San Luis News

Politicians and community members in Yuma County came together Thursday at a political forum to discuss local issues.

Here's how Arizona law enforcement agencies have used Operation Stonegarden funds, in order of how much they've been allocated: Yuma County Sheriff's Office a Overtime allocation: $1.9 million a Equipment allocation: $1.7 million a Mileage allocation: $177,000 a Overtime distribution to date: $655,000, paid to 65 people.

SAN LUIS, Ariz. - The first time Mara Duarte decided to compete in the Seorita San Luis pageant, she was a bit worried that she wasn't quite beautiful enough to win the crown, she recalls now.

Most public offices and schools will be closed Wednesday for Veterans Day. Closed will be Yuma city, county, state and federal offices.

Nine San Luis families realized the American dream of homeownership Thursday, thanks in part to an act passed 60 years ago.

U.S. Border Patrol agents from the Yuma Station seized two vehicles and more than a ton of marijuana in a remote area of southwest Arizona early Saturday morning.

I was busy all day on election day and didn't get to hear the results until the 10 p.m. news.

There were tiki torches, tiki masks, palm trees and hula dancers, but this wasn't a Polynesian luau: this was The Workplace Excellence Awards 2009.

San Luis marks 30 years as an incorporated community in a celebration Saturday, but its history goes back even longer.

The owner of a south county grocery store who allegedly was secretly videotaping customers while they were using the bathroom is no longer facing any charges - at least for now.

Much of the citrus production area in Yuma County is being placed in a quarantine area after inspectors found a third Asian citrus psyllid in the area.

A program that makes use of new technology to stop the southbound flow of weapons, cash and other contraband is scheduled to be expanded to the Mexican port of entry into this border city across from Yuma County starting in December.

The mayor and three city councilmen here say they all plan to seek re-election. The question will be who steps forward to challenge those plans.

Registered sex offenders in Yuma were getting knocks on their doors from Yuma County's federal, state and local law enforcement agencies on the day before Halloween.

The mayor of San Luis Rio Colorado, Son., has lodged a complaint with the chief of the U.S. Border Patrol's Yuma Sector alleging agents hurled one or more concussion grenades at two Mexican nationals who had been chased back into Mexico.

As the U.S.-Mexico border community prepares for the upcoming All Souls Day holiday, travelers are asked to take care that they don't bring any hitchhiking insects into the country along with their holiday decorations.

Three major Arizona-Mexico border stations, including one notorious for making truckers and tourists wait for hours - and even overnight - to cross back into Arizona, are finally expanding.Construction is about to begin to enlarge the Mariposa Land Port of Entry at Nogales, the nation's third-busiest border station, over the next 3 1/2 years, with ...

Make that Happy 30th Birthday. San Luis was incorporated as an Arizona municipality in 1979, and the city plans to mark the milestone in celebration on Nov.

Former U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officer Jose Carmelo Magana, 46, of Yuma, Ariz., pleaded guilty today on charges of Attempting to Bring Illegal Aliens into the United States and Acceptance of a Bribe by a Public Official.

A former U.S. Customs Officer has pleaded guilty to charges that he helped smuggle illegal aliens into the country through the San Luis Port of Entry.