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Daily News Roundup: Banner ICUs filling, deaths top 1,000, protests and policing

Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, June 5.

Arizona courts lean on technology as they transition back to in-person proceedings

The bulk of Pima County cases have been postponed, and one administrator expects a "tsunami of cases" when courts fully resume.

A lock-out notice was placed on the door of Rincon Market in the Sam Hughes neighborhood.

Rincon Market locked out after owner fails to pay rent

The neighborhood grocery store opened in 1926.

Protesters in support of DACA recipients gathered outside Tucson City Hall on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017.

Arizona DACA recipients in limbo as Supreme Court decision draws near

The court could decide the future of the Obama-era policy at any time this month.

Plywood covers a business in downtown Tucson on June 1, 2020. Businesses boarded up windows days after protests related to the police killing of George Floyd resulted $200,000 worth of damage downtown.

TPD chief discusses curfew, racial injustice and police reform

Christopher Conover hears from Chief Chris Magnus and Mayor Regina Romero.

A sign protesting racial injustice at a candlelight vigil held in memory of George Floyd at the Dunbar Pavilion in Tucson on June 1, 2020.

Protests in Tucson, nationwide, shine spotlight on systemic racism

A discussion with community organizers and Black Lives Matter Tucson member Lola Rainey.

The windows of Charro Steak on East Broadway boarded up on June 1, 2020.

Statewide curfew delays restaurant reopenings

Tucson's Downtown Kitchen and Cocktails reopens Friday — one week later than planned.

Demonstrators hold up their fists and lights during a moment of silence at a candlelight vigil in memory of George Floyd at the Dunbar Pavilion in Tucson on June 1, 2020.

Black Lives Matter, policing protests, civil discourse

Plus, a local artist shares his experiences as a Black man in America in his Own Words.

Daily News Roundup: Ducey on rise in cases, UA demonstration

Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, June 4.

Fisherman Ruben Orozco sits in the front of his small boat, or panga, outside the town of San Felipe in October 2018.

For fishermen near vaquita habitat, government assistance falls short

A group says the current situation is pushing fishermen to turn to poaching, which threatens the few remaining porpoises.

Gov. Doug Ducey at a June 4, 2020 press briefing.

Gov. Ducey defends reopening decisions as COVID-19 cases rise

The governor also addressed statewide protests related to the killing of George Floyd.

File image of an empty classroom at Sabino High School in Tucson.

How Southern Arizona schools and summer camps are adapting to COVID-19

Schools, summer camps and child care centers are tasked with finding a safe way to engage kids during the pandemic.

Speakers gather around sisters Jasmine and Janel Drummer as Janel reads an emotional account of her experiences during the March for Justice Tucson event at the University of Arizona campus on June 4, 2020.

Students lead peaceful demonstration on UA campus against police brutality

Black community members spoke about experiencing racism and the need to enact long-term change .

This border screen system installed in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument was being replaced in 2020 with a 30-foot-high bollard border wall because Border Patrol officials said it was being cut through. Now the new border wall is also being breached.

Border Patrol turns to private industry for ideas to stop border wall breaches

The agency is asking contractors for ideas to "leapfrog current technology."

A March 15 Arizona Department of Health Services photo of COVID-19 tests.

COVID-19 cases surge in Arizona two weeks after stay-home order lifted

The number of people hospitalized for the coronavirus is also reaching new highs.

Daily roundup: COVID-19 case surge, hundreds face eviction, school reopening plan

Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, June 3.

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