Local horse instructor charged with sexual conduct with minors denied release
A well known horse instructor in the Yuma community accused of sexual conduct with multiple minors appeared back in court Thursday, looking to be released.…
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Pioneers Memorial Hospital and Reach Air effort first heart attack-saving procedure using balloon pump
Reach air has partnered with Pioneers Medical Center for more than 15 years now. For the first time ever, a full-on cardiac lab could help save more…
The case against the trio of men charged in Somerton murder needs more time
The two brothers, and one other suspect, accused of murdering a 27-year-old man in a Somerton neighborhood were back in court on Thursday…
Diesel slides below $5 a gallon for the first time since March
The cost of diesel has tumbled from record highs, easing inflationary pressure on everything from trucking and farming to…
Home sales fell for the sixth month in a row, but prices kept rising
Home sales declined for the sixth month in a row in July as higher mortgage rates and prices push prospective buyers out of the…
Oil spill stopped from reaching tributary on Navajo Nation
An oil spill has been stopped from reaching a…
Judges reject challenges to 2 Arizona ballot initiatives
Judges have rejected challenges to two Arizona…
Agents arrest man with previous conviction, may face additional jail time
The US Border Patrol Yuma Sector says one person…
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Yuma County
Local horse instructor charged with sexual conduct with minors denied release
A well known horse instructor in the Yuma community accused of sexual conduct with multiple minors appeared back in court Thursday, looking to be…
The case against the trio of men charged in Somerton murder needs more time
The two brothers, and one other suspect, accused of murdering a 27-year-old man in a Somerton neighborhood were back in court on Thursday…
Agents arrest man with previous conviction, may face additional jail time
The US Border Patrol Yuma Sector says one person was arrested after illegally entering the U.S. and had previous…
Homeowners want changes to a planned housing development
Residents in one yuma neighborhood say they’re against smaller lots in their…
How federal border policies impact reported apprehension numbers
Because of Title 42, one migrant can be apprehended multiple times, driving up the total number of apprehensions along the…
Imperial County
NAF El Centro helps with habitat conservation efforts at Lake Havasu
From the Naval Air Facility in El Centro to Lake Havasu, the Navy natural resources program worked with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to drop…
Agents find over $3M worth of meth during vehicle stop in Calexico
US Customs and Border Protection says one person was arrested after a vehicle stop and is accused of smuggling illegal…
Quechan Tribe heavily hit by weekend storms
The Quechan Tribe is facing further damage to areas around the reservation after this weekend’s…
More power outages following severe weather in desert southwest
This is the second round of outages this week after other monsoon storms came through on Wednesday…
Quechan community affected by monsoon storm
The Quechan community is recovering after Wednesday night’s monsoon storm knocked down dozens of power lines, cutting power for…
Mexico News
Violence erupting in Baja California
While public transit is in operation, residents in Mexicali are being told to stay sheltered in place until Monday…
Four arrested in murder of husband, wife and son
Four men have been arrested and accused of murdering three people in San Luis,…
Migrant children in Mexicali dream of better futures in the United States
While migrant children come from all different countries, for many different reasons, all of them try and make the best out of a hard…
Arizona women could legally access abortion services in Mexicali
The Baja California Health Secretary says American women who make the decision to get an abortion could access one legally in…
Mexican police discover fentanyl pill press in San Luis
Mexican prosecutors discover an illicit facility manufacturing fentanyl pills in San Luis Rio…
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News from along the border
Border Security
Agents arrest man with previous conviction, may face additional jail time
The US Border Patrol Yuma Sector says one person was arrested after illegally entering the U.S. and had previous…
How federal border policies impact reported apprehension numbers
Because of Title 42, one migrant can be apprehended multiple times, driving up the total number of apprehensions along the…
Agents, troopers arrest man attempting to smuggle four migrants near Yuma
U.S. Border Patrol agents worked together with the Arizona Department of Public Safety to arrest a smuggler on Interstate…
Migrant smuggler pleads guilty for bribing former Border Patrol agent
A man from Mexico pleaded guilty for Conspiracy to Commit Bribery and Smuggling; he’ll be sentenced on October 25,…
Violence erupting in Baja California
While public transit is in operation, residents in Mexicali are being told to stay sheltered in place until Monday…
Immigration
How federal border policies impact reported apprehension numbers
Because of Title 42, one migrant can be apprehended multiple times, driving up the total number of apprehensions along the…
Arizona Senator Mark Kelly visits the Yuma border
This visit comes following the Senator’s announcement that the Department of Homeland Security will move forward on multiple wall construction…
At least 68 migrants arrived in NYC over the weekend on buses sent by Texas Gov. Abbott
New York Mayor Eric Adams has claimed that some migrants are being “forced” on buses from Texas, as 14 more asylum seekers arrived in the city Sunday…
Chief Clem says CBP made over 20,000 July apprehensions in Yuma
While the migrants get bussed nightly to Yuma Sector headquarters, some will take busses all the way to Washington D.C., or New York…
Senators Sinema and Kelly look to expand Border Patrol
The bill looks to create a 2,500 agent reserve force, beefing up border patrol to over 20 thousand…
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State Headlines
Arizona News
Judges rejects challenges to two Arizona ballot initiatives
Judges out of Maricopa County Superior Court have rejected challenges to two Arizona voter initiatives, ultimately siding with proponents of a…
Man charged with threatening Maricopa County election official
The U.S. Department of Justice says a man allegedly left a voicemail threatening an election official in the Maricopa County Recorder’s…
Arizona’s border wall could see setback after two containers topple over
The operation to use shipping containers to close a 1,000-foot gap in the U.S.-Mexico border wall along the Yuma sector has suffered a brief setback…
Governor Ducey touts school voucher plan, slams opponents
Arizona Governor Doug Ducey and backers of universal school vouchers took a victory lap Tuesday over legislation, which gives the state the…
Tier 2A water shortage declared
Arizona is among several states facing a drought. Tuesday, the Bureau of Reclamation declared a Tier 2A shortage of water from the Colorado…
California News
Two arrested after firearms, drugs found in car near Blythe
A post to the US Border Patrol Yuma Sector says two people were arrested near Blythe after a K-9 team found drugs and firearms in their…
Farm cities expecting announcement on Colorado River cuts, impacting Arizona and several states
Several states – and Mexico – anxiously stand by as the federal government is expected to make an announcement on extreme water cuts later in the…
Steep water cuts are coming for the Southwest as Colorado River shrinks and Lake Mead’s level plummets
Amid the overuse of the river and the aridification of the region, the federal government is preparing to make mandatory water cuts and asking…
Deadline looms for drought-stricken states to cut water use, heavy impact on Imperial and Yuma counties
Cities and farms in seven U.S. states – including Arizona and California – are bracing for water cuts this week as officials stare down a deadline to…
More than 2,000 California mental health clinicians set to strike
Thousands of mental health therapists at the country’s largest non-profit HMO are poised to strike this week, holding daily picket lines and rallies…
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National & World
A$AP Rocky pleads not guilty to assault charges
Rapper A$AP Rocky pleaded not guilty Wednesday to assault charges stemming from a 2021 shooting incident in…
Biden administration will stop buying Covid-19 vaccines, treatments and tests as early as this fall, Jha says
The Biden administration has been planning for how to get past the crisis phase of the Covid-19 pandemic and will stop buying vaccines, treatments…
First lady Dr. Jill Biden tests positive for Covid-19
First lady Dr. Jill Biden has tested positive for Covid-19 and is experiencing mild symptoms, her spokesperson said…
FDA finalizes rule allowing some Americans to buy hearing aids over the counter
The US Food and Drug Administration announced on Tuesday it has finalized a rule allowing people over the age of 18 with mild to moderate hearing…
Biden administration cancels another $3.9 billion in student loan debt for former for-profit college students
The Department of Education said Tuesday that it will cancel $3.9 billion in student loan debt for 208,000 students who attended the now-defunct…
Regional
US: Drought-stricken states to get less from Colorado River
For the second year in a row, Arizona and Nevada will face cuts in the amount of water they can draw from the Colorado River as the West endures an…
Farm cities expecting announcement on Colorado River cuts, impacting Arizona and several states
Several states – and Mexico – anxiously stand by as the federal government is expected to make an announcement on extreme water cuts later in the…
Steep water cuts are coming for the Southwest as Colorado River shrinks and Lake Mead’s level plummets
Amid the overuse of the river and the aridification of the region, the federal government is preparing to make mandatory water cuts and asking…
City issues violation after Salvation Army installs barbed wire fencing to protect property
Management at Salvation Army said there has been an uptick in severe damages to all four properties in New Mexico since the pandemic — particularly…
Deadline looms for western states to cut Colorado River use
Banks along parts of the Colorado River where water once streamed are now just caked mud and rock as climate change makes the Western U.S. hotter and…
Miltary News
Huge relief as Ukrainian grain shipped out, but the food crisis isn’t going anywhere
As the Razoni left the Ukrainian port of Odesa on Monday with the first shipment of grain since the early days of Russia’s war in Ukraine, there…
Outbreak of war spurs uptick of marriages
Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) – By late morning, a line has already formed outside the nondescript registration office on the western edge of Kyiv. Some…
NATO meets to discuss adding troops in eastern Europe as Russia intensifies Ukraine attacks
President Joe Biden arrived in Spain on Tuesday for a NATO summit expected to significantly bolster the alliance’s defense posture along its…
How did Russia-Ukraine war trigger a food crisis?
Russian hostilities in Ukraine are preventing grain from leaving the “breadbasket of the world” and making food more expensive across the globe,…
Yuma Proving Ground celebrates the U.S. Army’s 247th Birthday
The Yuma Proving Ground is much more than just one of the nation’s top testing facilities. It’s home to members of our United States Army and on June…
From Yuma's Classrooms
Gov. Ducey signs Arizona expansive school voucher into law
Arizona’s new law expanding school vouchers says it offers a choice for every public student to attend a private school, but the state has faced…
San Luis High School students earn scholarships for autoethnography storytelling project
San Luis High School (SLHS) and South Mountain Community College partnered with an educational nonprofit organization, KnowledgeWorks to support the…
Kofa MCJROTC team finishes in Marine Corps top 4 at national academic bowl
The Kofa High School Marine Corps Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (MCJROTC) placed fourth in the U.S. Marine Corps JROTC Academic Bowl…
Vista, San Luis earn top safety committee awards
Vista High School and San Luis High School received the top “safety committee” awards of $10,000 on Wednesday during Yuma Union High School…
UPDATE: Kofa High School closed Thursday and Friday due to power outage
Yuma Union High School District has announced that Kofa High School is closed Thursday, August 11, due to a loss of power to the school and…
From Imperial County's Campuses
Imperial County hosts 2022 Colorado River Summit addressing drought
The 2022 Colorado River Summit was held Thursday for the community and stakeholders to come together to inform each other of the drought issue, the…
Imperial Valley College celebrates Pride Month
Imperial Valley College is celebrating Pride month by having a Rising of the Flag Ceremony, Field of Flags on June 21 2022 at 11:00 a.m. in front of…
Imperial Valley Farm to School conference provides expertise in nutrition and agriculture to local communities
Imperial County UC Cooperative Extension (UCCE) and Desert Research and Extension Center (DREC) collaborated to bring local entities together to…
Imperial County elementary school districts are providing free meals for locals 18 and under
Starting this week, the El Centro and Heber Elementary School District are providing free nutritious meals that will be open to community members 18…
San Diego State Imperial Valley launches new accelerated pre-licensure BSN program
San Diego State University (SDSU) Imperial Valley is helping combat the critical nursing shortage in the region through the creation of a new,…