El Centro Border Patrol agents rescue 12 in just 3 days
It’s been a busy week for El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents. They rescued a dozen undocumented immigrants in just the first three…
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El Centro Sector agents make major meth bust
El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents prevented more than 50-pounds of methamphetamine from hitting the streets.…
Regional Center For Border Health provides COVID-19 resources to migrants
When coming into the country, there are plenty of issues that undocumented immigrants will have to deal…
Federal arrest warrant issued for Brian Laundrie
The man at the enter of the Gabby Petito mystery is no longer a person of interest. A federal arrest warrant has been issued for Brian Laundrie after…
Bucket truck sparks fire in Yuma
A bucket truck sparked a blaze and knocked out power to part of a Yuma neighborhood late Thursday morning.…
Tacos and Tunes 2021
The Caballeros De Yuma are ready to kick off one…
Teen cited for car crash following car crash
The Yuma Police Department (YPD) says officers…
Video captures coyotes transporting undocumented immigrants
Yuma Sector Border Patrol’s high-tech tools…
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Yuma County
Regional Center For Border Health provides COVID-19 resources to migrants
When coming into the country, there are plenty of issues that undocumented immigrants will have to deal…
Bucket truck sparks fire in Yuma
A bucket truck sparked a blaze and knocked out power to part of a Yuma neighborhood late Thursday morning.…
Teen cited for car crash following car crash
The Yuma Police Department (YPD) says officers cited a teenage driver after he almost hit a crash site then careened into a…
Video captures coyotes transporting undocumented immigrants
Yuma Sector Border Patrol’s high-tech tools continue to stop undocumented immigrants and the smugglers transporting…
Yuma Catholic High School moves to online learning after multiple cases of COVID-19
Yuma Catholic High School will suspend all indoor activities, included in-person classes, after a number of students tested positive for…
Imperial County
El Centro Border Patrol agents rescue 12 in just 3 days
It’s been a busy week for El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents. They rescued a dozen undocumented immigrants in just the first three…
El Centro Sector agents make major meth bust
El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents prevented more than 50-pounds of methamphetamine from hitting the streets.…
Local 7-11 turns up the volume and neighbors’ frustration
An El Centro 7-11 plays opera music outside it’s store, but it’s not because the managers are music lovers – they want to deter the homeless from…
Local officials push to reopen U.S. port of entry
What’s usually a five minute wait time for workers coming in and out of the U.S., has become hours of waiting in line, and construction in Calexico…
Imperial County generates more money for local agricultural businesses
Imperial County’s agriculture business is worth more than $2-billion a year. County leaders want to keep the cash flowing to local farmers, so…
Mexico News
Video Blog: Haitian Migration
According to the U.S. Border Patrol, agents have been overwhelmed for some time now. And a recent emigration from Haiti makes circumstances all the…
Suspected Sinaloa cartel leader charged
A federal grand jury formally charges alleged Mexican cartel leader Sergio Valenzuela Valenzuela Wednesday in connection with his drug trafficking…
Happy Mexican Independence Day!
In the early hours of Thursday Morning, Mexico celebrated the 211th anniversary of its…
16 die as floods swamp public hospital in central Mexico
By GERARDO CARRILLO Associated Press TULA, Mexico (AP) — Torrential rains in central Mexico have suddenly flooded a hospital, killing 16 patients.…
Judge says forcing “wait in Mexico” to seek asylum is illegal
U.S. District Judge Cynthia Ann Bashant ruled Thursday afternoon that it is unconstitutional for the government to to deny migrants an asylum…
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News from along the border
Border Security
El Centro Border Patrol agents rescue 12 in just 3 days
It’s been a busy week for El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents. They rescued a dozen undocumented immigrants in just the first three…
El Centro Sector agents make major meth bust
El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents prevented more than 50-pounds of methamphetamine from hitting the streets.…
Video captures coyotes transporting undocumented immigrants
Yuma Sector Border Patrol’s high-tech tools continue to stop undocumented immigrants and the smugglers transporting…
More migrants being released into the United States
The Department of Homeland Security says less than 5,000 Haitian migrants remain camped in Del Rio,…
Migrant deaths nearly 4 times higher compared to last year
The number of migrant deaths in the Yuma Sector desert is already up to 30 this year.…
Immigration
Video Blog: Haitian Migration
According to the U.S. Border Patrol, agents have been overwhelmed for some time now. And a recent emigration from Haiti makes circumstances all the…
Local Border Patrol Council Member shares thoughts on border crisis in Texas
Anthony Maielli, President of the El Centro sector, said the agents in Texas are in a tough situation.…
Border Patrol sought extra resources in Del Rio as far back as June, union emails show
By Geneva Sands, CNN As far back as June, Border Patrol agents in Del Rio, Texas, began asking management for additional resources to more rapidly…
Yuma residents demonstrate outside migrant housing
After roughly 50 protestors stood outside the Best Western Plus Yuma Foothills Inn & Suites, the community is talking.…
Texas governor approves miles-long steel barrier of police vehicles to deter the more than 8,000 migrants in Del Rio
With 8,600 migrants remaining under the Del Rio International Bridge, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Tuesday officials are using “unprecedented” methods…
Home Grown: Ag News From Across the Desert Southwest
State Headlines
Arizona News
Arizona nurse shortage sidelines non-COVID patient transfers
PHOENIX (AP) — An ongoing nursing shortage in Arizona will likely keep non-COVID-19 patients from quickly getting transferred to more equipped…
Pilot killed, lone passenger injured in Arizona plane crash
PAGE, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say a single-engine plane has crashed in far northern Arizona, killing the pilot and injuring the lone passenger.…
Man found dead in car; Police say it’s a homicide
The Gila County Sheriff’s Office (GCSO) has identified the body of a Whiteriver man who was discovered dead inside a car as Leo Harry…
Two former Arizona governors endorse new gubernatorial candidate
Karrin Taylor Robson has announced her bid for the State of Arizona’s top office.…
Police: Woman struck by vehicle during disturbance has died
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Tucson police say a 38-year-old woman apparently struck by a vehicle during a disturbance at an apartment complex that left…
California News
Newsom signs $15 billion climate bill
Gov. Gavin Newsom, (D-Calif), on Thursday traveled to the scene of the massive KNP Complex Fire to sign the largest climate change package in…
Woman arrested on suspicion of starting California blaze
REDDING, Calif. (AP) — A woman has been arrested on suspicion of starting a Northern California wildfire that spread rapidly, burning homes and…
California governor signs privacy laws for abortion patients
By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed two laws aimed at protecting the privacy of…
Man in wheelchair stabbed to death
A man was killed after being stabbed multiple times in central Fresno on Tuesday…
Sequoia National Park’s Giant Forest unscathed by wildfire
THREE RIVERS, Calif. (AP) — The ancient massive trees of Sequoia National Park’s famed Giant Forest are unscathed even though a wildfire has been…
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National & World
At least 1 dead, 14 others injured after shooting at Memphis-area Kroger
CNN, WMC By Rebekah Riess and Jenn Selva, CNN At least one person was killed and 14 others injured in a shooting at a Kroger in Collierville,…
Giant panda population flourishing in China
With the fresh birth of the youngest panda cub on Tuesday, the panda conservation and research center in southwest China’s Sichuan Province has bred…
US jobless claims tick up from near a pandemic low
By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment aid rose last week for a second straight…
Evergrande’s fiasco could damage the global economy
All eyes are on China’s Evergrande, the heavily-indebted real estate conglomerate that’s become a market obsession after global investors tuned in to…
U.S. to return 3,500-year-old Gilgamesh Tablet to Iraq after looting
A 3,500-year-old clay tablet that shows parts of a Sumerian poem from the Epic of Gilgamesh is being formally handed back to Iraq after it was stolen…
Regional
Newsom signs $15 billion climate bill
Gov. Gavin Newsom, (D-Calif), on Thursday traveled to the scene of the massive KNP Complex Fire to sign the largest climate change package in…
Woman arrested on suspicion of starting California blaze
REDDING, Calif. (AP) — A woman has been arrested on suspicion of starting a Northern California wildfire that spread rapidly, burning homes and…
Arizona nurse shortage sidelines non-COVID patient transfers
PHOENIX (AP) — An ongoing nursing shortage in Arizona will likely keep non-COVID-19 patients from quickly getting transferred to more equipped…
Pilot killed, lone passenger injured in Arizona plane crash
PAGE, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say a single-engine plane has crashed in far northern Arizona, killing the pilot and injuring the lone passenger.…
Salt River Project to build new solar plant
The Salt River Project (SRP) has announced a 20-year deal with renewables company Clēnera to build a solar plant on private land northwest of…
Miltary News
Imperial County residents concerned over planes
If you live in Imperial County, you won’t miss the sounds of military planes and helicopters. Some residents say some of those sounds are too close…
Local veterans say they fear Washington D.C. is unfit to run military
Many local veterans not taking the news coming out of Kabul lightly and some even feel like they have lost one of their own. We sat down with a group…
Imperial Valley to honor lives lost on 9/11
It’s one of the only memorials in California that includes a stair climb to honor the lives lost on 9/11 according to organizers.…
Yuma veterans express frustration for handling of Taliban
Veterans in Yuma County say it’s a shame to see what is happening right now in Afghanistan feeling like the last 20 years have all been for…
Thousands try to escape Afghanistan
Thousands of people are desperately trying to flee Afghanistan now that the Taliban has seized control of almost the entire…
From Yuma's Classrooms
Yuma Catholic High School moves to online learning after multiple cases of COVID-19
Yuma Catholic High School will suspend all indoor activities, included in-person classes, after a number of students tested positive for…
Tech giant Apple recognizes 3-local schools
Pre-pandemic the use of technology was all the norm, but as the Corona Virus hit the country like a tidal wave. The use of technology was our…
Desert View Academy recognized nationally for academic performance
U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona recognizes 325 schools Tuesday as National Blue Ribbon Schools for 2021. Of those, he names five which are…
Yuma School Superintendent: Education has suffered because of pandemic
As uncertain times still surround us through the pandemic, students have also suffered a loss. A loss of education, camaraderie, and an environment…
Local student gets statewide film nomination
A simple interest as a young child turned into a passion over the years for Gila Ridge High School Senior Jeffery Parle. He has honed his skills so…
From Imperial County's Campuses
Calexico teachers union and district still at odds over pay
The ball is now in the hands of the Associated Calexico Teachers (ACT) Union, as CUSD presnted its latest counter in their last meeting on September…
Central Union High School ensures a safe school environment for students
School shootings across America have been happening more and more often. Central Union High School is always doing what it can to ensure the safety…
Calexico parents want kids tested daily for COVID-19
Children are back in the classrooms, and so is the threat of COVID-19.…
Teachers share disappointment at CUSD board meeting
Teachers in Calexico presented a counter proposal at their last negotiations meeting with the Calexico Unified School District (CUSD).…
Educators share mixed feelings about California’s vaccine mandate
The latest mandate in California requires all teachers and school staff to show proof of full vaccination status. This has teachers across the…