Supreme Court strikes down college affirmative action programs
The Supreme Court on Thursday struck down affirmative action programs at the University of North Carolina and Harvard in a major victory for…
Continue ReadingEducation
Antelope Union High School District taken over by the state
After five years of overspending their budget, the Antelope Union High School District was taken over by the state.…
Continue Reading
California county uses funding for early education
Monterey County’s Early Learning Program is planning on using the over $11 million to help with hiring, facility costs, and the services they…
Continue Reading
RCBH College of Health Careers offers Licensed Practical Nurse program
The Regional Center for Border Health (RCBH) College of Health Careers offers a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)…
Continue Reading
Yuma Police Department accepting applications for Teen Police Academy
The Yuma Police Department (YPD) is having its first Teen Police Academy designed to educate teens about the daily operations of the…
Continue Reading
Family Resource Center Coordinator retires after 37 years with Calexico Unified School District
Hortencia Armendariz has been working with the Calexico Unified School District for 37…
Continue Reading
Students engage in Yuma Proving Ground free science program
YPG Army Educational Outreach Program (AEOP) and Gains in the Education of Mathematics and Science (GEMS) allow students to get hands-on experience…
Continue Reading
It’s almost time to resume student loan payments. Not doing so could cost you
By CORA LEWIS and ADRIANA MORGA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — After three years, the pandemic-era freeze on federal student loan payments will…
Continue Reading
California school board fires superintendent
Screaming and hollering inside a school board meeting in Temecula after the board voted three-to-one to fire Superintendent Jodi…
Continue Reading
Yuma Family YMCA will close its doors in August
After 23 years of service to the Yuma community, the YMCA announced it will shut down in…
Continue Reading
University of Alabama celebrates 60 years of campus integration
It was June 11, 1963 when Vivian Malone and James Hood were able to enroll at the University of Alabama after then-governor George Wallace was…
Continue Reading
Local student aiming to bring change to the community through education
33-year-old Joseph Adrian Salazar has been a student at Imperial Valley College for 16 months and will be graduating this year and will transfer to…
Continue Reading
Protests outside a California school district meeting turns violent
Protests outside a Glendale school district meeting turned violent as groups began several brawls as administrators debate gender and sexual identity…
Continue Reading
California teachers protest in response to school board rejecting textbooks
The Board President Dr. Joseph Komrosky referred to murdered gay rights activist, Harvey Milk, as a “pedophile.” Teachers, however, said the…
Continue Reading
MANA de Imperial Valley hosts annual scholarship awards
EL CENTRO, Calif. (KYMA, KECY) – MANA awarded a total of $20,000 in scholarships to 29 students at the Southwest High School Library in El Centro.…
Continue Reading
Local students get hands-on experience with future career paths
Program Director Rusty Tyndall said it’s all an effort to get kids to start thinking about their post-school…
Continue Reading
Entrepreneurs look to shoot for the moon
YUMA, Ariz. (KECY, KYMA) – The Arizona Small Business Development Center assists early start ups to learn how to get their businesses off the ground…
Continue Reading
New middle school comes to Brawley
The Brawley Elementary School District announced the name of the new middle school in…
Continue Reading
Local teacher teaches blind chess to students for over 30 years Â
Tony Lambert teaches students how to play chess at a young age. He teaches his fourth-grade class how to properly…
Continue Reading
Agriculture and education intersect in Yuma County
Local growers rely on H-2A workers to harvest their crops, as their children attend Yuma’s…
Continue Reading