Drought contingency planning grant of $100k awarded to City of Kingman
Senator Kyrsten Sinema applauded the WaterSMART drought contingency planning grant of $100,000 to the City of Kingman that will help improve water…
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Customs & Border Protection pauses border wall construction at friendship park
Customs & Border Protection Commissioner Chris Magnus announced the decision to stop the construction of the border wall at Friendship…
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Two men smuggle immigrants resulting in rollover accident and death of a passenger
Matthew Dylan Ramirez and Jesus Madrid-Varela pleaded guilty for transporting undocumented immigrants for money resulting in a rollover accident and…
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Teen missing last seen August 1 in El Centro
The Imperial County Sheriff’s Office announced a missing juvenile alert on Carter Weekley, a 15-year-old teenager who was last seen on August 1, 2022…
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Brawley prohibits parking trucks with hazardous materials in residential areas
The city of Brawley passed an ordinance that prohibits parking trucks and other vehicles that carry hazardous materials in residential areas and…
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Border Patrol agents questioned for trashing migrants’ personal documents
Representative Raul M. Grijalva (D-AZ) has led 22 members of Congress to send a letter to U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner (CBP) Chris…
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Bureau of Land Management lifts fire restrictions
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced they will lift all fire restrictions on public lands administered by the Colorado River District…
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Senators Kelly and Sinema secured funding over $2.9M for Dine College’s CONNECT NAVAJO project
Senators Mark Kelly and Kyrsten Sinema announced $2,925,627 funding for Dine College’s CONNECT NAVAJO Project that will help provide educational and…
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Sen. Kelly increases funding for Arizona school nutrition programs
Senator Mark Kelly announced that there will be a $130.9 million increase in funding for school nutrition programs in…
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Lane restrictions on I-8 and Harold C. Giss Parkway in Yuma for construction
The Arizona Department of Transportation will have lane restrictions on Interstate 8 and Harold C. Giss Parkway starting August 1 to September…
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Lane restrictions on I-8 in Yuma on Araby Road for repairs
The Arizona Department of Transportation will have construction on Interstate 8 in Yuma starting at 5 a.m. on Tuesday, August…
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Rep. Grijalva votes to pass important heat stress bill for workers exposed to excessive heat
Representative Grijalva voted to pass the Asuncion Valdivia Heat Illness and Fatality Prevention Act that would establish a federal standard for heat…
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Lane restrictions beginning of August on Interstate 8 in Yuma
The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) announced lane restrictions on the Interstate 8 in Yuma beginning at 5 a.m. on Monday, August 1 for…
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Man arrested for sexual abuse in Yuma
Mark Pierson, a 54-year-old man was arrested last Wednesday for one count of sexual conduct with a minor and two counts of…
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UPDATE: Suspect extradited, two adults found fatally stabbed in backyard
The Yuma Police Department (YPD) responded to a domestic disturbance call and upon arrival found two adults fatally stabbed in the…
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Man sentenced to 40 months for six bank robberies in two months
Man was sentenced to 40 months in prison and has previously pleaded guilty to two counts of bank robbery and was ordered to pay full restitution for…
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Parents and teens are concerned for the rising prices of school supplies
Junior Achievement USA has a new survey of 1,004 U.S. teens ages 13 to 17 conducted by Big Village from July 5 to 10 concerning rising costs of…
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El Centro Border Patrol rescue sixteen migrants in the mountains
El Centro Border Patrol agents rescued about sixteen lost undocumented immigrants in the Jacumba Wilderness region on…
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Serious injury collision in Yuma County
A driver was seriously injured in a vehicle collision located around Mohawk Valley Boulevard and County 8th Street in Roll, Arizona on Thursday, July…
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21-year-old man sentenced to 10 years for sex trafficking of a minor
A man was sentenced to 120 months in prison who previously pleaded guilty for sex trafficking of a minor on July…
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