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Arizona Edition: Updating Yuma County's Covid Status and Exploring the History of a Yuma Hotel

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This week we hear an update on COVID-19 in Yuma County from County Health Director Diana Gomez. Following a period of substantial to high transmission the county has reached a new milestone.

Also, the Historic Coronado Motor Hotel has been a mainstay in Yuma in some form for a hundred years. We listen to a StoryCorpsconversation from 2019 about how the hotel became what it is today.

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Lou Gum
Lou grew up in Tucson and has a long family history in the state of Arizona. He began his public radio career in 1988 at KNAU in Flagstaff as a classical music DJ and has been hooked on public radio since, transitioning to news after trying his hand at several other careers in publishing and commercial broadcasting. Lou has a degree in American Studies from Arizona State University and was KAWC's Morning Edition host for two and half years before becoming News and Operations Director.
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