Yuma County Archives

Operation weather front

January 14, 2020 6:22 PM Aziza Shuler

Don’t be alarmed if you ever find a Yuma Proving Ground (YPG) radiosonde device in your front…

AZ Diamondbacks Award $3,000 to Otondo Elementary

January 14, 2020 9:17 AM Gabriel Salazar

Otondo Elementary is the proud recipient of a $3,000.00 grant from the Arizona Diamondbacks Foundation School Challenge Program.…

U.S. Cancer death rate drops

January 14, 2020 6:13 AM Crystal Jimenez

Recent reports released by the American Cancer Society showed the largest death rate drop on record throughout the United States.…

Military Matters: Honoring HM Felicity Price

January 13, 2020 11:26 AM Sumiko Keil, Arianna Shell

Today’s Military Matters we honor Hospital Corpsman (HM) Felicity Price, an Aerospace Medical Technician (AVT), and Marine Operational Test and…

Yuma County Library events: Week of January 13

January 13, 2020 9:09 PM Arianna Shell

Yuma County Library events: Week of January…

Home Grown: The Seeding Rural Resilience Act

January 13, 2020 10:45 AM Arianna Shell

A recent Morning Consult research poll finds that the majority of farmers and farm workers said financial issues, farm problems, and fear of losing…

Pet Talk: Meet Coco and Bear

January 13, 2020 9:10 PM Arianna Shell

Pet Talk: Meet Coco and…

Officers find burned body in car fire

January 13, 2020 5:42 PM Ciara Encinas, Jenny Day

Officers revealed they found a burned body in the jeep that caught fire Friday…

Local Puerto Ricans afraid for family on the island as hundreds of aftershocks continue

January 13, 2020 5:51 PM Aziza Shuler

The Puerto Rican government estimates the quakes have caused $110-million in damages and have destroyed over 500 structures, killing at least one…

Abuse statistics for 2018-2019

January 13, 2020 11:46 AM Teagan Rasche

Have domestic violence cases in Yuma increased or decreased between 2018 and…

State pumps the breaks on Somerton High

January 13, 2020 5:37 PM Ciara Encinas

SOMERTON, Ariz. (KYMA, FOX 9) – A state board decision is pumping the breaks on new construction at Somerton High School. The City of Somerton is…

Kofa Dance presents: Unity

January 13, 2020 5:10 PM Ericka Conant

Kofa High School’s award-winning dance program is excited to present its first performance of the…

Fight breaks out at Yuma prison

January 13, 2020 4:40 PM Ciara Encinas

A fight broke out on a recreation field at the Arizona State Prison Complex Yuma Saturday.…

Crane Schools awarded $399,600 grant

January 13, 2020 3:51 PM Ericka Conant

A highly-competitive grant was just awarded to Crane Elementary Schools in…

Police search for suspect in fatal hit-and-run motorcycle crash

January 12, 2020 8:36 PM Lisa Sturgis, Gabriel Salazar, Sumiko Keil

New information from police emerges after last night’s tragic…

Yuma County wants to hear your voice

January 13, 2020 2:54 PM Ericka Conant

Yuma County is looking for public opinion on its 5-Year Economic Development…

Yuma County Health offers diabetes education and prevention classes

January 13, 2020 6:43 AM Crystal Jimenez

Yuma Health officials said the incidence rate for diabetes in Yuma County alone is higher than in the state of…

One person in custody after incident on Madison Avenue

January 12, 2020 9:16 PM Lisa Sturgis

Yuma police took two people into custody after an incident at a home in the area of 27th and Madison Avenues Sunday…

Rural Metro responds to consecutive Yuma fires

January 12, 2020 2:36 PM Ericka Conant

The Rural Metro Fire department responded to two consecutive fires in Yuma Saturday…

4.0- Magnitude earthquake hits Mexicali

January 11, 2020 10:49 PM Gabriel Salazar

The United States Geological Survey (U.S.G.S) is reporting a preliminary 4.0 Magnitude earthquake striking Delta locates in the municipality of…