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Pima's Dominique Acosta earns ACCAC Player of the Week after averaging double-double tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
Pima Community College women’s basketball player Dominique Acosta (Nogales HS) helped the Aztecs take two of their three games against NJCAA Division I opponents last week.

PCC's Dillan Baker averages 19 points as he earns ACCAC Player of the Week tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
Pima Community College men’s basketball player Dillan Baker earned his second nod as ACCAC Division II Player of the Week on Tuesday for the week of Dec. 25-31.

After month-long closure, Lukeville border crossing to reopen Thursday tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The border crossing in Lukeville, Ariz., will reopen Thursday morning, a little more than a month after it was closed by federal officials in response to the number of migrants arriving in the nearby remote Southern Arizona desert.

Marana Town Council to brainstorm future; RTA committee narrows 'Next' agenda tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Marana's mayor and Town Council members will hold a meeting with their state senators and representatives. The conversation is scheduled to be free-flowing covering town operations, projected growth and legislative priorities. Plus more in local gov't meetings this week.

Tucson sees most border encounters, as migrants turn away from other sectors tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Migrant encounters in the Tucson sector of the border have steadily increased in recent years until the sector became busier than any other on the southern border, replacing the Rio Grande Valley as the busiest.

Uber partners with Waymo in Arizona to offer autonomous rides tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Uber and Waymo, one of the companies seeking to popularize driverless cars, announced that Uber customers will have the option of getting “a fully autonomous, all-electric Waymo ride – with no human driver behind the wheel” in those parts of metro Phoenix where Waymo operates.

New & upgraded health care facilities for Native Americans open in Arizona tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Three new and upgraded health facilities recently opened in Arizona to provide Native Americans with better access to health care, and more are in the works.

Cancer patients face frightening delays in treatment approvals tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Most private and federal health insurance programs require patients to secure preapprovals for certain treatments, tests, or prescription medications, but prior authorization has become a tool that insurers use to restrict or delay expensive care.

Census Bureau’s proposed changes threaten to undercount people with disabilities tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Census Bureau has proposed a major change to disability questions on its annual survey that advocates say will reduce the number of people who are counted as disabled by 40%, including millions of women and girls - and the change could affect federal funding allocations.

Americans cross the US-Mexico border for more affordable IVF treatment tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Millions of Americans travel to other countries every year for health care, while and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cautions that people should be careful with medical tourism and do their research, many see it as an alternative to prohibitive American health care costs.

Mental health courts can struggle to fulfill decades-old promise tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Special diversion program meant to keep people with mental illness from being incarcerated can struggle to live up to their promise, and the courts work best when paired with investments in services such as clinical treatment, recovery programs, and housing and employment opportunities.

Montezuma Castle among Arizona national park sites combating vandalism tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Vandalism is an issue many Arizona national park sites have dealt with, and Montezuma Castle National Monument is wrapping trees in burlap to give the trees a chance to recover from their injuries and to enhance visitor experience by covering graffiti on the bark.

How to keep dual-language programs from being gentrified by English speaking families tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
In communities across the country, dual-language programs - one of the best means of ensuring equity for underserved groups, especially English learners - have taken an elitist turn, and questions about who they help - and who gets left out - are becoming more urgent.

Cardio or weights first? How to optimize the order of your exercise routine tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
With a limited amount of time to devote to working out, many people include both cardio and weights in the same exercise session, and doing both aerobic and weight training together is better, especially for people with chronic disease risk factors, than sticking with just one form of exercise.

Auld Lang what now? The story of a New Year's song tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
The history, meaning and lyrics of "Auld Lang Syne" — just in time to impress your friends this holiday.

Pima men go 3-0 at Aztec Holiday Classic with squeaker vs McLennan tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College men’s basketball team (12-1) went undefeated in the Aztec Holiday Classic as it finished up on Saturday at the West Campus Aztec Gymnasium.

Acosta & Buffill-Gutierrez clutch as Pima women outduel South Plains tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College women’s basketball team (10-3) bounced back in a big way on Saturday to close out the Aztec Holiday Classic.

Thank you for allowing us to tell your stories, Tucson tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
Authentically local independent journalism is urgently needed. Help us listen even more intently, and tell you and your neighbors even more about what makes Tucson tick.

Be it resolved in 2024: Read the darn news! tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
The New Year is about to begin and I've got a great idea for a resolution for 2024. Read the d--- paper! (And by "paper" I of course mean your local independent nonprofit news outlet: the Tucson Sentinel.)

Deadline NYE: Join the Sentinel Watchdog Club & TRIPLE your donation to real local news! tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Updated: Give to real local journalism that matters — your donation TRIPLED before Dec. 31! Support the watchdog reporters of the nonprofit independent newsroom at the Tucson Sentinel.

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