Children in the pandemic: Understanding what’s going on
As children are learning how to deal with being home all day, a new children’s book is aiming to help children understand what is going on during the…
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‘Yuma’s Best’ Hair Salon successfully re-opens after statewide salon closures
As soon as Governor Ducey loosened statewide stay-at-home orders Friday, reopening hair salons and barbershops, Blush’s appointments booked up…
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57 new cases reported in the Imperial County
The Imperial County Public Health Department (ICPHD) confirms 57 new cases of coronavirus, its highest one-day spike since the virus…
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Inmate at Yuma state prison dead after fight
Prison officials said on Friday they are investigating the possible homicide of a 52-year-old inmate in…
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Unemployment keeps rising in Imperial County due to COVID-19
Last week 3 million people filed for unemployment, bringing the total average for the country to 33 million.…
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AWC disburses Cares Act funds to spring 2020 students
Arizona Western College (AWC) students enrolled in for-credit classes on March 13 of 2020 will receive stimulus funds as long as they…
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Newsom executive order extends deadlines impacted by virus
Governor Gavin Newsom issued an executive order Friday, extending critical deadlines impacted by the coronavirus (COVID-19)…
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Yuma salons, barbershops re-open with new safety protocols
Salons and barbershops are officially able to open their doors again today but under tight guidelines from the CDC and State Board of…
Continue Reading Yuma County coronavirus cases rise by 19
The Yuma County Public Health District confirmed 19 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) Thursday, bringing the countywide total to 176.…
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Newsom signs order sending all registered Californians mail-in ballots
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order Friday, to send every California voter a mail-in ballot for the upcoming November presidential…
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U of A Yuma Alumni announce 2020-2021 scholarship recipients
The University of Arizona YumaCats Alumni Chapter announced 35 scholarship recipients for the 2020-2021 school year, awarding $60,000 to local…
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Imperial County takes safe approach to reopening local businesses
Imperial County is now in stage 2, labeled as “low…
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Experience an African safari online, while in quarantine
Experience Africa, from the comfort of your own…
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Mexicali couple return adopted daughter to shelter
A same-sex couple in Mexicali returns their nine-year-old adopted daughter to the National System for Integral Family Development…
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Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia urges Governor for new river budget funding
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia sends a letter urging California Governor Gavin Newsom to preserve propose new river…
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YRMC launches drive-thru Covid-19 testing tomorrow
As part of Governor Doug Ducey’s Testing Blitz, the Yuma Regional Medical Center is having free drive-through testing for COVID-19 this Saturday, May…
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At least 50 infected with coronavirus at retirement home in Mexico
(KYMA, KECY) – In a nursing home in the northern Mexican state of Nuevo Leon, at least 47 residents and three employees were infected with…
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2 arrested in separate drug busts at the Highway 86 checkpoint
A man and a woman are arrested in two separate events after they were caught smuggling drugs at the Highway 86 immigration…
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Hair salons, barbershops in Arizona poised to reopen
Hair salons and barbershops in Arizona shut down a month ago to stop the spread of the coronavirus will look quite different when they reopen…
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YPD: Speed, alcohol believed factors in single-vehicle crash
UPDATE: Police say the driver was taken to Yuma Regional Medical Center due to his injuries after crashing early Friday…
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