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Hard-hit tribe takes strict steps as virus surges in Arizona

by Associated Press
| June 29, 2020 12:03 AM

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — People in the deserts of Arizona flee to the White Mountains when the triple-digit heat is too much to bear, cooling off in the forest a few hours away. That worries a Native American tribe that calls the area home, as coronavirus infections and temperatures have both spiked in one of the hardest-hit states.

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