Month: September 2018

A 39-year-old woman was arrested after officers seized 117 pounds of liquid methamphetamine inside the fuel tank of her vehicle on Monday, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection. CBP said an officer encountered the woman after she entered the Calexico West port of entry and detected inconsistencies with her itinerary. The woman and the

The incumbent Republican governor and a Democratic Latino education professor won their parties’ respective nods in the primary elections for Arizona’s top office. Gov. Doug Ducey bested former Secretary of State Ken Bennett, a more conservative GOP candidate who had little funding and campaign resources. Education professor and military veteran David Garcia beat fellow Democrats

While the controversial protests may be igniting several conversations on both ends of the spectrum, the reason these protests began is to shed light on racial injustice. What began as an intentional peaceful protest against police brutality and racial injustice against minorities has caused an uproar in the nation. Locals have expressed their thoughts on

Yuma police said a man attacked an officer with a cell phone and allegedly tased him with the officer’s own weapon Wednesday evening. The Yuma police Department said an officer approached Gilbert Gallegos in the 200 block of S. 9th Avenue just before 6 p.m. and asked him for his name. Police said Gallegos gave

El miercoles por la tarde lo que inicialmente era una parada de rutina se convirtió en un percance entre un civil y agentes de policía. De acuerdo con el Departamento De Policía de Yuma alrededor de la 5 p.m. un oficial se detuvo en la cuadra 200 al sur de la avenida 9 para cuestionar

En esta temporada de calor los residentes de Mexicali no solamente se tienen que cuidar de las altas temperaturas, sino tambien de la Comisión Federal de Electricidad que aplica sin escrúpulos altos costosen los recibos de energía, tan bien conocidos como “recibos locos”. El líder del Frente Cívico Mexicalense, explicó que los recibos locos, son

The Yuma Fire Department has received its certification as an “Accredited Agency” by the Commission on Fire Accreditation International once again. Fire Service professionals from throughout the country were sent to Yuma in May to inspect facilities, review procedures, and interview personnel. YFD was first accredited in 2003, and also in 2008 and 2013, when

The Cibola High School library was named a recipient of the Dollar General Literacy Grant with a grant that provides up to $1,500 for new books. The funds will be used to update the library’s collection of non-fiction, Spanish language books, fiction and graphic novels. According to Cibola librarian Amanda Coltman, the idea is to

The Yuma Fire Department’s Battalion Chief Michael Walton is one of only two who have completed the Executive Fire Officer program of the National Fire Academy. The announcement was made at Wednesday’s City Council meeting, in addition to YFD being recognized as an accredited agency once again. Chief Irr, who completed the program in 2011,

Arizona carries a reputation as one of the country’s political flashpoints, with heated debates over immigration, rambunctious populists and a divided GOP. But the man who had the attention of the nation’s political establishment this week is a buttoned-down former ice cream company executive running for a second term as governor. Doug Ducey, the onetime

Now that kids are going back to school, families are looking for ways to spend more time while avoiding the use of technology. Spin Master is a global leading children’s entertainment company that creates, licenses, manufactures, designs and markets games and innovative products. The Marbles Brain Workshop shares board game options that have a cognitive

Mexicali .- Una manifestación en contra del aumento al transporte público en Mexicali, terminó en golpes y forcejeos afuera de las oficinas del Gobierno Municipal. Todo empezó con la recolección de firmas que promovió el Movimiento por una Tarifa Justa a fín de evitar que se aplique el aumento al transporte público en Mexicali. La

Surgen nuevos detalles sobre el tiroteo del lunes por la tarde que cobro la vida de tres víctimas. Oficiales de departamento de la oficina del condado de Yuma recibieron una llamada el lunes por la tarde para reportar el hallazgo de una persona muerta en la cuadra 2700 al oeste de la calle 5, al

For the second time in three weeks, Border Patrol agents have found a large group of immigrants in a remote desert area of southern Arizona. Border Patrol officials said Wednesday that Ajo Station agents patrolling several miles west of the Lukeville Port on Saturday found 163 immigrants from Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador. They say