Yuma County Archives

Yuma Senior Games kick off this week

January 6, 2020 11:12 AM Teagan Rasche

For decades, the Yuma Senior Games attracts hundreds of…

First Yuma Border Patrol agents of 2020 sworn in

January 6, 2020 4:27 PM Ericka Conant

The first four Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents of the year have been sworn…

Fiat Chrysler mails $1000 checks to AZ consumers

January 6, 2020 3:03 PM Ericka Conant

A popular automaker is paying certain customers up to 1,000 dollars in…

Cooler temps expected at the end of the week

January 6, 2020 11:34 AM Gabriel Salazar

YUMA COUNTY, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY, KSWT)- Dry weather, clear skies and above normal afternoon temperatures will continue into Tuesday. According to the…

One last promise

January 6, 2020 7:15 AM Crystal Jimenez

A wife’s dying wish for her husband was for him to bring bluebirds back to their Oregon ranch by building birdhouses for them. Since then, he’s…

YPD searches for armed robbery suspect

January 5, 2020 11:24 AM Ericka Conant

The Yuma Police Department (YPD) is in search of a suspect who robbed a Chevron Saturday…

‘American Pickers’ is coming to Arizona

January 5, 2020 5:17 PM Ericka Conant

Popular TV show, American Pickers is looking for Arizonans with unique collections and…

Yuma’s most wanted 01-06-2020

January 4, 2020 12:43 PM Ericka Conant

Yuma’s Most Wanted…

Local Veterans react to outrage in the Middle East

January 3, 2020 11:18 AM Carmen Valencia, Brandon Mejia

Tensions run high in the Middle East as thousands of United States troops are being deployed.…

City of Yuma 2020 City Council Inauguration

January 3, 2020 7:13 PM Aziza Shuler

Friday, Mayor Doug Nicholls swore in three newly elected city councilmembers and Municipal Judge Jeanette…

MCAS Yuma can’t discuss possible Marine deployment to Iran

January 3, 2020 12:48 PM Ciara Encinas

Hundreds of Marines and dozens of soldiers live are stationed in Yuma leaving the possibility they could deploy to the middle east in the wake of…

Person hit by train near Ocean To Ocean Bridge

January 3, 2020 4:43 PM Lisa Sturgis

Paramedics took a man to the hospital after he was hit by a train on the Ocean To Ocean…

Congressmen and Senators react to strike on Iranian general

January 3, 2020 4:32 PM Lisa Sturgis, Brandon Mejia, Jenny Day

Members of the Desert Southwest’s Congressional delegation took to Twitter on Friday to share their reaction to the killing of Iranian general Qassem…

YPD responds to threat in the Middle East

January 3, 2020 2:14 PM Ciara Encinas

In the wake of growing tension in the Middle East after a U.S. airstrike assassinated a high-ranking Iranian military official, YPD is ensuring they…

Lives lost at the hands of crime

January 2, 2020 7:22 PM Ciara Encinas

There were more than a dozen murders and attempted murders in Yuma county in 2019 and some are still…

Forbes finds Yuma has 7th highest paid nurse practitioners in U.S.

January 2, 2020 5:52 PM Aziza Shuler

Forbes placed Yuma at number seven in a list of the 50 cities where nurse practitioners earn the most…

New minimum wage increase could impact local businesses

January 2, 2020 10:05 AM Carmen Valencia

The New Year will bring pay raises to thousands of workers in Arizona and California who earn minimum…

Yuma nurse practitioners are 7th highest paid in the U.S.

January 2, 2020 9:18 AM Gabriel Salazar

Forbes magazine ranked Yuma the seventh highest paying city for nurse practitioner salaries.…

Yuma police investigate stabbing–copy

January 2, 2020 8:52 AM Carmen Valencia, Ciara Encinas

Yuma police are on the scene of a possible stabbing in the area of Yuma Regional Medical…

A baby girl is the first-born of 2020 in Yuma

January 1, 2020 3:36 PM Ciara Encinas

A Yuma family is celebrating both the arrival of the new year and the
the arrival of a beautiful bundle of…