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Agents find one migrant while rescuing three others in Jacumba Wilderness

June 10, 2022 5:15 PM Marcos Icahuate

One migrant was arrested while agents were rescuing three others in the Jacumba Wilderness, according to US Border…

UPDATE: YCSO asking for help locating burglary suspects, one person identified

June 10, 2022 8:43 AM April Hettinger, Cole Johnson, Marcos Icahuate

The Yuma County Sheriff’s Office is asking for help in locating two burglary…

AMBER ALERT: Two suspected in kidnapping baby

June 10, 2022 4:11 PM Marcos Icahuate

An Amber Alert was sent out regarding a missing 18-year-old…

Local game store opens second location on 4th Avenue

June 10, 2022 3:33 PM Marcos Icahuate

A new game store is opening on 4th Avenue next to Del Sol Market and the public is invited to join in to play some card…

City of Holtville reopens Gene Layton City Pool after two years of closure

June 10, 2022 1:13 PM Vanessa Gongora

The City of Holtville held a ribbon cutting ceremony this morning to commemorate the grand reopening of the Gene Layton Pool for the 2022 summer swim…

KYMA’s Sunrise team says goodbye to April Hettinger

June 10, 2022 9:31 AM Cole Johnson

After joining Sunrise last fall, April Hettinger said goodbye to the morning show on Friday and stepped off the set for the final…

Arizona basketball coach Tommy Lloyd agrees to 5-year extension

June 10, 2022 8:55 AM Cole Johnson, AP News

After one of the most successful seasons as a first-year head coach, University of Arizona hoops has inked their man at the helm for five more years.…

Bird flu arrives in Southwest after millions of birds die

June 10, 2022 8:54 AM AP News, Cole Johnson

Arizona officials have confirmed the first cases in the southwest of a bird flu that has led to the deaths of 37 million birds from commercial farms…

Gas prices close in on $5 a gallon in US, hit record in UK

June 10, 2022 8:53 AM AP News, Cole Johnson

The average price that Americans pay for gasoline is closing in on $5 a gallon, another drain on the wallets of consumers who are paying more for…

Former Abbott Nutrition employee warned FDA about sanitation over a year ago

June 10, 2022 8:35 AM April Hettinger

We have new information on complaints about the plant at the center of the massive baby formula…

Possible plea for murder suspect Izak Lucero

June 10, 2022 8:29 AM April Hettinger

A possible plea is in the works for a Yuma murder suspect who recently had a mistrial after a month of testimony.…

U.S. NAVY confirms NAVY helicopter down; all 4 crewmembers survived

June 9, 2022 6:31 PM KYMA News Team, Adonis Albright, Ernesto Romero

The Imperial County Fire Department has confirmed it is responding to a downed aircraft near Walter’s Camp in Palo Verde,…

Migrant child drowns trying to cross into Yuma

June 9, 2022 11:47 AM Adam Klepp

According to Yuma Sector Border Patrol, a 5-year-old migrant drowned in the Colorado River on Monday, June 6th attempting to cross into the United…

Yuma mayoral candidate forum

June 9, 2022 11:22 AM Samantha Byrd

YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) – The Yuma County Chamber of Commerce hosted the Good Morning Yuma Mayoral Candidate Forum this morning, featuring the two…

College student travels coast-to-coast on bike for ALS research

June 9, 2022 3:51 PM Jacqueline Aguilar

A University of Pennsylvania student traveling on a bicycle from the Atlantic to the Pacific ocean has stopped in Yuma before embarking on the last…

3 people killed in shooting at Maryland business, governor says

June 9, 2022 2:57 PM CNN

By Amy Simonson, CNN (CNN) — Three people were killed Thursday in a shooting at a manufacturing plant in Smithsburg and a…

5 marines dead in MV-22B Osprey crash near Glamis, including one Harlem graduate

June 9, 2022 10:25 AM Vanessa Gongora

Five marines with Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, have been confirmed dead following an aviation mishap involving an MV-22B…