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Nearly Half Of Americans Missed A Payment During Pandemic

March 11, 2021 11:16 PM Christian Galeno

(KYMA/KECY) – It has been almost a year since COVID-19 was officially declared a national emergency in the U.S. Since that time — nearly half of…

UPDATE: Police release photo of accused bank robber

March 11, 2021 6:43 PM Lisa Sturgis, Christian Galeno

The Yuma Police Department (YPD) has released surveillance video of a man accused of robbing a local bank Wednesday…

Judge reinstates third-degree murder charge against Derek Chauvin in George Floyd’s death

March 11, 2021 8:41 PM CNN Newsource

Former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin now faces an additional murder charge in the death of George Floyd after a Hennepin County judge…

Former owners of girls boarding school facing more than 100 felony charges including statutory rape

March 11, 2021 8:33 PM CNN Newsource

The former owners of a girls’ boarding school in Missouri are facing more than 100 felony charges between them related to the abuse of 16…

California man sentenced for drowning his two sons in ‘diabolical’ insurance scheme, prosecutors say

March 11, 2021 8:30 PM CNN Newsource

A California judge sentenced a man to 212 years in federal prison for killing his two sons in an insurance scheme worth more than $260,000, according…

American rescue plan provides more than 100 million dollars for border relief

March 11, 2021 7:36 PM Cody Lee

U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly says the relief bill just signed by President Joe Biden will provide 110 million dollars for organizations along the southern…

A St. Louis high school, known for alumni like Tina Turner, was facing closure

March 11, 2021 7:48 PM CNN Newsource

Now, officials are trying to save it with art Sumner High School, the first Black high school west of the Mississippi River, was once a key landmark…

SPECIAL REPORT: Playing in the pandemic

March 11, 2021 6:42 PM Rob Fram

Yuma Catholic football “thrives” on…

Campesinos sin Fronteras asks for help for asylum seekers

March 11, 2021 6:26 PM Crystal Jimenez

Campesinos sin Fronteras (CSF) has been just one of the local organization in the forefront of helping asylum seekers released in Yuma…

Biden Signs “American Rescue Plan”

March 11, 2021 6:01 PM Brandon Mejia

(NBC News, KYMA) – One year to the day after America started slipping into a coronavirus lockdown, President Biden has signed a bill that releases…

Biden will direct states to open vaccinations to all adults by May 1

March 11, 2021 4:30 PM CNN Newsource, Jenny Day

President Joe Biden will use his first evening address to the nation Thursday to announce he is directing US states to open coronavirus vaccine…

While states repeal mask mandates, the federal government quietly considers mask regulations for workers

March 11, 2021 5:17 PM CNN Newsource

A federal regulatory agency is approaching the deadline to decide whether masks should be required at workplaces in the United States, in response to…

Wastewater COVID-19 testing heading to San Luis

March 11, 2021 10:15 AM Sumiko Keil, Mercedes Martinez

The City of San Luis partners up with the University of Arizona’s COVID project to detect any potential…

El Centro Sector seize meth at Highway 111 checkpoint

March 11, 2021 10:33 AM Sumiko Keil, Mercedes Martinez

Border Patrol agents arrested a man for allegedly smuggling methamphetamine through an immigration checkpoint on…

APS raises opposition to Republican energy bill

March 11, 2021 4:20 PM Lisa Sturgis

A bill that strips Arizona utility regulators of their power to require utilities to use clean energy sources faces new…

Texas attorney general files lawsuit against Austin leaders over mask requirement

March 11, 2021 3:58 PM CNN Newsource

Texas’ top law enforcement officer is suing leaders in the state’s capital for maintaining local coronavirus mask requirements, saying…

Paralyzed by a shooting, he now helps others with disabilities take control of their lives

March 11, 2021 3:35 PM CNN Newsource

Wesley Hamilton remembers the moment nine years ago when his life changed forever. On January 14, 2012, Hamilton got caught up in an altercation with…