Slipped into an order about monitoring the Omicron variant of COVID-19, a new attempt by Gov. Ducey to block employee vaccine mandates in the city of Tucson and Pima County has local officials maintaining their stance that he has no such legal power.... Read more»
Pima County Administrator Chuck Huckelberry remains in the hospital after being hit while riding his bicycle 10 days ago, and is making "slow but steady progress" and his doctors "remain optimistic he will recover," his wife said.... Read more»
Pima County Administrator Chuck Huckelberry remains in the hospital with a "serious head injury and some broken ribs" after being hit while riding his bicycle this weekend, his family confirmed Tuesday.... Read more»
Pima County Administrator Chuck Huckelberry remains in the hospital after being knocked off his bicycle and critically hurt Saturday, but his family and county officials are keeping quiet about the severity of his injuries.... Read more»
The Tucson Weekly, Inside Tucson Business and Explorer have been sold to a Phoenix-area newspaper chain. Time Media Group has a pattern of buying small publications and cutting staff even further.... Read more»1
Unwilling to let counties and cities maintain mandates for face coverings, Gov. Doug Ducey signed a law that allows businesses to ignore local regulations. Immediately after signing the bill, he said the single-sentence bill "may have unintended consequences" and said state legislators were committed to fixing a "technical oversight." ... Read more»
Pima County's requirement that people wear face coverings in public to stem the spread of COVID-19 remains in effect despite Gov. Ducey's attempt to overrule it, the Arizona Attorney General's Office said Tuesday.... Read more»
Bars in Arizona will no longer have to operate under COVID-19 restrictions, said Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey, who also ordered that cities and counties can no longer mandate face-covering be worn in public — a move called "irresponsible, unethical and unprecedented" and "reckless" by local officials.... Read more»1
Citing a decline in new coronavirus cases, Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey on Friday ordered that capacity limits invoked last year for restaurants and bars, gyms, theaters and other public gathering spaces be lifted. Physical distancing and mask protocols will remain.... Read more»
Pima County plans to vaccinate 345,000 residents by the end of March, and possibly more than 775,000 people by June under an accelerated COVID-19 plan, but only if the "vaccine supply is not an issue" and federal funding is available.
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Voters should wear masks when they go to vote at the poll on Election Day in Pima County, officials said. That requirement is part of the public health protocols under emergency orders to stem the COVID-19 pandemic. ... Read more»
Pima County employees are concerned by a move to end coronavirus telecommuting, but County Administrator Huckelberry retreated a bit from his firm stance under pressure from the Board of Supervisors and workers.... Read more»
Twenty Arizonans have now tested postive for COVID-19 as the pandemic continues Tuesday and the number of people being tested in the state increases.... Read more»
The number of known cases of coronavirus increased by 50% overnight in Arizona, as more tests are being run after weeks of limited access even as the COVID-19 pandemic grew.... Read more»
New guidelines, private labs coming online, and access to more test kits should soon ramp up the number of patients who Arizona health authorities can diagnose for the COVID-19 virus, officials said.... Read more»
A second person in Pima County has been "presumptively diagnosed" with COVID-19 and is being treated at a local hospital, officials said.... Read more»1
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