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Arizona leaders meet virtually to discuss emergency funding for border

March 9, 2022 5:52 PM Luis Lopez

As the crisis at the border continues, U.S. Senators Mark Kelly and Kyrsten Sinema (both D-AZ) are pushing for more money to tackle the…

YRMC and District Board lawsuit one step closer to trial

March 9, 2022 4:56 PM Adam Klepp

The Hospital District Board One announced a meeting with the Yuma Regional Medical Center Board of Directors was likely to happen the week of…

ASU Local arrives in Yuma at Arizona Western College

March 9, 2022 5:18 PM Melissa Zaremba

Good news for local college students in Yuma as Arizona Western College is now offering over 130 college degrees through Arizona State…

Imperial proud! Tigers advance to first ever CIF State Championship game

March 9, 2022 1:10 PM Vanessa Gongora, Scott Gross

The Imperial Tigers girls basketball team has quite the Cinderella story. From never winning a CIF state playoff game to winning the CIF Southern…

Gowan Seed begins melon crop trials

March 9, 2022 11:15 AM Samantha Byrd

A new melon trial was just planted as the summer growing season begins.…

Gang member arrested by U.S. Marshals in Quartzite for shooting rival gang member

March 9, 2022 7:47 AM April Hettinger

The U.S. Marshals Service took a man into custody who was wanted for aggravated assault with a deadly…

Russian airstrike kills 21 more civilians overnight

March 9, 2022 6:47 AM CNN, Cole Johnson

Ukraine is feeling the aftermath of another deadly Russian airstrike this morning as the Regional Prosecutor’s Office in the north-eastern city of…

Consumer products shrinking in size to adapt to inflation

March 9, 2022 6:33 AM April Hettinger

You know when you open a bag of chips and realize the bag is only about half…

MLB planning funding program for ballpark workers

March 9, 2022 6:28 AM April Hettinger

Major League Baseball (MLB) is helping employees missing out on work due to spring-training…

Arizona bill proposes allowing use of deadly force against robbers with weapons

March 8, 2022 4:31 PM April Hettinger

A new Arizona bill would allow people to use deadly force to defend their property against smash-and-grab robbers if the robber possessed a dangerous…

Home Grown: Field trials give farmers disease resistance data

March 8, 2022 4:30 PM April Hettinger

In today’s Home Grown, a field trial put on by the Yuma County Cooperative extension gives valuable information to local…

Yuma man accused of killing brother denied chance of release, remains on $1 million bond

March 8, 2022 3:48 PM Cole Johnson, Adonis Albright

It was a family feud that turned deadly in mid-February when 61-year-old Adolfo Haros-Kempton allegedly killed his own brother by putting him in a…

YRMC closing COVID unit as military team packs up

March 8, 2022 3:11 PM Adam Klepp

The COVID Strike Force is now wrapping up its mission at Yuma Regional Medical…

2 migrants saved from sand dunes

March 8, 2022 2:42 PM Jacqueline Aguilar

Two undocumented immigrants were rescued in the sand dunes near Yuma by the El Centro Sector Border…

37 migrants found, arrested by Yuma Sector Border Patrol

March 8, 2022 2:26 PM Jacqueline Aguilar

A group of 37 migrants was arrested by Yuma Sector Border Patrol with one of them having a warrant out for their arrest for the sex abuse of a…

Americans crossing border for cheaper gas prices

March 8, 2022 1:11 PM Nassieli Pizano, Jacqueline Aguilar

The United States is facing the economic impact of growing gas prices leaving American citizens and residents to cross the border to Mexicali and buy…