Yuma County Archives

Local author shares books for free amid nationwide outbreak struggles

March 22, 2020 4:41 PM Ericka Conant

A local author is doing his part in fighting the troubles that come with…

Champion Church hosts drive-in service

March 22, 2020 4:17 PM Ericka Conant

Religious services nationwide are turning to other ways of holding Sunday service, and many are even live-streaming their…

Arizona launches new statewide coronavirus hotline

March 22, 2020 1:48 PM Lisa Sturgis

The state of Arizona has a new hotline number to field questions about…

Quechan and Paradise Casinos to close

March 21, 2020 7:07 PM Ciara Encinas, Ericka Conant

Quechan and Paradise Casinos will close their doors Monday evening to combat the spread of the…

Humane Society of Yuma needs more volunteers due to outbreak crisis

March 21, 2020 5:37 PM Ericka Conant

With Yuma’s Canadian winter visitors leaving sooner than usual, the Yuma Humane Society finds itself short of…

Arizona receives large cache of medical supplies

March 21, 2020 12:51 PM Lisa Sturgis

Arizona received a shipment of much-needed medical supplies from the Strategic National Stockpile…

Cases of coronavirus top 100 in Arizona

March 21, 2020 11:45 AM Lisa Sturgis

The latest report from the Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) puts the total number of coronavirus cases across the state at 104. That’s…

Yuma declares State of Emergency due to Coronavirus

March 15, 2020 10:42 PM Ciara Encinas

The City of Yuma declared a State of Emergency Sunday night in response to the…

YRMC CEO: “We would love to test everybody, but supplies are in short supply.”

March 20, 2020 6:56 PM Aziza Shuler

Most of the community are asking why can’t anyone who’s displaying ‘coronavirus-like’ symptoms go to the hospital to get tested? Quite frankly,…

NEW DETAILS: Yuma’s first coronavirus patient recovering

March 20, 2020 5:27 PM Carmen Valencia

Yuma County Health Department Officials confirmed the first presumptive case of…

NEW VIDEO: Yuma County confirms first case of coronavirus

March 20, 2020 8:52 AM Lisa Sturgis

Yuma County had confirmed its first case of…

San Luis mayor signs emergency declaration to prevent spread of coronavirus

March 20, 2020 11:28 AM Sumiko Keil

The Mayor of San Luis, Gerardo Sanchez, signed a proclamation Friday morning…

YRMC to restrict visitors amid coronavirus pandemic

March 20, 2020 8:14 AM Sumiko Keil

Starting Saturday, March 21, the Yuma Regional Medical Center (YRMC) will restrict all visitors to the…

Level 3 sex offender in Yuma

March 20, 2020 6:13 AM Sumiko Keil

The Yuma Police Department would like to notify the community that Armando Solis Corona, 56, is now living at the 2200 block of W. 1st Street in…

YCSO Seeks Help From Community to Find Missing 20-Year-Old

March 19, 2020 11:29 PM Christian Galeno

YUMA, Ariz. (KECY/KYMA) – Yuma County Sheriff’s Office (YCSO) is seeking the help of the community to find 20-year-old Eva Fernandez Quiroz, who…

Social distancing slowing down small businesses

March 19, 2020 7:04 PM Aziza Shuler

Even as experts are urging social distancing to stop the spread, many local small businesses in Yuma County remain open for business.…

San Luis port of entry will not shut down

March 19, 2020 2:05 PM Carmen Valencia

There are a lot of questions whether or not the port of entries will close down due to the ongoing battle of the coronavirus.…

No one injured after RV catches fire in Yuma

March 19, 2020 11:40 AM Sumiko Keil

Two people evacuate safely after their motorhome caught…

San Luis Port of Entry reopened after temporary morning closure

March 19, 2020 8:34 AM Sumiko Keil

UPDATE: The San Luis Port of Entry has now been re-opened, according to…

Local stores dedicating first hours to senior citizens

March 18, 2020 11:37 AM Carmen Valencia

Hundreds of different stores across the country are dedicating it’s first hours of operations to senior…