TMC integrates temporary emergency employees to help combat COVID-19
An experienced team of professionals known as the Medical Disaster Assistance Team and the Trauma Critical Care Team have reported for duty in Tucson…
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Tucson gyms close doors; owners feel Gov. Ducey singled them out
Bietendorf said she speaks for a lot of gym owners in Tucson. They simply do not have the funds like the gyms in Phoenix to sue the governor over his…
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DIGGING DEEPER: Gun, ammo sales surge since start of pandemic
Chavez says due to such high demand right now, he can hardly keep ammo in stock. As demand surges, so do prices from his suppliers, especially when…
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Tucson City Council passes 2020-21 budget amid controversy for police funding
Tucson City Council and Mayor approved the 20-21 fiscal year budget on Tuesday. Before the vote a public hearing was called with many calls to defund…
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Five officers investigated over use of force at Austin protests
The investigation follows public outcry after two people participating in protests in Austin were seriously injured by officers’ bean bag rounds,…
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Firefighters stand for moment of silence seven years after Yarnell Hill Fire
The 19 members of the Granite Mountain Hotshots were overcome after a change in wind direction pushed the flames back toward their position in…
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Judge temporarily blocks tell-all book by Trump’s niece
Judge Hal B. Greenwald in Poughkeepsie ordered Tuesday that no portion of the book can be distributed before he decides the validity of Robert…
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Some bars that serve food allowed to be open under governor’s COVID-19 shutdown
Most of the state’s bars and nightclubs re-opened after Ducey’s “Stay At Home” orders expired in May. However, now there’s a new set of rules…
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Hundreds of TUSD parents, teachers sign letter to delay in-person classes
A week before the governor made his decision, three moms in the Tucson Unified School District wrote a letter to the TUSD school board and the…
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Boston to remove statue of slave kneeling before Abraham Lincoln
The commission had fielded escalating complaints about the Emancipation Memorial, also known as the Emancipation Group and the Freedman’s Memorial,…
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