Kids weigh in on COVID-19 and mental health; Who's running in new 9th Congressional District; AZ chefs on new Food Network show

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A look at some of today's top stories, the weather forecast and a peek back in history.

The COVID-19 pandemic forced these Arizona students to confront their mental health. Two years later, they’re weighing the lessons they learned.

There's a 9th Congressional District in Arizona now. Meet the candidates running for office in this new district.

Watch these Arizona chefs compete on this new Food Network TV show. A new episode airs Tuesday.

Today, you can expect it to be mostly sunny, with a high near 74 degrees. Clear and cooler at night, with a low near 48 degrees. Get the full forecast here.

Today in history

  • On this date in 1886, Gen. Nelson A. Miles arrived at Bowie Station to open a new campaign against the Apaches.

  • In 1889, Flagstaff residents burned in effigy Gov. Lewis Wolfley to protest his veto of a bill that was to create Coconino County.

  • In 1902, the Village of Yuma was incorporated as a town. It became a city in 1914.

  • In 1910, A.W. Stewart, a Prescott electrician, built a new airship embodying the principals of the Wright Brothers machine, but with many new improvements of his own.

  • In 1963, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested and jailed in Birmingham, Alabama, charged with contempt of court and parading without a permit. (During his time behind bars, King wrote his “Letter from Birmingham Jail.”)

This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic: AZ Briefing: Kids weigh in on COVID-19 and mental health