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Season dunes passes remain, but price rising

BY HILLARY DAVIS @YSHillaryDavis

Season passes for the Imperial Sand Dunes will still be available for regular duners, but at a higher price, while the plan to increase the price for weekly passes remains unchanged, according to the Bureau of Land Management’s updated plan for... Full story

Lightning strikes again and again (photos)

Two more F-35B Lightning IIs fly overhead before landing at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma on Wednesday, becoming the 5th and 6th aircraft attached to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121. VMFA-121 is the first operational F-35 squadron in the U.S. mi... Full story

Let's go digital! (photos)

BY CRAIG FRY - SUN PHOTOGRAPHER

Wednesday's all-day Go Digital Yuma featured a variety of speakers and workshops to help businesses take their names and products to the next level through digital technology and a social media presence.... Full story

Attorney for murder suspect worried by media coverage

BY JAMES GILBERT @YSJamesGilbert

The attorney for Jose Jimenez, who is charged in the death of 29-year-old Christal Figueroa, expressed concern during a hearing in Yuma County Superior Court Wednesday that the intense media coverage of her client's case may affect his chance to get ... Full story

Civil War presentation (photos)

BY CRAIG FRY - SUN PHOTOGRAPHER

Dr. Dale Feinberg of Yuma made a Civil War presentation Wednesday to seventh-grade students in Tony Harman’s class at Yuma Lutheran School. Feinberg, portraying Confederate Maj. Gen. ZZ Mutazarnik and dressed in an authentic peri... Full story

Second local student awarded Baird scholarship

BY SARAH WOMER - @YSSARAHWOMER

With aspirations that eventually lead to running for Congress, Cibola High School senior Michael Woodson, 18, was recently awarded the Baird scholarship for $40,000 to the University of Arizona.He also received the renewable Wildcat Excellence Award ... Full story

Sentencing postponed in child neglect case

BY JAMES GILBERT @YSJamesGilbert

Sentencing for a Tacna man charged with drug and gun-related offenses had to be continued for more than a month when the man's attorney requested a mitigation hearing after learning of the sentence the court intended to impose upon his client.In a br... Full story

Crane students get hands-on lifesaving lesson

BY SARAH WOMER - @YSSARAHWOMER

Class by class, about 400 students at Crane Middle School were trained on the basics of compression-only CPR as part of National Emergency Medical Services Week.City of Yuma Fire Department public information officer Mike Erfert said the theme of thi... Full story

Agents arrest convicted child sex offender

BY MARA KNAUB @YSMaraKnaub

Federal agents nabbed a child sex offender as he tried to illegally re-enter the United States early Tuesday.Border Patrol agents from the Yuma Sector arrested three men in the Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge near Lukeville. A records check re... Full story

Arizona prepares for World War II Memorial

BY HILLARY DAVIS @YSHillaryDavis

A World War II Memorial is coming to the state Capitol, and the last existing gun barrel from the USS Arizona will be part of its centerpiece.Secretary of State Ken Bennett, who has been active in the establishment of the WWII memorial, said he learn... Full story

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