Stories - AZPM

An electronic sign notifies the public that appointments are required to receive a COVID-19 vaccine at one of Pima County's vaccination sites. January 2021.

AZ turns down FEMA COVID vaccine sites, Pima County unhappy

The county is still trying to get the federal help.

COVID-19 vaccinations are administered in a drive-up facility at Banner South. From January 25, 2021.

Pima County considers requiring vaccines for employees

Supervisors discuss possible mandate.

A dose of the COVID-19 vaccine just as it is about to be administered during a vaccination event at Tucson Medical Center. January 2021.

Four cases of UK variant detected in Pima County

Cullen says there's no sign it's spreading rapidly here.

Bruce McGrew (photo from Joy Fox Mcgrew archive)

"Bend in the Wash: The Rancho Linda Vista Artist Community"

Also on Arizona Spotlight: Searching for gamma-rays with a telescope array in the Santa Rita Mountains, and film essayist Chris Dashiell on the masterpiece “La Jetée”.

At the St. Mary's Road access to The Loop at the Santa Cruz River Park.

Surveys aim to track trash making it into the Santa Cruz River

The Sonoran Institute is leading an effort to quantify the trash ending up in the river with the hope of eventually reducing it.

Two children color at Casa Alitas' shelter for migrants and asylum-seeking families on Sept. 30, 2019.

Aid groups in Arizona ramp up efforts to host migrants and coordinate care

Amid a record number of border apprehensions, Arizona lawmakers, aid workers respond to new migrant arrivals

Signs advertise a drive-thru COVID-19 testing site outside of Walgreens in Tucson on April 21, 2020.

Pima County wants to know where the money is

Officials say they still haven’t received promised money for COVID-19 testing.

File image of students using school-provided laptops in the Sunnyside Unified School District.

Pima County Health Director 'comfortable' with school reopening

Dr. Theresa Cullen expects most teachers to have their shots by March 15.

From left to right: Arizona 360 host Lorraine Rivera, Green Valley News/Sahuarita Sun editor Dan Shearer, Tucson Weekly/Tucson Local Media executive editor Jim Nintzel.

Roundtable: vaccine rollout, Pima County supervisors, political violence

Guests include Dan Shearer of the Green Valley News/Sahuarita Sun and Jim Nintzel of Tucson Local Media.

A COVID-19 vaccination record card is received following the administration of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at Banner University South.

UA gives Pima County COVID-19 vaccines

The Moderna doses will allow community outreach.

Mobile vaccination clinics return this weekend

Vaccine shortage canceled the pop-up sites,

A Centers for Disease Control illustration of the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19.

CDC says Arizona ranks third in the country for COVID-19 deaths per capita

State reports more than 1,800 new COVID-19 cases and 25 additional deaths

A container holds several vials of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine at a distribution event at Tucson Medical Center on Jan. 15, 2021.

County vaccine supply should recover next week

Weather delays and decreased allotments led to cancelations this week, but more vaccine should arrive in the coming days.

Pima County COVID-19 testing at the Kino Events Center, July 13.

State releases more COVID-19 testing funds to counties

The state health department announced that $100 million is now available.

People wait to be tested for COVID-19 at the Kino Sports Complex, in this July 13 courtesy photo from Pima County.

Pima County may stop COVID-19 testing

Officials said they don’t have the money to continue.

W. Anne Gibson-Esmond Station Library at 10931 E. Mary Ann Cleveland Way.

Vail area gets Pima County public library branch

W. Anne Gibson-Esmond Station Library, near Empire High School, opened Tuesday.

More Pima County Stories