Firefighters from the Somerton/Cocopah Fire Department responded to County 15th Street and Avenue D Thursday afternoon for a reported motor vehicle accident with injuries.
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Citizens turned out in force Thursday to object to a proposed transfer of Colorado River water. Among the recurring themes among the speakers at the public hearing were fears that approving the request would set a precedent that threatens Yuma’s water supplies.
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The San Luis Police Department will conduct a DUI Enforcement Detail and (STEP) Traffic Enforcement detail as part of the Thanksgiving weekend.
The Arizona Department of Transportation is advising drivers to plan ahead for alternating lane closures on Old U.S. 80 and a ramp closure on Interstate 8 near Dateland that begins today and lasts through Tuesday, Nov. 26.
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The Gila Ridge football team will look to continue its historic run tonight against Desert Edge at Buckeye High School in the 4A state semifinals.
The Arizona Western men’s soccer tea, was in unfamiliar territory on Tuesday against Illinois Central in the NJCAA Tournament at Pat Hartley Soccer Field.
After each leaving Yuma for a year, two former Gila Ridge soccer stars are back in town as key members of the district champion Arizona Western Matadors.
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DEAR SAVVY SENIOR — How do I go about making a family health history? Most of my relatives have died before age 65, so my doctor recently suggested I create a family history to help identify my own genetic vulnerabilities. — Approaching 50
The Arizona Western College Jazz Ensemble will present its Fall Concert beginning at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the AWC Theatre, 2020 S. Avenue 8E. The performance is free and open to the public. Donations will be accepted.
DEAR SAVVY SENIOR — Because of my mobility problems, I’m thinking about getting a walk-in bathtub that’s easy to get into and out of but could use some help selecting one. What can you tell me about walk-in tubs, and can you recommend some good companies that make and install them? — Bubble …
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• Thumbs up to Desert Hills Golf Course, which recently hosted the Sunbelt Senior Professional Golf Tour Championship, marking the first time professional golf has been played in Yuma in over 20 years.
We had a lively conversation in the newsroom this week about the appeal of cornbread. Surprisingly, the two Southerners said they hate it, while the natives of Arizona, Ohio and Texas said they loved it.
A new Wall Street Journal exposé finding that “Google has increasingly re-engineered and interfered with search results to a far greater degree than the company and its executives have acknowledged” is sure to bolster efforts from the company’s opponents to break it up or cripple it with reg…
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Editor’s note: Julie Engel, president and CEO of the Greater Yuma Economic Development Corp., originally sent this annual to report investors.
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BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) — Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky is expected in a Pennsylvania courtroom to be resentenced after an appeals court said mandatory minimum sentences had been improperly applied against him.
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El papa Francisco visita la parroquia de San Pedro, el 22 de noviembre de 2019, a las afueras de Bangkok, Tailandia.
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