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2020 Yuma Medjool Date Festival

January 25, 2020 10:53 PM Noe Sotelo

Hundreds gathered today at Historic Downtown Yuma for the 2020 Yuma Medjool Date…

Imperial Valley Home School Academy students bring historical characters to life

January 25, 2020 8:46 PM Billy Khang

The Imperial Valley Home School Academy hosted its 10th Annual “Living History Museum” on…

Trump lawyers argue Democrats just want to overturn election

January 25, 2020 11:36 AM The Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s lawyers plunged into their impeachment trial defense Saturday by accusing Democrats of striving to…

Puerto Rico hit by 5.0 quake amid ongoing tremors

January 25, 2020 3:56 PM Ericka Conant

Quake-battered Puerto Rico was hit again by a 5.0 magnitude earthquake…

Footage shows elderly woman rescued 17 hours after quake

January 25, 2020 2:08 PM Ericka Conant

After enduring 17 hours under earthquake debris, a Turkish woman managed to stay…

NAF El Centro to hold “Change of Command Ceremony”

January 24, 2020 10:44 AM Billy Khang

After almost three decades of services in the armed forces, Naval Air Facility El Centro Commanding Officer, Capt. Brent Alfonzo is calling it a…

Republicans hold ‘Stop the Madness’ rally

January 24, 2020 4:08 PM Ciara Encinas

With President Trump’s impeachment trial well underway, Yuma County Republicans are asking Democrats to “Stop the…

Small plane crashes in Arizona

January 24, 2020 5:07 PM Ericka Conant, Brandon Mejia

Authorities are currently investigating a plane crash reported near Payson, Ariz. on…

President Trump unveils Space Force logo

January 24, 2020 5:44 PM Ericka Conant

President Trump unveiled the new logo for the United States Space Force…

New bill could allow emoji license plates

January 24, 2020 4:50 PM Ericka Conant

A new bill could give drivers the option of adding even more personality to their license…

First coronavirus cases in Europe confirmed

January 24, 2020 4:08 PM Ericka Conant

France is now confirming two cases of the deadly Coronavirus from…

Young boys form armed civilian force in Mexico

January 24, 2020 3:28 PM Ericka Conant, Jackie Lopez

A group of young orphans in Mexico has been forced to trade their innocence for…

Australia tries to recover bodies of 3 from US wildfire crew

January 24, 2020 3:13 PM The Associated Press

SYDNEY (AP) — A tanker plane that crashed and killed its three American crew members as they fought wildfires in Australia had just dropped liquid…

Hundreds of military explosives found in California home

January 24, 2020 2:07 PM Gabriel Salazar

STOCKTON, Calif. (KYMA,…

Slight increase in Mexican nationals crossing in Yuma

January 24, 2020 1:15 PM Carmen Valencia

Border Patrol confirms an increase in Mexican Nationals crossing illegally through the Yuma Sector during the fiscal year…

Rodney Scott, new chief of U.S. Border Patrol

January 24, 2020 12:01 PM Sumiko Keil

The Trump administration announces a new head of the U.S. Border Patrol…

U.S. agents seize drugs through border drainage tunnel

January 24, 2020 11:22 AM The Associated Press

Smugglers tried to float over 165 pounds (75 kilograms) of suspected methamphetamine across the border by roping together dozens of packages and…

After prank gone wrong, California man charged with murder in deaths of 3 teens

January 24, 2020 10:57 AM Gabriel Salazar

CORONA, Calif. (KYMA,…

The U.S. Navy investigates secretly uploaded videos to porn site

January 24, 2020 10:39 AM Sumiko Keil

The U.S. Navy is investigating who secretly recorded dozens of videos of service members and shared them to a porn…

Top Arizona court: Divorced woman can’t use frozen embryos

January 24, 2020 10:21 AM Gabriel Salazar, The Associated Press

A woman can’t use her frozen embryos to have a baby over opposition from her ex-husband under terms of the contract they signed with a fertility…