Yuma County News

Justin Munson, manager of Elgin Nursery in Phoenix, inspects the health of his citrus inventory.

In the face of sharp reductions in state auditors to collect the city's sales tax revenue, the city of Yuma is looking into the possibility of having a private company take on the job.

The newest unemployment report had some grim news for Yuma County, with the local jobless rate continuing to climb.

A Yuma man accused of posing as an undercover police officer to carry out an armed robbery has been charged with seven felonies.

It's been 15 years in the making, and on Friday, one Yuma County family will give one child a permanent home as part of 2009 Yuma County Adoption Day.

It is too late to prevent the spread to the Yuma area of an insect that can be deadly to citrus trees, but the hope is that it can be stopped here and controlled.

For those in line midday at the fourth H1N1 vaccination clinic hosted by the county, it took less than 10 minutes to receive a vaccine.

The Adair shooting range northeast of Yuma has been a cornerstone of local shooting sports for many years, but it could soon undergo a significant change.

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.

Jade Miller was selected as the 2010 Miss Yuma County winner Nov. 7 at Kofa Auditorium.

A Yuma man arrested Sunday allegedly had sexually abused a female victim since 1999, according to the Yuma Police Department.

Jade Miller dreams of going to beauty school and one day becoming a pastor. But first 17-year-old Miller is living out a more current big dream.

As a public service, the Yuma Sun is publishing the names and photographs of the following people sought by the Yuma County Adult Probation Department or the U.S. Marshals Service as probation absconders.

A persistent shortage of teachers in Yuma County has been a problem for the past 30 years, but is also a nationwide phenomenon, according to education professionals.

The owner of a grocery market in San Luis, Ariz., is being held on suspicion of secretly videotaping employees and customers while they were using the bathroom.

Disruptive behavior in the classroom from special needs children often are not because of their disabilities, but can be owing to specific practices of the teacher who could be promoting or exacerbating problems says an expert.

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 group of Yumans changing the way they eat want to make sure others simply have the chance to eat.

A mistrial has been declared in the murder trial of a Yuma woman accused of hiring a hit man to kill her husband in 1997.

The life of Riley. For some Yuma County dogs, "the good life" may not be enough.