Yuma County News

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

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

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.

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

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 County is closer to purchasing and renovating a Main Street building for more offices.

Miguel "Capone" Rodriguez, 32, of Yuma, enters the courtroom for his arraignment Monday afternoon in front of Justice of the Peace Greg Stewart in Yuma Justice Court, where he was formally charged with six felonies, including one count of attempted first-degree murder.

According to a U.S. Census Bureau report, 29 percent of housing units in the Yuma metro area are mobile homes.

Chamber mixer The Yuma County Chamber of Commerce monthly mixer will be 5:30-7 p.m. Wednesday at InnSuites, 1450 S. Castle Dome Ave.

Somerton voters on Tuesday will elect two new city council members and decide whether to place a limit on annual increases in the city budget.

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

The Yuma County Board of Supervisors will take public comment Monday on the county's anticipated purchase of a downtown building.

One man wakes in the dead of night, when the bugs are most active, to round them up by hand.

A change of plea hearing for a professional dancer who secretly videotaped victims with a hidden camera while they were undressing, including at least three instances in Yuma while he was a guest artist in community performances, has been postponed until next month.

A man and a woman wanted in connection with an attempted homicide have been arrested by police.

Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents arrested four suspected drug smugglers and seized about 442 pounds of marijuana Monday and Tuesday.

A Yuma man was arrested Tuesday evening after agents with the Yuma County Narcotics Task Force served a search warrant at his house and allegedly found about 46 grams of methamphetamine worth about $4,600, as well as several vials of testosterone.

Pam Pircaro is all smiles Monday night while talking with event sponsor Philip Brill, representing Jacobs Technology, after Pircaro won the Best of Show award at the Yuma County Science & Engineering Expo awards ceremony at Gila Ridge High School.

Nisa Sutton, chairwoman of the Feline Friends, would like the city to give Yuma taxpayers a choice when it comes to the Feral Cat Trap and Voucher Program: Would they like to turn over a trapped feral cat to the Humane Society where it will likely be euthanized or have it sterilized and released? During the Citizen's Forum held prior to Tuesday's ... (more)

Agents from the Yuma County Narcotics Task Force acting on a tip arrested a 49-year-old Foothills man Saturday for allegedly selling drugs out of his residence.