Gadsden News

Teach them while they're young. That's the approach the San Luis, Ariz., Fire Department will take next week when it goes from school to school in the Gadsden Elementary District to teach first- through third-graders fire prevention tips.

Approaching 10 years in existence, the Gadsden School District Mariachi Band is proving that the traditional Mexican music is safe from being forgotten.

Dancers, musicians and singers along with a large appreciative crowd gathered Tuesday night at the Historic Yuma Theatre to mark Mexico's Independence Day.

Six schools in the Gadsden Elementary School District are exceeding the state's academic standards, but the district still faces the challenge of bringing two other schools up to standards.

Six schools in the Gadsden Elementary School District are exceeding the state's academic standards, but the district still faces the challenge of bringing two other schools up to standards.

Six schools in the Gadsden Elementary School District are exceeding the state's academic standards, but the district still faces the challenge of bringing two other schools up to standards.

Six schools in the Gadsden Elementary School District are exceeding the state's academic standards, but the district still faces the challenge of bringing two other schools up to standards.

Six schools in the Gadsden Elementary School District are exceeding the state's academic standards, but the district still faces the challenge of bringing two other schools up to standards.

Is it that Gadsden/San Luis buys a copious amount of newspapers or what? It is funny how the July 8 front page headline for the Gadsden Elementary School District's former superintendent said, "Former Gadsden elementary superintendent has ties to sex industry in Thailand." This could also have said "Former Yuma Union High School District or ...

A proposed fee increase for the Humane Society of Yuma could have residents paying more if they don't keep Fido's license current.

Is it that Gadsden/San Luis buys a copious amount of newspapers or what? It is funny how the July 8 front page headline for the Gadsden Elementary School District's former superintendent said, "Former Gadsden elementary superintendent has ties to sex industry in Thailand." This could also have said "Former Yuma Union High School District or ...

Paramedics from the Somerton/Cocopah Fire Department, along with Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents, rescued three illegal immigrants on Sunday who had been lost in the desert for three days and were in severe heat-related distress.

Local school officials are reacting cautiously to news that Arizona schools will receive twice as much federal stimulus funds than expected because, according to published reports, state officials did not follow regulations.

The former Gadsden superintendent arrested last week on suspicion of booking a child sex tour to Mexico has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Phoenix.

A Tucson schools superintendent arrested in Yuma on suspicion of sexual exploitation of children was formerly the superintendent of the Gadsden Elementary School District.

Through the approval of an extension on impact fees, a supermarket chain has its eye on the city and may decide to open up a store here.

Historical societies meet The annual membership meeting of the Yuma County and the Rio Colorado Chapter of the Arizona historical societies will be held Wednesday in the Sanguinetti House gardens, 240 S. Madison Ave.

A new regulation from the Arizona Department of Education has impacted the Gadsden Elementary School District and will keep 40 teachers with an emergency teaching certificate out of the classroom.