Tacna News

Ever wonder how to recycle your plastics and other materials in Yuma County? The county has transfer sites, or places where residents can bring items to recycle - and it's free.

Unapproved controlled burns are not the cause of evening clouds of smoke that are being reported to Rural/Metro Fire Department.

PHOENIX You may soon be able to play with sparklers, fountain fireworks and other such items.

Two convicted sex offenders have new addresses in Yuma County, according to sheriff's deputies.

Border Patrol agents from Yuma Sector's Wellton station had to follow footprints in eastern Yuma County throughout the night before seizing 695 pounds of marijuana and arresting 11 suspected "backpacking" smugglers in two separate incidents Monday.

Pat Kautzman knows he is lucky to be alive after being rescued from the abandoned mine shaft he fell into earlier this week.

The publication of two stories this week in The Sun - one about a mine accident and the other about legislation to deal with abandoned mines - was coincidental, but the linkage was nevertheless timely.

A man in his 60s was rescued Tuesday from an abandoned mine in east Yuma County with only minor injuries, after falling about 15 feet down inside the shaft, the sheriff's office said.

VISITORS EXPLORE the atrium in the Dome Home during their tour Saturday. The exterior of the home is seen at top.

Baseball bus trip American Legion Post 19 is sponsoring a bus trip to watch the Arizona Diamondbacks play the San Francisco Giants on April 26.

"We had an extra 15 baskets, so these were delivered to families from south to the border and east to Tacna," reported Phil Clark, Elks chairman for the holiday project.