Governor Doug Ducey made his first visit of the year to Yuma Thursday. His visit comes on the heels of his State of The State address on Jan. 14. A week ago, Arizona passed a water contingency plan. The legislation would conserve more water from Lake Mead and help reduce the risk of harmful cut-backs
Continue ReadingThe El Paso Zoo is offering you the opportunity to name a cockroach after your ex just in time for Valentine’s Day. The zoo said you can message them with the first and last name initial of your ex and they will pick a cockroach just for them. The cockroaches will then be fed to
Continue ReadingBipolar disorder is characterized by dramatic shifts in mood, energy, and activity levels that affect a person’s ability to carry out day-to-day tasks. These shifts in mood levels are more severe than experienced by those without bipolar disorder. Because the disorder affects each person differently, stigmas about the disease are created. One local teen in
Continue ReadingRomaine lettuce accounts for more than 50 percent of the leafy greens we grow in the desert southwest. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in March of 2018, 210 people got sick from an E. Coli outbreak. Of that number, 27 were hospitalized and 5 people died. This was traced back to
Continue ReadingA new report from Alarms.org breaks down where states are seeing the biggest increase amongst several sexually transmitted diseases. according to data pulled from The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, sexually transmitted diseases are on the rise in the United States. Chlamydia saw a 22 percent increase from 2014 to 2017, gonorrhea rose 67
Continue ReadingA 68-mile (109-kilometer) stretch of Interstate 40 in northeastern Arizona is closed because of icy conditions and multiple slide-offs and crashes. The Arizona Department of Transportation says the closure Thursday morning is between near Holbrook and the Arizona-New Mexico border. The department says workers are working to remove ice from the highway and that there’s
Continue ReadingOfficials in a small Arizona border city passed a resolution Wednesday night condemning the installation of new razor wire that now covers the entirety of a tall border wall through downtown. The City Council in Nogales, which sits on the border with Nogales, Mexico, wants the federal government to remove all concertina wire installed within
Continue ReadingA major point that President Donald Trump touched on during the State of the Union address was the condition of our southern border. President Trump claimed our southern border was dangerous alluding to facts regarding the number of people murdered by illegal immigrants and the drugs crossing into our country. Yuma Border Patrol’s union president
Continue ReadingCalexico Police arrested an arson suspect believed tied to other arson cases in the area. 50-year-old Francisco Mariscal, a local homeless man, is behind bars on suspicion of being involved in a series of arson fires in Calexico. Calexico Detective Armando Orozco said, “They found a trash can on fire on the 100 th block
Continue ReadingACTUALIZACIÓN (3:40 P.M.) Un hombre fue hospitalizado despues de que los bomberos dijeron que se había quedado atrapado en una palmera mientras lo cortaba el miercoles. Según el Departamento de Bomberos de Yuma, bomberos respondieron a un informe de un hombre atrapado en una palmera poco antes del mediodía en la cuadra 2200 de calle
Continue ReadingEl astronauta mexicano Jose Hernández llegó este miercoles a CETYS universidad en Mexicali para dar la conferencia “cosechador de estrellas” ante cientos de estudiantes y empresarios. El explorador del espacio dió un mensaje de motivación y hablo de la posibilidad de crear un satelite con estudiantes en Mexicali. De familia campesina que emigró hacia Estados
Continue ReadingThe Somerton man charged with shooting and killing the mother of his children and seriously injuring another man is competent to stand trial, a judge ruled on Tuesday. During his court appearance, the public defender representing 26-year-old Oscar Quintero asked for a request to follow a recommendation by a court-appointed doctor who performed a mental
Continue ReadingA new ambulance simulator at Imperial Valley College is preparing the next wave of first responders from the Imperial Valley. Robert Cruz, a veteran and student at Imperial Valley College’s Emergency Medical Services program, said it’s been his dream to be a first responder. “Before this, I was in the Marine Corps and I love
Continue ReadingIt’s Yuma Staple seventy-four years strong and now it’s the time to get out your cowboy boots and head out to the rodeo. 500 contenders are preparing for rodeo weekend and there will be some classics as well as some comebacks. “We brought back Madison McDonald who was here several years ago, she’s an 8-year
Continue ReadingEl martes por la noche el presidente de los Estados Unidos Donald Trump dio su Estado de la Unión donde habló sobre la seguridad en la frontera, un tema que ha causado controversia por el incremento del cruce ilegal de personas por la frontera sur. Mario Campos, un agente de la Patrulla Fronteriza del Sector
Continue ReadingCAITLIN: Welcome back I’m here with Paul Brierley who is the Executive Director of the Yuma Center of Excellence for Desert Agriculture. Paul thank you for joining us today. Start out by telling us for those that don’t a little bit about that the Yuma Center of Excellence for Desert Agriculture does. PAUL: So we
Continue Reading“CAITLIN: Welcome back, I’m here with Cory Mellon who is the president of the Yuma Fresh Vegetable Association. Thank you Cory for joining us today. Tell me a little bit about your farm and what you grow? CORY: I’m with Mellon Farms and we grow winter vegetable produce. CAITLIN: How long has farming been in
Continue ReadingUPDATE (3:40 P.M.) A man was hospitalized after fire officials said he became stuck in a palm tree while he was trimming it Wednesday. According to the Yuma Fire Department, firefighters responded to a report of a man stuck in a palm tree shortly before noon at the 2200 block of West 20th Street. Firefighters
Continue ReadingFor many voters, election season may seem like a thing of the past. But for the Yuma County Recorder’s Office, election season never ends. The Recorder’s Office recently presented a general election report to discuss what went well during the 2018 general election, and what can be improved in the planning for the next election.
Continue ReadingThe Arizona Department of Transportation seized 1,113 pounds of marijuana Wednesday evening from a fake delivery van spotted on Interstate 15 in far northwestern Arizona. ADOT said the van had authentic-looking markings of a commercial package-delivery service but an officer with ADOT’s Enforcement and Compliance Division noticed that the vehicle had an out-of-state license plate
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