For those who can’t afford to pay a company to file your 2016 taxes the United Way of Yuma County is offering free services to those who qualify. The non-profit has been offering free tax services for the past five years and plans to help file over 1,200 returns this year. “It’s a lot of
Continue ReadingThe MCAS Yuma Main Gate will be shut down from 7:30 – 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday due to an emergency response exercise, according to officials. As a result, traffic along Avenue 3E leading to MCAS Yuma may be congested. All incoming and outgoing traffic will use the North Gate during the exercise. The exercise will
Continue ReadingEl Centro Sector Border Patrol agents said they arrested a man and woman suspected of drug smuggling Saturday morning and a previously deported sex offender later that night. Border Patrol agents said the first incident occurred at approximately 9 a.m., when a silver 2007 Jeep Commander approached the checkpoint on Highway 86 driven by a
Continue Reading“The First Day of the Rest of Your Life.” Hands down, the best episode I’ve seen this entire season. From Shiva to Carl to Ezekiel, everyone made an unforgettable entrance. Season 7 began as one of the most depressing, dark seasons writers could have ever thought up. Thousands across the country asked, “Why Glenn? Why
Continue Reading13 On Your Side wants to know your thoughts: It’s a horrifying, yet all too familiar sight to see images of a school surrounded by officers in tactical gear and students being evacuated. This time it’s North Park Elementary School in San Bernardino, Calif. Within moments of the reports of shots being fired police arrived
Continue ReadingRecently, a Calexico teenager was violently attacked at Cortez Park. Police said he was left temporarily disabled. Calexico City Council took immediate action. Mayor Armando Real said, “Because of the incidents that have happened, and now us spending the money to get this place really brand, spanking new, I would hope that the police department
Continue ReadingHundreds of companies submitted their designs for President Trump’s U.S-Mexico border wall. The designs range from the standard wire-mesh wall, to a wall adorned with decorations such as seashells, and even a solar panel wall. Locally, some border visitors say the design of the wall is important, but also say they are most concerned about
Continue ReadingTuition and some fees at Arizona’s public universities will be going up. Increases approved by the Board of Regents mean tuition and fees for undergraduate Arizona residents will go up by 1.4 percent at Arizona State University, 3.9 percent at the University of Arizona and 2.7 percent at Northern Arizona University’s Flagstaff campus. However, there’s
Continue ReadingThe Imperial County Public Health Department has issued a notice to the public to stay away from The New River. It was reported Monday that untreated sewage discharge had spilled into the water from a pumping station in Mexicali. It’s the fourth spill of untreated sewage into The New River this year alone and it’s
Continue Reading13 On Your Side wants to know your thoughts: On Tuesday, the world reacted to images from a small village in Syria where the country’s dictator Bashar Al-Assad launched an attack using chemical weapons. The latest reports list at least 80 fatalities, among them several children. President Donald J. Trump voiced his disappointment with the
Continue ReadingMembers of Arizona’s congressional delegation are reacting to the U.S. cruise missile strike on a Syrian air base in retaliation for a chemical weapons attack against civilians. Republican Sen. McCain said the strike demonstrates that the United States won’t stand idly by as Assad “slaughters innocent Syrians with chemical weapons and barrel bombs.” Democratic Rep.
Continue ReadingAn accident on Highway 95 sent two people to the hospital on Tuesday. According to Rural Metro Fire Department, crews responded to a vehicle versus semi-truck collision on Highway 95. The two people in the car were extricated from the vehicle and transported to the Yuma Regional Medical Center where they were treated for serious
Continue ReadingComite Civico del Valle Director Luis Olmedo said Imperial Valley residents are under attack by particles invisible to the naked eye. “It seems that we are constant assault of these particulates that are being generated through industrial sources, anthropogenic sources, in other words, human movement, industrial operations,” Olmedo said. On Tuesday, he took state officials
Continue ReadingThose crossing into the United States might have to hand over any electronic devices. Currently Customs and Border Protection (CBP) can search any of your devices before letting you in to the states. That’s something Capital Hill is hoping to change with a bill that would require a warrant before searching devices. Currently American citizens
Continue ReadingU.S. Border Patrol agents arrested a convicted murderer trying to come into the U.S. illegally. Agents say Jorge Antonio Negrete, 46, a Mexican national, was allegely seen walking north of the international border fence near downtown Calexico. Agents took Negrete into custody and did a background, which revealed his criminal past. Negrete was in jail
Continue ReadingOfficials at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma said a CH-53E Super Stallion from 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, in support of Weapons and Tactic Instructor course, experienced a hard landing during a routine training mission at approximately 1 p.m. on Wednesday , in the vicinity of the Barry M. Goldwater Range. Officials said the five Marines
Continue ReadingA dead body found in the trunk of a burning car abandoned after a Phoenix police chase last month has been identified. Police announced Thursday that the body was that of 40-year-old Dustin Jones and the homicide case is still being investigated. Officers were called in the early morning hours of March 30 about a
Continue Reading“9-1-1. Where’s your emergency.” Those are the first words you hear when you call 911. They could save your life. Calexico police dispatcher Veronica Valenzuela described her work. “It’s never a regular day. Every day is something different. Every day is put your headset on and set your mind to handle whatever is going to
Continue ReadingEl juicio preliminar de Ion Laurint el hombre acusado de la muerte de la abogada de El Centro Ann Marie Zimmerman tomo lugar este martes. En donde algunas de las declaraciones revelaron que la abogada murió despues de ser apuñalada varias veces e indicaron que esto se podría tratar de un asesinato premeditado. Varios testigos
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