunters on Mount Lemmon; and "Gloria: A Life" returns to The Invisible Theatre.
A health care worker prepares doses of the COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination event in Globe on March 13, 2021.

Banner leader says hospitals seeing sharp rise in COVID cases, especially among children

Banner Chief Clinical Officer Dr. Marjorie Bessel urged the public to get vaccinated to protect those who are too young.
A sign outside of the University of Arizona bookstore reminds visitors that masks are required to enter.

University of Arizona will require masks indoors

ASU, NAU also announce mask requirements amid rising number of COVID-19 cases statewide.
Arizona State Capitol building.

Arizona state senator accused of molestation resigning

The Phoenix-area lawmaker faced growing calls to step down.
Since the year 2000, the Pima County Medical Examiner has received nearly 4,000 sets of human remains from people who died crossing the U.S.-Mexico border into Arizona. Here, a cross marking the place where a man in his 30s died in 2009 lays a few hundred yards from one of the water stations the nonprofit Humane Borders sets out for migrants crossing the desert.

Deaths along the Arizona-Mexico border are on pace to set a new record

More than 140 sets of remains have been recovered from the Arizona desert so far this year.
The bridge over the Pantano Wash, at Broadway and Pantano on Tucson's east side.

Dozens of Arizona bridges in “poor” condition

New federal infrastructure dollars could help.
This illustration provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in January 2020 shows the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV).

Arizona reports another 2,582 COVID-19 cases, 12 more deaths

Arizona has now hit a week of more than 2,000 new COVID-19 cases a day.
A sign on the campus of the University of Arizona directs visitors to a COVID-19 testing site, August 2020.

UA to open with in-person classes

Arizona requirements keep the university from mandating vaccines and masks.
This transmission electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2—also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus that causes COVID-19—isolated from a patient in the U.S.

Arizona reports more than 2,000 COVID-19 cases for 6th day

Virus-related hospitalizations continue to climb with 1,380 as of Sunday.
A flag flies by the dome of the U.S. Capitol.

Foothills want out of current congressional and legislative districts

Residents gave the Independent Redistricting Commission an earful.
COVID19

Arizona reports over 2K more COVID cases on 4th straight day

Seven-day rolling average of daily new cases nearly doubled over the past two weeks.
A staff member with the Casa Alitas Welcome Center gives an orientation to migrants who have just been brought from Nogales by the Border Patrol. Migrants will stay at the center for a few days while working out travel arrangements to connect with family in the U.S.

Migrants from Texas being flown to Tucson

As Rio Grande Valley surpasses capacity, Pima County administrator says some migrants and asylum seekers are coming to Tucson.

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