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A sign outside of the University of Arizona bookstore reminds visitors that masks are required to enter.

Arizona reports 3,247 new cases of COVID-19

University of Arizona aims to ramp up testing as students return to campus.

The Arizona State Capitol Executive Tower in Phoenix. January 2021.

Governor taps new leader for health department; Carmona to serve as advisor

Dr. Cara Christ, face of state's pandemic response, will step down Aug. 27.

The short story “A White Heron” was written in 1886 by Sarah Orne Jewett, and adapted for radio by Cynthia Meier in 2021.

The Rogue Theatre presents "A White Heron".

Also on Arizona Spotlight: The Bisbee Bloomers' annual garden tour returns; and remembering drumming legend Charlie Watts.

Robbins 'frustrated' at student vaccine hesitancy

UA president will not restart vaccine site on campus

Students walking through campus on August 23, 2021 — the first day of school for the fall semester.

UA welcomes largest incoming class yet

Monday is the first day of the semester from UA students and with it comes a few record breaking statistics.

The radio station in the Pascua Yaqui Tribe's reservation, which formerly housed the tribe's early voting site.

Legal settlement is a win for Pascua Yaqui voting rights.

Also on Arizona Spotlight: Understanding Lewy Body Dementia; and remembering NPR broadcaster Neal Conan through his love of comic books.

University of Arizona students wearing masks on campus.

Ducey, local governments continue to spar over mandates

Tucson, Pima County, UA leaders all push back.

A sign posted outside the University of Arizona BookStores at the Student Union reminds customers that masks are required to shop inside.

UA requiring masks indoors, but campus groups have other concerns about risks

The Coalition for Academic Justice at the University of Arizona says the campus community should have more input in the UA's response to the pandemic.

University of Arizona will require masks indoors

ASU, NAU also announce mask requirements amid rising number of COVID-19 cases statewide.

A sign on the campus of the University of Arizona directs visitors to a COVID-19 testing site, August 2020.

UA to open with in-person classes

Arizona requirements keep the university from mandating vaccines and masks.

Tumamoc Hill closed next week for maintenance

The popular recreation spot will close Monday night and reopen next weekend.

UA re-evaluating how the school semester will begin

UA official says how the university will start the year depends on COVID-19 transmission data.

A health care worker at Tucson Medical Center fills a syringe with a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. January 2021.

How to have a conversation about the COVID-19 vaccine

UA grad assistant hosts online discussion

The Near Earth Object Surveyor infrared telescope is moving toward its preliminary design phase, led by University of Arizona professor Amy Mainzer. NASA plans to launch the surveyor in 2026.

Arizona professor will lead NASA project to locate menacing objects near Earth

An infrared telescope will track any asteroids that one day could crash into the planet

Continued political mayhem could drive voters into the independent column ahead of the 2022 midterm election.

Political spotlight pushes Arizona voters into independents

The number of people who do not prefer either major party is growing.

Pedestrians at the midway point on their way up Tumamoc Hill.

Human remains found on Tumamoc Hill

UAPD says the identity of the person and their cause of death is still unknown.

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