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Children peer through the border fence in Nogales, Sonora during a march led by migrants on April 30, 2021 who wanted to call attention to immigration policies in the United States that have prevented them from entering the country while they seek political asylum.

State infrastructure, migrants march, vaccine hesitancy

Plus, an update on major roadway projects in southern Arizona

Arizona utility regulators reject 100% clean energy rules

Last minute changes caused unexpected rejection

The Bureau of Indian Affairs U.S Indian Police Academy May 6, 2021, virtually honored eight tribal officers who died in the line of duty. One was officer Officer Bryan Brown of the Tohono O'odham Nation Police Department.

Tribal police academy honors Tohono O'odham officer, Bryan Brown

The virtual ceremony remember eight tribal officers who died in the line of duty.

News roundup: Tohono O'odham district leaders discuss pandemic, Boneyard looks back on 75 years of history

Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, May 6.

Red dresses representing missing and murdered Indigenous women, displayed at the Verna N. Enos Toka Field on the Tohono O'odham Nation, 2018.

Navajo Nation remembers missing or murdered loved ones May 5

The Missing and Murdered Dine Relatives group hosted a Zoom meeting for loved ones impacted by the MMIWG crisis to share their stories.

Members of Indivisible Tohono and Tohono O'odham Nation district leaders discuss the impacts of the pandemic in a Facebook Live video May 4, 2021.

Tohono O'odham district leaders discuss impacts of COVID-19

As of mid-April, Tohono O'odham Nation Health Care reported 1,758 COVID-19 cases and 76 deaths.

A group of F-16s at AMARG is ready to go back into service as drones to help test new weapons. April 2021

The Boneyard spends 75 years adding to history books

The planes at AMARG are a history of U.S. air power.

The view of the Tucson Skyline from A Mountain. Oct. 23, 2019.

News roundup: TEP brings on new solar storage system, UA adds Asian Pacific American studies minor

Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, May 5.

TEP brings new renewable energy solar system online this month

With the addition of two new energy systems about 26% of TEP's power will be from renewable sources.

News roundup: County FEMA vaccination sites open, UA mobilizes vaccines

Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, May 4.

Asian Pacific Island research is largely limited to World War II era intervention.

New Asian Pacific American studies minor added to UA studies

It offers students a wider range of research into the history and culture of the region.

FEMA Operations Section Chief Mellisa Boudrye explains the workings of the registration area of a vaccination site managed by her agency at Pima Community College on May 3, 2021.

FEMA vaccination sites open in Pima County

Mobile clinics aim to reach underserved people.

Dozens of migrants walked through downtown Nogales asking President Joe Biden to restore the asylum system and begin processing.

In march through Nogales, migrants ask Biden to restore asylum process

This is the most recent in a series of demonstrations over the last year.

A bundle of syringes at a COVID-19 vaccination site at Tucson Medical Center. January 2021.

UA delivering mobile COVID-19 vaccines

The university is trying to take vaccines to people who need it.

A sign directs voters to a polling site set up at Temple Emanu-El in Tucson on Nov. 3, 2020.

Phoenix-area businessman Jim Lamon declares for Senate

The first Republican has announced a run for Senate.

A scene from the Oak Flat campground, a site sacred to Apache peoples and the epicenter of lawsuits trying to block the development of a large copper mine.

Save Oak Flat Act has passed out of U.S. House committee

The act has passed through the committee along party lines and will next go to the House floor.

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