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COTTONWOOD - A Cottonwood police officer was wounded and one person was taken into custody during a Wednesday evening altercation, according to a news release.

Most of the 20 people, including two staff members, with COVID-19 showed no symptoms.

The delays come as the U.S. Labor Department reported May 8 that the national unemployment rate hit 14.7 percent in April, the highest rate since the Great Depression.

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona's three major public universities will not be raising in-state tuition as promised but out-of-state and online students will face small increases.

PHOENIX (AP) — Hair salons and barbershops in Arizona shut down a month ago to stop the spread of the coronavirus will look quite different when they reopen Friday, May 8.

President Nez said Tappan's comments have far-reaching implications and urged him to be more respectful of the relationship between Navajos and the city of Page.

Ducey said restaurants can open May 11 and salons and barber shops can open Friday, May 8.

Coconino National Forest has reopened the burned area of last year's Museum Fire north of Flagstaff.

The vehicle was located off a forest road near Chevelon Butte and was associated with a missing person reported by the Phoenix Police Department.

While the human race battles the coronavirus, the desert Southwest’s jackrabbits and cottontails have a viral war of their own.

Police continue to diligently work to find David Batten, 45, and Elissa Landry, 28, of Chino Valley, Arizona.

Log hauling operations should conclude by May 15, when the road will be reopened permanently.

Amazon has spent years honing the business of packing, shipping and delivering millions of products to doorsteps around the world. Now it has a captive audience.

WICKENBURG, Ariz. (AP) — Warnings by the police and the state health department that she was violating Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey's stay-at-home mandate to stem the spread of the coronavirus didn't stop Horseshoe Cafe owner Debbie Thompson from serving breakfast Friday morning.

PRESCOTT, Ariz. - Beginning Monday, May 4, the Prescott Costco wholesale warehouse, 3911 Highway 69, will require all of its members, guests and employees to wear face coverings as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — U.S. health officials say coronavirus infections are beginning a renewed surge across the Navajo Nation and bordering areas that may peak in mid-May — a sign that the worst has yet to come in one of the nation's hardest-hit rural areas.

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey on Wednesday extended his stay-at-home order through May 15 but said he will allow some nonessential retail businesses to reopen with health precautions.

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona's three universities plan to hold classes on campus this fall with precautions to limit the spread of the coronavirus, the presidents said Thursday.

PHOENIX – To increase statewide testing for COVID-19, Gov. Doug Ducey announced a plan Monday to test up to 60,000 Arizonans over the course of three weekends.

The Trump administration April 23 urged government intervention to rescue U.S. uranium mining and nuclear fuel industries in a tough global marketplace,

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced April 14 it will be working on a supplemental environmental review of the 2015 rule, which outlines when and how the wolves can be removed from the wild or released from captivity.

Prosecutors say it's been harder to get information they need because of the coronavirus.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signed a $484 billion bill Friday to aid employers and hospitals under stress from the coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 50,000 Americans and devastated broad swaths of the economy.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday that he won't approve a $10 billion loan for the U.S. Postal Service unless the agency raises charges for Amazon and other big shippers to four to five times current rates.

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey said Wednesday he's not yet ready to announce an end to his statewide stay-at-home order designed to slow the spread of the coronavirus, but he will allow hospitals to resume elective surgeries on May 1.