Help available to foster families ahead of the holidays
These are hard times for many local families, and foster families in particular are feeling the pinch of the pandemic economy. Fortunately for them,…
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Third Alaskan health care worker has allergic reaction to Covid-19 vaccine
For the third time in three days, an Alaska health care worker had an allergic reaction after receiving a dose of the new Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine. A…
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Imperial Valley Motorcycle Riders hold toy run this weekend
Abate 38 and the Imperial Valley Motorcycle Riders are hosting their annual run. But, this year they will not hold their annual lunch, due to the…
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Threat of another government shutdown hangs over Washington as Covid relief talks drag on
Congressional leaders had set a Friday deadline to approve a $900 billion pandemic relief deal and tie that proposal to a $1.4 trillion funding…
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First Imperial County frontline workers get coronavirus vaccine
The first Imperial County healthcare workers have received the Valley’s first coronavirus…
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Calexico police officer fired on sexual misconduct allegations
A Calexico police officer was fired on December 8 due to allegations of sexual misconduct.…
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Prepare for big tickets for texting in Arizona
Starting New Years Day, police officers in parts of Arizona will now be required, if not already doing so, to cite those caught on their phones while…
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723 new COVID cases today in Imperial and Yuma Counties, 7 new deaths
COVID cases continue to climb, locally.…
Continue Reading Covid-19 vaccine can’t be safe and other myths
How could the Covid-19 vaccine possibly be safe if it was produced, tested and authorized in record time? How can we trust anything backed by this…
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Sen. Kyrsten Sinema talks pandemic relief as Senate works to finalize new federal funding
As US Senator Kyrsten Sinema approaches two years in office, she’s speaking exclusively to us on her current work to assist Arizonans during the…
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‘NorCal’ rapist Roy Waller sentenced to 897 years
Roy Charles Waller, a serial rapist who terrorized northern California for at least 15 years, will spend the rest of his life behind bars. Known as…
Continue Reading TikTok is giving 10 colleges $10 million to boost minorities in health care
If nothing else, 2020 has shown just how important health care workers and public health experts are. So, in an effort to show their support, TikTok…
Continue Reading 21 charged in drug operation on 3 university campuses in North Carolina
Twenty-one people have been charged with dealing drugs on and around college campuses after federal officials uncovered a massive drug ring involving…
Continue Reading The year a computer bug threatened to bring down modern civilization
Two decades ago an existential threat brought the world together— the Y2K bug. In the late 1990s, computers were rapidly transforming how the world…
Continue Reading TikTok is giving 10 colleges $10 million to boost minorities in healthcare
If nothing else, 2020 has shown just how important healthcare workers and public health experts are. So, in an effort to show their support, TikTok…
Continue Reading A nurse’s home burned down while she was caring for a critical Covid-19 patient
After caring for Covid-19 patients all day, what Tina Irwin looked forward to the most was walking through the doors of a house she worked hard to…
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Maricopa County to fight subpoena demanding copies of ballots
The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors says it will fight a broad subpoena issued by the state Senate. The court order is part of the latest…
Continue Reading Fitness video games can break your Covid pandemic exercise slump
Some discover their preferred method of exercise early on and have the self-discipline to stick with it for decades. The rest of us, well, we get a…
Continue Reading Two facing kidnapping charges in the case of toddler abandoned at Goodwill store
Two people are facing federal charges in the case of a 2-year-old boy who was abandoned at a Mississippi Goodwill store earlier this week. Jeremy…
Continue Reading FDA prepares to OK a second vaccine as average daily cases and deaths hit records
US officials say they’re “rapidly” working toward issuing emergency authorization for what would be the nation’s second…
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