2013 News Archive Stories

Yuma Mayor Al Krieger announced Monday he will not seek re-election after his four-year term expires at the end of this year.Krieger had taken out a candidate nomination packet on March 19.However, moments after proclaiming April Parkinson's Awareness Month in the City of Yuma during a support group meeting for the group,

SOMERTON – Residents here appeared to favor the incumbents in Tuesday's primary election, as the current office holders held the lead in races for mayor and three city council seats.In his bid for a second four-year term, Mayor Martin Porchas led his rival, Arturo Magana, by a vote of 395 to 257, according to incomplete prelimi

State Rep. Steve Montenegro, whose district includes Yuma, is considering a run for Arizona Secretary of State.The third-term Republican lawmaker announced that he'd formed an exploratory committee after receiving a letter last week from nearly 20 active Arizona conservatives urging him to throw his hat in the ring. The office comes

SOMERTON — Voters will choose among candidates for mayor and three city council seats in Somerton's March 12 primary election.Candidates for mayor are the incumbent, Martin Porchas, and Arturo Magana, Somerton's current vice mayor. Running for the three four-year council terms are incumbents Miguel Villalpando and Gerardo Anaya

SOMERTON — Voters will choose among candidates for mayor and three city council seats in Somerton's March 12 primary election.Candidates for mayor are the incumbent, Martin Porchas, and Arturo Magana, Somerton's current vice mayor. Running for the three four-year council terms are incumbents Miguel Villalpando and Gerardo Anaya