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Wildcats win Pac-12 Conference Titles in track and field

May 16, 2021 10:58 AM Caleb J. Fernández

Arizona Track and Field competed in day two of the Pac-12 Championships on Saturday with Jordan Geist, Samantha Noennig and Justice Summerset winning…

AZ’s largest blues festival tones it down this year

May 16, 2021 10:41 AM Caleb J. Fernández

Flagstaff Blues and Brews, the largest blues festival in Arizona, announced Saturday they were cancelling their annual two day festival for a second…

Roller coaster stalls out mid-ride, stranding passengers 20 feet in the air

May 16, 2021 6:15 AM CNN Newsource, April Hettinger, Caleb J. Fernández

A spinning, flipping roller coaster at an amusement park became stuck mid-ride on Saturday night, stranding nearly two dozen passengers 20 feet in…

Recreational marijuana sales tax generates grant for YCSO

May 16, 2021 9:29 AM Caleb J. Fernández, April Hettinger

The Arizona Governor’s Office of Highway Safety awarded the Yuma County Sheriff’s Office a grant totaling…

Gov. Newsom budget to assist with multiple challenges the state is facing

May 15, 2021 6:41 PM Cody Lee

This week Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) released his new plan to get California back on the right track following the pandemic. It’s called the…

Police detain mother after two children found dead

May 15, 2021 5:04 PM CNN Newsource, April Hettinger

‘What the children experienced is just horrific’ TEMPE, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) – Per CNN, the mother of two children who were found dead in a Tempe,…

Democratic party members comment on Gov. Newsom’s proposed budget

May 15, 2021 3:48 PM Caleb J. Fernández

Statewide Officers from the California Democratic Party (CADEM) issued the following statements on Governor Gavin Newsom’s proposed $267.8 billion…

Department of Corrections administers over 44,000 vaccines

May 15, 2021 12:14 PM Caleb J. Fernández

The Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry (ADCRR) continues to offer COVID-19 vaccines to inmates at state and private prison…

Yuma mayor encourages locals to seek employment following pandemic

May 14, 2021 7:17 PM Cody Lee

On Thursday, Gov. Doug Ducey (R-AZ) announced a new push to get Arizonans back to work, it includes up to a two-thousand dollar bonus and other…

Border Patrol intercept smuggling attempt

May 14, 2021 6:49 PM Caleb J. Fernández

Yuma Sector Border Patrol assigned to the Wellton station intercepted a smuggling attempt along Interstate 8…

Thieves target catalytic converters off your vehicles

May 14, 2021 11:54 AM Crystal Jimenez

Several businesses around Yuma County have reported their catalytic converters being stolen from their vehicles. The Yuma Police Department said it…

USBP: Convicted felon arrested in Calexico

May 14, 2021 11:14 AM Sumiko Keil, Mercedes Martinez

Border Patrol agents arrested a convicted felon who previously served time in prison for manslaughter.…

Arizona election audit pauses over space availability

May 14, 2021 3:04 PM CNN Newsource, Jenny Day

2020 ballots relocated in semi trucks MARICOPA COUNTY, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) – Per CNN, the first semi truck full of 2020 election ballots rolled slowly…

Yuma Sea Eagle Squadron recruits U.S. Naval Sea Cadets

May 14, 2021 2:57 PM Adonis Albright, Brandon Mejia

The Yuma Sea Eagle Squadron is holding a recruiting event for the U.S. Naval Sea Cadets this weekend at the American Legion Post 19 in Yuma. The…

MUST-SEE VIDEO: Cat jumps from fifth floor of burning building

May 14, 2021 5:57 AM CNN, Caleb J. Fernández

A Chicago cat used up at least one of its nine lives on Thursday when it leaped from the fifth story of a burning building, bounced off the ground…

Pfizer vaccine clinic for 12-18-year olds in Somerton

May 14, 2021 1:38 PM Sumiko Keil

The City of Somerton, along with the City of San Luis, invites youth ages 12 to 18 years of age to take advantage of the next vaccination clinic that…