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Extreme conditions now sparking drought contingency plan for first time Years of drought now sparking drought contingency plan for first time By Megan McNeil | April 12, 2021 at 10:55 AM MST - Updated April 12 at 10:56 AM TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) -Extreme drought conditions throughout the West are lowering levels in the crucial water reservoir, Lake Mead. Scars of long years of low precipitation are hard to go unnoticed at Lake Mead, and the hot, dry summers have been felt for the last several years in Arizona. 2020 was especially dry, with little monsoon. Now, the West is in uncharted territory. Lake Mead is projected to drop by several feet this year, from elevation 1,083 to about 1,068, according to officials with the Central Arizona Project. The lake is hovering around 39 percent of its full capacity. ....
DIGITAL DEEP DIVE: Looking back on the one-year anniversary of the pandemic DIGITAL DEEP DIVE: Looking back at one-year anniversary of the pandemic By Megan McNeil | March 12, 2021 at 6:16 PM MST - Updated March 12 at 6:19 PM TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) - Itâs been one year since the COVID-19 pandemic caused a rash of closures, consequences, cases and deaths. From emergency declarations, stay-at-home orders and border closures, to the people we lost, lessons we learned and vaccines we are looking forward to, we take you through a year we wonât forget. Watch the latest Digital Deep Dive from Megan McNeil above. You can watch others at https://www.kold.com/news/digital-deep-dives/ ....
Tucson group concerned state-run vaccination sites not equitable Local group concerned state vaccination sites not equitable By Megan McNeil | March 1, 2021 at 5:35 PM MST - Updated March 2 at 7:33 AM TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) -The University of Arizona is serving as a state vaccination site. Faculty and staff of the university are calling for equitable distribution of vaccines. “They have the opportunity to provide a really valuable service to the broader community,” said Nick Halsey of the health and reentry action group, Coalition for Academic Justice University of Arizona. The Coalition for Academic Justice at the University of Arizona is calling on university president Dr. Robert Robbins and the university administration to help make vaccines more accessible to low-income people and people of color. ....
The University of Arizona’s COVID-19 virtual university status update team met over Zoom on Monday to discuss vaccine rollout and to provide updates on the recent shooting on campus that resulted in the tragic death of UA student Forrest Keys. ....
COVID-19 vaccine doses tossed around state, low amounts in Pima County COVID-19 vaccine doses tossed around state, low amounts in Pima County By Megan McNeil | February 25, 2021 at 6:47 PM MST - Updated February 25 at 7:29 PM TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) -In December and early January, AZ Family reported Maricopa County had more than 500 vaccine doses go to waste for various reasons. So, we wanted to know – is that happening here? Vaccines started making their way into arms in Pima County in December. Since then, the county has administered more than 240,000 COVID-19 vaccines. Inevitably, some of the vaccine doses allocated to them, though, won’t be used. ....