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Tucson City Court will be closed for business this Friday, April 1, through Monday, April 4, in order to transition to its new case management system, Arizona Judicial Automated Case System (AJACS). The court will be open on a limited basis next Tuesday with scheduled hearings and trials in courtrooms, but the customer service lobby and website will be closed. People having a scheduled court date of Tuesday, April 5, are expected to appear in court, unless they received a notice rescheduling the date.

Paving operations are underway at the 22nd Street and Alvernon Way intersection, as construction of Pima County's 22nd Street Sewer Augmentation Project begins to wrap up. Traffic is shifted to accommodate the paving equipment as its moves through the project area. Paving is scheduled to be finished by the end of the day on Friday.

A recent survey from the City of Tucson's Environmental Services (ES) department found that approximately 90 percent of Tucsonans regularly set out their blue barrels for recycling, but 20 percent of the material put in barrels is not recyclable. Contamination - especially food, yard waste, and dirty diapers - can ruin a complete truckload of recyclables. Plastic bags, garden hoses, and clothing also can cause problems.

Pima Association of Governments and Metropia Inc., which offers a mobile app to incentivize commuters to make better travel decisions, will partner on a new app feature called DUO or Driving Up Occupancy. DUO will reward both drivers and passengers with additional reward points by sharing a ride that reduces congestion and vehicle emissions.