Month: November 2019

The U.S. Marshals arrest fugitives across the world bringing them back into the country to face the a judge in court. So far for the fiscal year 2019, deputies arrested over 70 fugitives from Mexico accused of committing crimes in the U.S. and at the same time 16 fugitives from Mexico that escaped into the

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday considered the Trump administration’s plans to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals ( DACA ) program. President Barack Obama implemented the program in 2012. It protects undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children from deportation. There are students at Arizona Western College who are protected under

YUMA, Ariz ( KYMA , KSWT ). Although Yuma County is referred to the winter lettuce capitol of the world, it also has another industry which is very profitable worldwide. The date industry nets profits in the billions. Yuma County along with its neighbor Imperial County date trees are more like gold mines. Dates are

The final results are in for the Yuma City Council race. Mike Shelton, Ema Lea Shoop and Chris Morris will begin their four year terms on the council January 2020. Shelton, who has already served on the council received the most votes finishing with 48 percent of the vote, while one single vote separated Shoop

One border city is feeling the effects of the opioid epidemic. Over the past year, San Luis police have arrested several teenagers in possession of opioids , including fentanyl . The san Luis Fire Department ( SLFD ) has seen 33 overdoses this year alone, all teenagers between 14 and 18 years old. Three overdoses

Two men are sentenced to 3 years in prison followed by 3 years of parole after distributing cocaine and heroin from Tucson in May 2018. A press release reported that in May 2018, Randolph Guillermo Ramirez-Contreras, 25, traveled from Tucson to meet with Mario Mauricio Campos-Balderas , 28, a Los Angeles resident, with the intention

The Commanding Officer at MCAS Yuma is presented with a certificate after completing the U.S. Army Free Fall Parachuting School Tuesday. MCAS Yuma reported Colonel (Col) David A. Suggs took command of the station in June of 2017 and graduated from Texas A&M University in 1990 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science.

A man was arrested at the San Ysidro Port of Entry on November 7 after Customs and Border Protection found six people hiding inside his vehicle. NBC News in San Diego reports that officers discovered an alleged human smuggling attempt involving six Chinese nationals who were concealed inside a fake wall of a moving truck.

Many people in the Yuma community take pride in having such a heavy agricultural presence around town. However, the ag industry has so much to it, you might often find yourself always asking questions and wanting to know more. I asked you to send in your questions and for this week’s Home Grown, I had

Simon Martinez is a United States Veteran who served 22 years in four different branches of the military during his career. Martinez joined the military at 18 years old, after wanting to be in the military since being a child. He first joined the Air Force where he was sent to basic training. However, after