Calling all Yuma artists!
The City of Yuma Division of Arts and Culture seeks an artist to design, create, and install a large scale sculpture to be added to the existing…
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Pence receives coronavirus vaccine Friday morning
Vice President Mike Pence received the coronavirus vaccine Friday morning — an on-camera event that the Trump administration says is part of federal…
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An angry customer threw his drink at a fast-food worker. The next customer responded in the most amazing way
Feroza Syed couldn’t believe what she saw happen in front of her: a man threw a large drink directly at the woman working in the drive-thru…
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The forgotten history of the historic locomotive in Baja California
Community members urge Mexican officials to rehabilitate the historic train machine’s maintenance that has become an icon in the…
Continue Reading Upstate New York driver gets stuck in car for 10 hours after snow plow covers him with nearly 4 feet of snow
A 58-year-old driver from Upstate New York was rescued by police after he was stuck in his car for more than 10 hours during the snowstorm that swept…
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Lead vaccine developer says she wants to help rebuild trust brick by brick
Vaccines are on everyone’s minds these days. As the first shots of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine are administered in the United States, and as…
Continue Reading Nearly one third of Black Americans remain hesitant to get Covid-19 vaccine, study finds
As the first Covid-19 vaccinations are being administered across the country this week, Black Americans remain among the groups that have the least…
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Calexico Unified School District sues city for $1 million
CUSD says it had previously filed a claim to the city over the same issue but filed this lawsuit after the district didn’t hear back from the…
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With focus on COVID-19, experts fear opioid crisis may worsen unseen
With the world focused on COVID-19, local and national experts say a growing number of opioid overdoses and deaths is being…
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FDA plans to OK 2nd COVID-19 vaccine after panel endorsement
The head of the Food and Drug Administration said late Thursday that his agency will move to quickly authorize the second COVID-19 vaccine to fight…
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Mexican president defends restrictive immigration policies
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador on Thursday defended Mexico’s restrictive immigration…
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ASU to begin construction of multi-purpose arena in January
The 5,000-seat facility will have 20 luxury suites, two group sites and a large club…
Continue Reading Whether you have just 5, 10 or 15 minutes, these pain relief workouts can help
Pain can strike at any time — a stiff neck when you sit down at your work desk, a nagging shoulder pain as you reach for something out of the…
Continue Reading Pandemic demand for mental health care is overwhelming providers
Michael Siracusa was struggling. Changing his prescription for antidepressants would help, he thought. But getting an appointment turned out to be…
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Putting ‘politics in front of lives’: DeSantis faces criticism over Florida’s Covid-19 response
Warning signs about a Covid-19 spike have been flashing red in Florida this fall: Coronavirus hospitalizations have been rising since November, the…
Continue Reading Americans have converted to mask culture, survey finds
Most Americans now accept the benefits of wearing masks and wearing them around others, a Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) survey published Friday…
Continue Reading Eight religious sisters died of Covid-19 at a Wisconsin facility within a week
Within a week, eight religious sisters living in the Notre Dame of Elm Grove in Wisconsin died from Covid-19, all of whom, in their own ways, were…
Continue Reading CDC warns of a ‘substantial increase’ in fatal drug overdoses coinciding with the Covid-19 pandemic
The US has seen a substantial increase in fatal drug overdoses and set a record for deaths from overdoses in the year that ended in May, the Centers…
Continue Reading US surpasses 17 million official Covid-19 cases as FDA panel considers Moderna’s vaccine candidate
COVID-19 cases in both Yuma and Imperial counties continue to rise.…
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California sets deadly record
California health officials on Thursday reported a record 379 coronavirus deaths. It’s the highest number of single-day deaths since the beginning…
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