SUV driver slowed or stopped before crash that killed 13 migrants in Holtville
According to the truck driver, the SUV stopped or slowed to a near stop at the stop sign, then accelerated onto (State Highway 115) in front of the…
Continue ReadingImperial County
Aid for asylum seekers puts strain on a local non-profit organization
Sure Helpline Crisis Center in Imperial Valley says it has helped at least 500 asylum seekers over the last three weeks only to be shunned away by…
Continue Reading
Gov. Ducey clashes with President Biden, Influx of asylum seekers, City of Calexico evicts homeless
National news met with statewide controversy this week when Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey’s clashed with President Joe Biden’s recent gun control…
Continue Reading
IID newsletter highlights power infrastructure regulation and safety
The Imperial Irrigation District (IID) released their monthly newsletter Friday morning. April’s edition discusses regulation protecting power…
Continue Reading
Imperial County warns of cartel violence along border
The County of Imperial released a security alert Saturday evening warning of cartel violence in the Mexicali…
Continue Reading
IID honors Winter Storms Outage Response Team as Team of the Month
The Imperial Irrigation District (IID) Board of Directors recognized a district team of 198 members on Tuesday for their excellence in responding to…
Continue Reading
Westbound I-8 at Imperial Avenue closed Saturday
Interstate 8 between State Route 86 Street and Forrester Road will be closed Saturday to continue working on the…
Continue Reading
New possibilities for sports in the Valley
Schools in Imperial Valley return from spring break to a less restrictive reality. Just this week the County moved from the COVID red tier to the…
Continue Reading
ICSO: Mecca woman found
The Imperial County Sheriff’s Office says 35-year-old Fabiola Mandujano (Luna) was last seen on Saturday, April 3,…
Continue Reading
El Centro Border Patrol agents make major meth bust
El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents made a big drug bust in Indio early Thursday morning taking pounds and pounds of methamphetamine off the…
Continue Reading
IID Board awards more than $68K to local school districts
The Imperial Irrigation District (IID) Board of Directors awards $68,300 to 17 school districts for the 2021-2022 special projects grant…
Continue Reading
Passerby finds missing El Centro man
Rosendo Haro Villagrana is reunited with his…
Continue Reading
City of Calexico officials evict homeless encampment
As people were evicted from the area, police arrested Hugo Castro, one of the main activists that promoted the campsite, for resisting…
Continue Reading
Imperial County moves into orange tier – prepares to lift more restrictions
Imperial County Public Health Department announced Tuesday the Valley is set to move into the orange tier as soon as April…
Continue Reading
Services almost fully restored after a fire took down a local communications hub
TDS provides an update on services, following a fire.…
Continue Reading
USBP: 6 arrested in Imperial Beach after four swim around border wall
Border Patrol agents arrested four undocumented immigrants who swam around the wall and two additional men who picked them up to transport…
Continue Reading
Siblings abandoned along the border near Jacumba
At the station, the children provided agents a handwritten note which had their mom’s name and phone number on it. The siblings also had their…
Continue Reading
USBP: Convicted rapist caught illegally re-entering U.S.
El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents say they prevented a convicted rapist from re-entering the U.S.…
Continue Reading
USBP: Cache of drugs hidden in vehicle’s battery
El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents say one man’s behind bars and nearly 10-pounds of illegal narcotics are off the streets after a bust at the…
Continue Reading
Date set for Holtville crash suspect’s arraignment
Jose Cruz Noguez, the man accused of orchestrating the smuggling of 25 undocumented immigrants on March 2 appeared in U.S. District Court…
Continue Reading