Above-average temperatures and calm skies ahead
According to the National Weather Service (NWS), Yuma and Imperial County residents can expect calm and pleasant weather conditions to persist well…
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Local RV park donates over $3,000 to Toys for Tots
The funds, raised through community efforts, will go toward providing toys and gifts for families in…
Continue ReadingCharles Shyer, ‘Father of the Bride’ and ‘Baby Boom’ filmmaker, dies at 83
AP Film Writer Charles Shyer, the Oscar-nominated writer and filmmaker known for classic comedies like “Private Benjamin,” “Baby Boom” and…
Continue ReadingCharles Shyer, ‘Father of the Bride’ and ‘Baby Boom’ filmmaker, dies at 83
AP Film Writer Charles Shyer, the Oscar-nominated writer and filmmaker known for classic comedies like “Private Benjamin,” “Baby Boom” and…
Continue ReadingPeru’s Navy rescues dozens of fishermen stranded at sea as giant waves pound shore
TUMBES, Peru (AP) — Peru’s Navy says it has rescued about 30 fishermen who had been stranded for two days at sea as giant waves pounded the…
Continue ReadingJimmy Carter: Many evolutions for a centenarian ‘citizen of the world’
Associated Press PLAINS, Georgia (AP) — Newly married and sworn as a Naval officer, Jimmy Carter left his tiny hometown in 1946 hoping to climb the…
Continue ReadingHow co-writing a book threatened the Carters’ marriage
NEW YORK (AP) — No ex-president had a more prolific and diverse publishing career than Jimmy Carter. His more than two dozen books included…
Continue ReadingJimmy Carter: Many evolutions for a centenarian ‘citizen of the world’
Associated Press PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — Newly married and sworn as a Naval officer, Jimmy Carter left his tiny hometown in 1946 hoping to climb the…
Continue ReadingThe Latest: State funeral for Jimmy Carter will be Jan. 9
Former President Jimmy Carter has died at the age of 100. The 39th president of the United States was a Georgia peanut farmer who sought to restore…
Continue ReadingChess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen returns to a tournament after a dispute over jeans is resolved
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Top-ranked chess player Magnus Carlsen is headed back to the World Blitz Championship on Monday after its…
Continue ReadingSignificant milestones in life and career of Jimmy Carter
— Oct. 1, 1924: James Earl Carter Jr. is born in Plains, Georgia, son of James Sr. and Lillian Gordy Carter. — June 1946: Carter graduates from…
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Jimmy Carter, the 39th US president, has died at 100
Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Jimmy Carter, the peanut farmer who won the presidency in the wake of the Watergate scandal and Vietnam War,…
Continue ReadingJimmy Carter: A brief bio
— BIRTH NAME: James Earl Carter, Jr. — BORN: Oct. 1, 1924, at the Wise Clinic in Plains, Georgia, the first U.S. president born in a hospital. He…
Continue ReadingNotable quotes by Jimmy Carter
Some quotations from Jimmy Carter. We have a tendency to exalt ourselves and to dwell on the weaknesses and mistakes of others. I have come to…
Continue ReadingLakers send D’Angelo Russell to Nets in trade for Dorian Finney-Smith, Shake Milton
AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Lakers have traded guard D’Angelo Russell to the Brooklyn Nets for forward Dorian…
Continue ReadingJimmy Carter, 39th US president, Nobel winner, dies at 100
Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Jimmy Carter, the peanut farmer who tried to restore virtue to the White House after the Watergate scandal and…
Continue ReadingPenn State coach James Franklin says Nick Saban should be college football’s commissioner
AP Sports Writer SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Penn State coach James Franklin believes college football needs a commissioner and he even has a…
Continue ReadingVolcano to Heisman stage: Ashton Jeanty’s journey helped push Boise State into playoff
AP Sports Writer SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Ashton Jeanty’s athletic arc took him from the bowels of an Italian volcano to the Heisman Trophy…
Continue ReadingPenn State’s polarizing QB Drew Allar puts critics on mute and keeps winning games
AP Sports Writer SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Even when Penn State quarterback Drew Allar gets some praise, it’s usually a backhanded compliment.…
Continue Reading4 killed in a storm system that spawned tornadoes across the southern U.S.
Associated Press Officials are assessing the damage after a strong storm system moved across the southern U.S. over the weekend, spawning tornadoes…
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