Local businesses prepare for regional stay at home order
IMPERIAL COUNTY, Calif. (KYMA, KECY), Governor Newsom’s new regional stay-at-home order that was announced Thursday afternoon will force the closure…
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A list of what would be closed under new California restrictions
In a statement, the Imperial County Public Health Department said the governor’s Regional Stay at Home Order would approach the county sometime this…
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Niland Fire Victims still in temporary housing
Families were housed in nearby hotels however due to the Coronavirus pandemic they were put in temporary…
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Mexicali singer dies from infection and COVID-19 complications
A local artist from Mexicali has died from complications of a flesh-eating bacteria coupled with COVID-19…
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El Centro Regional Medical Center prepares for potential staff shortage
El Centro Regional Medical Center (ECRMC) is bracing itself for a post-holiday surge in coronavirus cases, and its top doctor hopes the hospital has…
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ECRMC Sees Highest Number of Patients Hospitalized
Chairman of Imperial County to consider lockdown if COVID-19 cases continue to rise. YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA) – During a press conference Tuesday, Chief…
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CDC issues warning against travel to Mexico
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning against traveling to Mexico because of the coronavirus…
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ECRMC sees increase in COVID-19 patients
The El Centro Regional Medical center has seen an increase in coronavirus patients.…
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Inmate advocates push for in-person visitation
Due to COVID in-person visitations have been halted in California prisons and Jails.…
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How surviving COVID-19 changed an Imperial Valley couple
Claudia Vargas and Joe Cortez have been married for 20 years. They’ve had to overcome a lot together as a couple, but nothing as tough as surviving…
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Brawley non-profit to serve Thanksgiving dinner in spite of pandemic
Coronavirus has made this a non-traditional Thanksgiving for local community service groups, as well as for…
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Coronavirus mobile testing bus coming to Imperial County
As coronavirus cases increase in Imperial County so does the need for coronavirus medical…
Continue Reading Inmate in the Imperial County Jail tests positive for COVID-19
The Imperial County Sheriff’s Office (ICSO) confirms an inmate at the county jail has tested positive for coronavirus, but deputies say they are…
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ICPHD offers guidance for Thanksgiving celebration
ICPHD says the positivity rate of cases is 23.82% as compared to 10.51% this time last…
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Statewide curfew includes Imperial County
Curfew will be in effect from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. starting Saturday and will be in effect till December 21st.…
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Curfew ordered in Imperial County as number of COVID-19 cases increase
The curfew in Imperial County starts from Saturday, November 21, 2020, to Monday, December 21,…
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Downtown Calexico takes another hit as border restrictions are extended
An additional month has been added for border restrictions with Canada and Mexico. That’s another month of low business and low morale for the…
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Alternate Care Site for opens at IVC
Imperial County reopened an Alternate Care Site (ACS) Thursday morning at Imperial Valley College (IVC) to care for coronavirus…
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Stores say it’s business as usual for Black Friday
At the Calexico outlet, sale signs are hung and clothes are laid neatly ready for Black…
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ECRMC expands bed capacity for the second wave of COVID-19
The second wave of coronavirus patients local hospitals have been expecting to see is here and hospital beds are filling…
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