Yuma News

The Yuma Sun Scholars program recognizes students in Yuma County who excel in one of seven academic categories.

On Saturday June 8th at 6:30 AM the 2013 Fire Hose Run will be held at MCAS Yuma .

Back in the '60s, the sci-fi TV series "The Twilight Zone," written and narrated by Rod Sterling, would start off a wacko scenario episode by saying "submitted for your approval." I find myself believing I'm watching an absurd episode about same-sex marriage.

There are places I remember, and one of those nearest to my heart is Yosemite. The last time I was there, we drove up from Yuma uncertain if we would make it into the park.

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 a fair trial here.

Conor Davis is a Competent Communicator, and he has the ribbon to prove it. The 15-year-old member of the Yuma Youth Command Gavel Club, the official young adult offshoot for Toastmasters International, became the first local "Gavelier" to reach the milestone when he completed the 10th and final speech needed to earn the Competent Communicator ... (more)

Yuma dancers recently represented Arizona at a prestigious festival, where they leapt and twirled their way to earning major scholarships and a special honor for their ballet company.

Federal agents nabbed a child sex offender as he tried to illegally re-enter the United States early Tuesday.

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.

U.S. marshals and officers assigned to the Arizona Wanted Violent Offender Task Force have arrested a man wanted in connection to a murder that happened more than a year ago.

Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett sees the concept of Yuma County's voting centers spreading around the state.

Southerly winds Tuesday hampered the efforts of wildland firefighters to contain the Island Lake Fire, the total perimeter of which now encompasses about 3,200 acres of the Imperial National Wildlife Refuge and Picacho State Recreation Area.

For the second year in a row, the Tierra del Sol Sun Dragon Band and Choir has earned significant awards at a competition sponsored by Disneyland.

A man was arrested Monday night after allegedly being involved in a shooting. There were no injuries or property damage reported as a result of the incident.

The case against a man who allegedly threatened to shoot a woman, kill other unspecified people and then kill himself may be sent back to a grand jury for a second time.

As rescuers continue to comb the wreckage of Moore, Okla., for survivors of Monday's massive tornado, efforts are underway to send aid and assistance to the residents.

As master of ceremonies John Blabe announced Bernie Montoya's name for the boys track and field player of the year award, something Montoya had never seen started happening.

Only a month after tempers flared at a Yuma City Council meeting over the mayor's request for additional travel dollars, how much money to allot for travel by elected officials again drew heated discussion as the council began work on the fiscal year 2012-14 budget.

Jack Kretzer says his rights are being denied, and he doesn't know why. Specifically, he says it's his right to a restroom where somebody with disabilities, like him, can be accommodated while at the Yuma County Fair, and he wants Yuma County to do something about it.

Yuma High School student Josh Owl, 18, recently received a number of scholarships that will help him pay for his tuition at the University of Arizona, where he hopes to use his education to ultimately become a biomedical engineer and help eradicate diabetes.