Indoor mask mandate to resume in California Wednesday
Californians should prepare to mask up again when they step inside. A statewide indoor mask mandate goes back into effect on…
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6 cases of omicron variant detected in Maricopa County
The Maricopa County Department of Public Health on Monday reported the metro Phoenix area’s first cases of the omicron variant of…
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Hospital District Board One holds ‘Special Meeting’
The Hospital District Board 1 is holding a special meeting Monday, December 13th at the Aldrich Auditorium, just south of 24th Street on Avenue…
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Air Force discharges 27 for refusing COVID-19 vaccine
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Air Force has discharged 27 people for refusing to get the COVID-19 vaccine, making them what officials believe are the first…
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El Centro’s new mayor looks to the city’s future
The City of El Centro will have a new mayor on Thursday, December…
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Arizona Governor announces over $400,000 to fight hunger in the state
On December 13, Arizona Governor Doug Ducey announced $460,000 in funding which will go into supporting food banks in the…
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Over 2,000 migrants encountered from Friday to Monday
Yuma Sector Border Patrol posted an update stating that 2,600 migrants have been encountered from Friday, December 10 to Monday, December…
Continue ReadingTwo officers survived a tornado that battered their patrol cars. They escaped and saved an injured girl
CNN By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Two officers were caught in a deadly tornado that ripped through a Kentucky community and — after surviving a…
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Biden to tour tornado damage in Kentucky on Wednesday
By ZEKE MILLER and JOSH BOAK WASHINGTON WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says he will travel to Kentucky on Wednesday to view damage from last…
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Shots fired during Vicente Fernández memorial in Hollywood, one in custody
A man is now in custody after firing multiple shots during a memorial gathering in Hollywood to honor Vicente…
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Migrant with multiple convictions to return to Mexico
Wellton Border Patrol agents arrested an undocumented immigrant who was later found to have multiple…
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Suspect in Michigan High School shooting to appear in court
The teenager who is accused of killing four students and injuring six others will be appearing in court on…
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Mayor Nicholls “still concerned for long term” at southern border
Yuma Mayor Doug Nicholls says an emergency situation in the southwestern Arizona border city has eased with federal officials moving in additional…
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Rain and snow as California braces for brunt of storm
The Western U.S. is bracing for the brunt of a major winter storm expected to hit Monday, bringing travel headaches, the threat of localized flooding…
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Suspect serial rapist arrested in Southern California
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (CNN) – Jose Manuel Martinez Garcia faces 14 felony counts including four counts of attempted murder, four counts of rape…
Continue ReadingDeath toll rises from tornadoes hitting six states in eastern US
(CNN) — A decades-old family photo from a home in Kentucky turned up more than 150 miles away in Indiana on Saturday after apparently being whipped…
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Over 100 undocumented immigrants cross into Yuma County near Morelos Dam
Earlier Sunday morning more undocumented immigrants made their way into Yuma County; and just as with other groups crossing, the number coming in is…
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Writer profiles every USS Arizona casualty at Pearl Harbor
Former Arizona Daily Star Editor Bobbie Jo Buel searched newspaper archives and public records, collecting snapshots and personal letters of every…
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Vicente Fernández, revered Mexican singer, dies at 81
By BERENICE BAUTISTA Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Vicente Fernández, a beloved Mexican singer who was awarded three Grammys and nine Latin…
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Handbell choir rings in Christmas season with annual performance
As Christmas events continue throughout the Desert Southwest, one group is kicking off the season with a decades old…
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