Imperial Valley College hosts 2024 Career Education Day
Imperial Valley College hosted its annual Career Education Day, with over 1,000 students in attendance.
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Special Olympics Torch Run happening next week
Local first responders are teaming up to support Yuma Special Olympics athletes with the annual torch run.
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YPG celebrates Earth Day
Students at Price Elementary School, located at YPG, participated in various Earth Day activities orchestrated by the Environmental Sciences Division.
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Allo Fiber teamed with ARIZONA@WORK hosting its Hiring Event
Allo Fiber partnered up with ARIZONA@WORK to help host its Hiring Event.
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San Luis Frontera Rotary Club to host casino night
There will be craps, roulette, blackjack and other casino games during the event, which will start from 8:00pm to midnight on Friday, April 26.
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Crane Elementary School District employees to see increase in salary
The package offers a 4% salary increase and a $750 stipend to all employees hired before 2024. The board also approved an additional $3,000 increase to the base salary for all Crane District teachers.
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YPD and DEA to host National Take Back Initiative
In a press release, the event is to “give the public an opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft left by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused and unwanted prescription drugs.”
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Sonora Quest Laboratories highlighting National Minority Health Awareness Month
April is National Minority Health Awareness Month and one local health services company is helping to support the cause.
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Local high school students earn gold medals in Special Olympics powerlifting competition
In a press release, the competition took place on Friday, April 12, and was hosted by 4th Avenue Gym, with Gabriel Delgado, Zack Ursery and Job Grace competing in “various forms of weightlifting,” earning them gold medals for their lifts.
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AWC Entrepreneurial College CEO selected for Aspen Institute’s Rising Presidents Fellowship
The Aspen Institute College Excellence Program (Aspen) announced Reetika Dhawan “is one of 40 leaders selected for the 2024-25 Aspen Rising Presidents Fellowship.”
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U.S. Olympic and Paralympic athletes gather at NBC TODAY Plaza ahead of Paris Olympic Games
U.S. Olympic and Paralympic athletes gather Wednesday morning at NBC TODAY Plaza in New York to mark 100 days left to the opening of the Paris Olympic Games.
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Don’t whine, “Come Wine at Yuma City Hall” to benefit local organizations that help those in need
The fundraiser is benefiting two locals organizations, Mentally Ill Kids in Distress (M.I.K.I.D.) and Catholic Community Services of Southern Arizona.
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Come Wine at City Hall this Thursday!
The event is coming up this Thursday night and it’s ticket only, so you need to go and buy your ticket if you’re interested.
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Imperial Valley College set to host its Fentanyl Awareness Summit
Imperial Valley College is teaming up with the University of Baja California to host a Fentanyl Awareness Summit.
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Indiana Fever fans react to Caitlin Clark being team’s number one draft pick
In a state where basketball is religion, Indiana Fever fans went to church Monday night, and their prayers were answered when the team selected Caitlin Clark as their number one draft pick.
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Local law enforcement agencies to participate in Torch Run 2024
In a press release sent by the Yuma Police Department (YPD), the event “will return as a relay with each agency carrying and passing on the Flame of Hope.”
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El Centro to open its first Goodwill
A new Goodwill Center will be opening soon in El Centro, which will be the first in the entire Imperial Valley.
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National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week
According to the Yuma Fire Department (YFD), April 15 through April 19 is National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week.
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Pet Talk: Meet Sailor
Meet our Pet of the Week!🐶 Sailor is an adorable pup who is looking for a forever home🏠 Click below to learn more about Sailor.⤵
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33rd Annual Four Valleys of the Sun Open Karate Championship taking place next week
In a press release, the tournament will take place in Southwest High School in El Centro on Saturday, April 27, with more than 30 dojos from four different valleys, Imperial, Coachella, Yuma and Mexicali, participating in the tournament.
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