A mother wants help in finding her son’s missing bike. A mother is asking the public to help identify the person who appears on a surveillance video taking a bicycle from the front porch of her Heber home. Elizabeth Jimenez said the bike belongs to her 9-year-old son. She said a woman came to her
Continue ReadingA woman says a pharmacist denied her doctor’s prescription for miscarriage medications to end her 10-week-old pregnancy based on moral grounds. Nicole Artega posted on Facebook what happened when she walked into a Walgreens pharmacy in Peoria, Arizona, on Thursday. Her baby’s development had stopped, and her doctor had told her the pregnancy would end
Continue ReadingThe Arizona Game and Fish Department is boosting efforts to refill water tanks for wildlife in the midst of drought. The agency typically hauls about 400,000 gallons (1.5 million liters) of water to tanks statewide in a normal year, the Arizona Daily Sun reported . But this year is exceptionally dry, and department officials say
Continue ReadingA Somerton family is working to make ends meet while their father is recovering from a liver transplant in Phoenix. Six months ago Carlos Pompa, 50, was diagnosed with Cirrhosis. “He went to the restroom and I think his pee was black. He told my mom and my mom took him to the hospital and
Continue ReadingUna familia Somerton está trabajando para llegar a fin de mes mientras su padre se está recuperando de un trasplante de hígado en Phoenix. Hace seis meses, Carlos Pompa, de 50 años, fue diagnosticado con cirrosis. “Fue al baño y creo que su orinar era negro. Le dijo a mi mamá y mi mamá lo
Continue ReadingUna mujer dice que un farmaceutico negó la prescripción de su medico para medicamentos abortivos para terminar su embarazo de 10 semanas de edad basado en motivos morales. Nicole Artega publicó en Facebook lo que sucedió cuando entró en una farmacia de Walgreens en Peoria, Arizona, el jueves. El desarrollo de su bebe había cesado,
Continue ReadingSaturday morning fans gathered at Chiltepino’s to catch the early match-up. South Korea gave Mexico a run for their money, but Mexico was able to take game two in a formidable manner. Javier ‘Chicharito’ Hernandez with the game-winning goal in the 66th minute, putting Mexico to at the top of their group. This was also
Continue ReadingIf you love exotic, unique jewelry then there is a local artist in town you must check out. Venezuelan fashion designer, Nubis Nolan has opened YKAS accessories to the public and hosted her first fashion show Saturday at Palomino Arts Gallery, which is also where you can find her jewelry. Nolan moved to Yuma two
Continue ReadingDallas Cowboys starting quarterback, Dak Prescott is all too familiar with cancer, having lost his mother to the disease. That’s why he’s joining the awareness campaign called Ready. Raise. Rise. To invite people to show how they harness their unique inner power to rise up against cancer. Dak, along with doctor Morganna Freeman, oncologist and
Continue ReadingA Yuma father is asking for the community’s help as one of his seven children continues her battle with cervical cancer. Kevin Favreau’s daughter, Amanda, has been battling with Stage 3 cervical cancer for ten months that has now spread to her lymph system. Amanda now faces a different battle, Stage 4 lymphoma. “Helpless…we all
Continue ReadingYuma Sector Border Patrol agents arrested a man from Mexico at the Interstate 8 checkpoint after he attempted to smuggle five packages of methamphetamine Thursday. At approximately 8:30 a.m., a man driving a black 2012 Buick four-door sedan was referred to the secondary inspection area after a Border Patrol K-9 alerted to the vehicle. Agents
Continue ReadingNationwide statistics say only 50 percent of foster youth graduate high school. On Friday, the Imperial Valley Regional Occupational Program’s (IVROP) entire senior class had the opportunity to graduate. They honored these students who have defied the odds and are on the path to success. “I wasn’t going to finish high school. I had given
Continue ReadingThe man accused of injuring two Yuma police officers and then taking off with one of their guns made a court appearance Friday morning. The Yuma Police Department said it was a Border Patrol agent who spotted 41-year-old Ralph Sivyer trying to avoid a checkpoint on I-8, near Dome Valley. He was wanted on multiple
Continue ReadingKYMA News 11 has received calls questioning what exactly happened at a Tea Party event former Representative Don Shooter spoke at Thursday night. In our 10 p.m. newscast we made mention to that fact that someone there attending the event “flashed” their weapon. We now want to clarify exactly what happened so that there is
Continue ReadingD espues de una larga espera, por fin los resultados del proyecto de la Nueva Garita Mexicali – Calexico se verán reflejados, autoridades binacionales informaron sobre sus gestiones recientes ante sus respectivas federaciones, destinadas a concluir el proyecto del cruce fronterizo. Del lado mexicano se están gestionando la construcción de 2 puentes, los cuales se
Continue ReadingBorder Patrol confiscated over $135,000 worth in methamphetamine that was hidden inside a vehicle at the Highway 86 checkpoint Thursday afternoon. Agents at the checkpoint encountered a 24-year-old man driving a blue BMW SUV at around 12:36 p.m. A canine detection team alerted to the vehicle leading agents to send the driver to secondary inspection.
Continue ReadingRuben Aleman, Vice President for the Aztlan Car Club in Imperial County, approached his club with a request. A local family asked for Aleman’s help and in turn, he brought the story to the club’s council meeting. They then decided on a way to help and that quickly sparked the idea of a show and
Continue ReadingThe Yuma County Sheriff’s Office has made training for an active shooter a priority since the Las Vegas and Parkland shootings occurred. The Yuma Public Safety Training Facility recently hosted nine different law enforcement agencies over the course of four days. Because active shootings can occur differently depending on the situation, authorities experienced various training
Continue ReadingUn nuevo estudio indica que cuatro tazas de cafe al día podrían ser buenas para su corazón. De acuerdo a este estudio, la cantidad de cafe que toman podría poner en movimiento un proceso que ayuda a proteger las celulas del corazón contra varios daños. Los investigadores estudian el efecto de la cafeína en una
Continue ReadingSunday will mark the 13th anniversary of the most brutal murders in Yuma’s history. On June 25, 2005, two families lost Luis Rios, Adrienne Bedoya Heredia, and four children. Kayla Siler, Luis Rios’ daughter, was 16 years old and her sister was only nine when they received the news that their father was gone. “It
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