Member of Senator Martha McSally’s staff will bring her mobile office to Yuma next week. Mobile offices allow residents to convenience of meeting in-person with the Senator’s team to discuss problems or issues they may have with a federal agency. Common issues include immigration, social security, Medicare and Medicaid, and taxes. The mobile office will
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Is your family prepared to correctly react to a fire? The National Fire Protection Association ( NFPA ) says there are more than 355-thousand homes fires a year. E.D.I.T.H. (Exit-Drills-in-the-Home) can prepare you in the event of a fire in your home. Follow these three steps to better protect yourself. 1. Survey your home. Look
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A judge has delayed sentencing for the Somerton man convicted of stalking and executing the mother of his children. In August a jury found Oscar Quintero guilty of premeditated first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, and three charges of aggravated assault. A judge was supposed to sentence Quintero today. However, the defense filed a motion that
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The assessor of Arizona’s most populous county has been accused of human smuggling in an adoption fraud scheme that brought dozens of pregnant women from the Marshall Islands to the U.S. to give up their children for adoption, court records show. Maricopa County Assessor Paul Petersen has been charged with human smuggling, sale of a
Continue ReadingYuma is one of the best places to retire, that is according to a new study from the website BestRetirements.com. Yuma was ranked 16th out of the top 20 best places to retire in the Southwest. Many residents say it is the availability of a wide range of RV resorts in Yuma that attract them
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Curious to know what stores are closing on Thanksgiving? A survey conducted by theblackfriday.com, 72% of consumers said stores should be closed on Thanksgiving Day. Blackfriday.com reports that the following stores will be closing on Thanksgiving Day. Ace Hardware Bed Bath & Beyond BJ’s Wholesale Club Costco DSW H&M Hobby Lobby Home Depot HomeGoods Lowe’s
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If you are a late 80’s or early 90’s child, then this Lisa Frank room will bring your childhood memories back. Buzzfeed reports Hotels.com has teamed up with Lisa Frank to create a totally awesome 90’s Lisa Frank Flat located in downtown Los Angeles. And yes! You can actually stay there to live your childhood
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Rejoining the workforce can be a scary thing for some people because of how hard it is to jump back in. Arizona @ Work is trying to make things easier for those on the job hunt. According to Arizona @ Work officials, Arizona’s unemployment rate is at 5%, and Yuma is at 24%. Some of
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Tucked away in the dense forest of rural Louisiana is a barbed wire-ringed prison that has quickly grown into a major detention center for immigrants detained at the border. The Winn Correctional Center is one of eight Louisiana jails that have started housing asylum seekers and other migrants over the past year, making Louisiana an
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Over the weekend the Imperial Police Department (IPD), made a DUI arrest tied to marijuana. Although, pot is now legal in the golden state, driving impaired isn’t. Police officials are warning residents of the dangers of driving impaired. IPD said officers on patrol noticed the driver swerving from side to side into the fog lane.
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Un vehículo golpeó a un hombre que cruzaba la intersección de 3rd Street y 3rd Avenue el lunes por la noche. El Departamento de Policía de Yuma (YPD) dijo que el hombre de 28 años estaba en el cruce de peatones cuando fue golpeado por un Volkswagen Tiguan de 2012 conducido por un hombre de
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Una mujer de 49 años edad fue asesinada el pasado domingo a manos de su esposo , quien fue identificado como Mario Humberto “N”, de 52 años . La víctima de nombre María Juana Hernández Villanueva recibió seis impactos de bala en el abdomen. Los hechos ocurrieron en una vivienda del fraccionamiento Valle Dorado una
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Alrededor del 30 por ciento de la matricula estudiantil del colegio del Valle Imperial no cuenta con seguro medico pese a que la institución academica tiene programas que facilitan a los jóvenes adquirir una aseguranza , no todos acuden a pedir ayuda , según declararon los responsables del centro de salud para los estudiantes del
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Cuando escuchamos la palabra ” pesticidas ” la mayoría de las personas pensamos en sustancias tóxicas que se usan en cultivos grandes , sin embargo los pesticidas son líquidos que pueden estar incluso en nuestras casa. Todos tenemos en nuestros hogares químicos que utilizamos para la limpieza de la casa, e incluso en ocasiones hemos
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El juez asignado al caso de Oscar Quintero retraso su sentencia . Quintero fue condenado por acechar y ejecutar a Clarissa Medina, la madre de sus hijos . En agosto , el jurado encontró a Quintero culpable de asesinato premeditado en primer grado , intento de asesinato en primer grado y tres cargos de asalto
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The U.S. Border Patrol releases a statement on the arrest of a former Yuma Sector agent accused of sexually assaulting a female colleague. Gustavo Zamora faces three counts of felony sexual assault and one felony count of kidnapping . A female agent claims Zamora attacked her during a business trip to Tucson in May. He
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The Yuma Fire Department ( YFD ), are urging parents if any household to be more aware of where you leave dangerous chemicals like cleaning supplies. That’s because cases in Yuma have shown that these chemicals are within children’s reach. Last month, Mike Erfert with YFD said first responders have had four of these cases.
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Arizona Democrat Mark Kelly has out-raised Republican Senator Martha McSalley for a third straight quarter. Kelly and McSally are facing off in one of the most hotly contested 2020 Senate races. His campaign says he raised $5.5-million between July and September. That brings his total fundraising for the race to nearly $14-million. That’s considered a
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A section of Cole Road was shut down Tuesday morning after a semi-truck flipped over on its side on W Van de Graaff Avenue in Calexico . According to the Calexico Police Department, no injuries were reported. Beach and Son Towing said the accident happened around 8 a.m. The truck driver works for BG Trucking
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A change of plea for the man accused of evading police and then barricading himself into a Yuma home. David Xavier Garcia now says he’s guilty. Garcia faces up to four and a half years in prison when sentenced on charges of misconduct involving weapons. Last November, Garcia tried to elude police along 11th Avenue.
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