Month: April 2018

The Imperial Irrigation District has lowered the senior age requirement allowing senior citizens to take advantage of the IID’s energy assistance program. The IID Board of Directors approved lowering the qualifying age Tuesday from ages 65 to 62. Customers who are 62 or older and qualify for IID’s Residential Assistance Program (REAP) can receive a

El Distrito de Irrigación Imperial (IID) ha reducido el requisito de la edad de los adultos mayores para aprovechar el programa de asistencia de energía del IID. La Junta Directiva de IID aprobó bajar la edad de calificación el martes de 65 a 62 años. Los clientes que tienen 62 años o más y califican

El Departamento de Bomberos de Yuma (YFD) reportó el martes por la tarde un incendio en un vehículo en los carriles hacia el oeste de la Interestatal 8 cerca de la Avenida 8E. Según YFD, el fuego se ha extinguido. Las autoridades advierten a los conductores que tomen precauciones y eviten el área. {“url”:”https://twitter.com/YumaFireDept/status/988894049808498688″,”author_name”:”Yuma Fire

Yuma Fire Department reported a vehicle fire on the westbound lanes of Interstate 8 near Avenue 8E Tuesday afternoon. According to YFD, the fire has now extinguished. Authorities are warning drivers to take precaution and avoid the area. {“url”:”https://twitter.com/YumaFireDept/status/988898502812946432″,”author_name”:”Yuma Fire Department”,”author_url”:”https://twitter.com/YumaFireDept”,”html”:”&#lt;blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”&#gt;&#lt;p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”&#gt;Vehicle fire is out on I-8 west bound. Traffic is moving well

The Yuma Sector Border Patrol welcomed Arizona National Guard soldiers and airmen at their headquarters. The 25 National Guard members were greeted and given instructions on support requirements last week. They were assigned jobs that include being a criminal analyst, camera operator, and providing training assistance. Other jobs included administration and vegetation clearing. Over the

Prosecutors are evaluating whether to pursue a retrial for a U.S. Border Patrol agent on manslaughter charges after an Arizona jury deadlocked on the lesser counts. A mistrial was declared Monday in the case of Agent Lonnie Swartz after Tucson jurors acquitted him of a second-degree murder charge in the 2012 shooting death of a

The Latest on Tuesday’s special election for an Arizona congressional seat (all times local): 6:56 a.m. Polls are open in the Phoenix area for Tuesday’s special election to fill a vacant U.S. House seat in which Republican Debbie Lesko and Democrat Hiral Tipirneni are running to replace former Congressman Trent Franks. Tipirneni is an emergency

A Florida man has been sentenced in Arizona to 15 years in prison for forcing a woman into prostitution in the Tampa area and in Tucson in 2016. Prosecutors say 37-year-old Travon Jarvel Jackson of Tampa was convicted by a jury earlier of sex trafficking by force, fraud and coercion, and interstate transportation for prostitution.

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey pushed lawmakers Monday to approve big teacher raises as school districts make plans to close if educators who call his proposal insufficient launch the first-ever statewide strike this week. The Republican governor has stuck to his plan to increase teacher pay 20 percent by 2020 after educators voted to walk off

Monday’s Pet Talk belongs to the dogs as we meet a new pitbull mix named Jack Daniels and a familiar face that still needs to find a forever home named Dover. JD, which stands for Jack Daniels is a pit bull mix with a beautiful tri-colored coat and hazel eyes. He has been the shelter

A school resource officer is being praised for quickly confronting the gunman during a shooting at a high school that injured one student Friday. The shooting happened Friday morning at Forest High School in Ocala, which was put on lockdown. The wounded student, a 17-year-old boy, was taken to a local hospital for treatment of

I-8 westbound is closed due to a crash at milepost 4/ S. Avenue 3 E in Yuma, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation. Drivers should postpone travel if possible. Alternate routes include taking the freeway at the Araby Road exit, heading north to US 95, and then taking the highway west until it connects

Pedestrian Ivan Valisto was struck and killed while trying to cross the street on Sunday in Winterhaven, California at approximately 8:45 a.m. California Highway Patrol said it happened when Eddie Duenas and his wife Jennifer Duenas were traveling westbound on Interstate 8 in a 2017 Harley Davidson. At this time Valisto was crossing the westbound

A life-sized statue was unveiled Saturday honoring 19 members of a firefighting team known as the Granite Mountain Hotshots who died in a 2013 Arizona wildfire. The statue was dedicated at a state memorial park established where all but one member of the team died in a canyon in mountains near Yarnell on June 30,

Calexico Border Patrol agents arrested a previously convicted sex offender around 7:30 p.m. on April 19. The 55-year-old Mexican National, identified as Jose Humberto-Diaz, was suspected of making an illegal entry into the United States. Diaz has been previously arrested and convicted for felony assault to commit mayhem rape in San Diego County. He also

The Imperial County Sheriff’s Office and Yuma County Sheriff’s Office confirm that a boating accident happened Saturday night in Ferguson Lake. Authorities said that two vessels collided around 4:00 p.m. at the lake off the Colorado River. One patient was flown to Phoenix due to their injuries. Two other patients were taken to Yuma Regional

A Colorado man can now say he’s the ultimate survivor, after he survived a bear attack and a shark attack. Dylan McWilliams is still unsure whether he is lucky or unlucky. “I don’t know, I think [I’m] just lucky in unlucky situations,” 20-year-old McWilliams said on Sunday. McWilliams is currently in Hawaii on a two-week

Former Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett says he will challenge Gov. Doug Ducey in this year’s Republican primary election. Bennett told 12 News (KPNX-TV) late Friday that he’s filed papers to run and that he’s concerned about fiscal aspects of Ducey’s proposal for teacher pay raises. A Tucson native, Bennett served on the Prescott

Authorities say two men are dead and a woman critically injured in a boat crash on Lake Havasu near the Arizona-California border. Mohave County Sheriff’s investigators say the large boat was traveling at high speeds before crashing Saturday in the lake’s south basin and then sinking. They say the two men have been identified as