Yuma County News

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.

I am impressed with the way the Yuma County Health Department is handling the H1N1 flu vaccinations locally.

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.

YOMA, Ariz. - The announcement that plans for a new major deep water port in Mexico have been renewed is bound to stir controversy locally if the project actually materializes.

It's finally out of here. Skies cleared overnight as our winter storm moves north and east of the state.

Local master gardener Lisa Brewer, along with Golden Plains Area Extension Agent Linda Langelo, will be offering a class entitled a oePowerful Pumpkins and Super Squasha as part of their on-going series of home gardening classes.

Cheri Walters, Morgan County Coordinator of Baby Bear Hugs, presents the Bearer award certificate and a decorative clock to Jesse Chaney, a staff writer for the Brush News-Tribune. According to an inscription on the certificate, Chaney was selected for the award for supporting and sustaining Baby Bear Hugs bearing up the organization through your ...

Mexican officials are reviving plans for a deep-water shipping port that could include a rail line through the southwestern Arizona city of Yuma to serve it.

In the midst of a career surge that has made him one of rap's biggest stars, Lil Wayne is bracing for a year behind bars after pleading guilty Thursday in a two-year-old gun case.

The Yuma County Board of Supervisors is expected to vote Monday on awarding a bid to plan for wildfires.

Something stinks at the Yuma County jail, and some of the maximum security inmates being held there say it could be them.

The Yuma County Board of Supervisors approved its entire consent agenda at a meeting Monday, which includes a construction contract for one local construction company.

To kick off Binational Border Health Week, several organizations in Yuma County are teaming up to sponsor a vaccination campaign to help make sure children on both sides of the border get caught up on their shots.

A Yuma County Judge set a trial date for rapper Lil Wayne, who is facing prison time due to drug and weapons charges in the county.

Is Yuma County a good place to live and raise a family? One recent survey shows the majority of residents think so.

About 3,000 people live in the South Gila Valley Planning Area - the unincorporated area that lies north of County 10th Street between Pacific Avenue and Avenue 10E.

The annual Yuma Art Show will be held Oct. 2 through 8 at the First Presbyterian Church, 110 W. Fourth Ave., Yuma.

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When Sergio Ruiz Sr. came to the United States in the early 1980s, he thought working hard and faithfully would grant him the American dream of owning his own house.

Cooks looking for a versatile and flavorful source of nutrition might be surprised to find it growing along the road in Yuma County.