19 May 2012, 5:38 pm
The Yuma Airport Authority has hit some rough flying as it deals with lawsuits, simmering unrest in the general aviation community and a vigilant website that puts an online spotlight on airport activities.Joe Gamez said he founded YumaAirportWatchdog.org out of concerns...... Read More »
19 May 2012, 2:58 pm
The Yuma County Board of Supervisors will discuss and possibly adopt a tentative budget for 2012-13 at its regular meeting Monday at 8:30 a.m. The budget includes a reduced primary property tax levy and a primary property tax rate of $1.8798.The supervisors also will...... Read More »
19 May 2012, 1:34 pm
This may have been the best year ever for track and field in the state with eight records going down. Time to take a look at the top 10 boys athletes this season.... Read More »
17 May 2012, 4:18 pm
As Yuma's temperatures rise with the approaching summer, so too does its unemployment rate, reaching 26 percent for April, according to the latest job report issued Thursday by the Arizona Department of Administration.That compares with March's jobless rate of 23.9...... Read More »
17 May 2012, 2:43 pm
A Yuma woman has turned herself in to authorities after allegedly abducting her daughter and fleeing to Mexico nearly four years ago. Yuma police say 44-year-old Chrystal Lopez has been booked into the... Read More »
16 May 2012, 4:08 pm
The city of Yuma Fire Department has been recognized by the Arizona Department of Health Services as a Premier Emergency Medical System Agency.Mike Erfert, spokesman for the YFD, said the department is one of only three emergency medical service providers...... Read More »
15 May 2012, 4:18 pm
Community members are getting ready for Yuma's first "cash mob."The Arizona Small Business Development Center chose May 17 as the date community members will descend on an establishment at 245 S. Main St. Residents are invited to show their support of the...... Read More »
12 May 2012, 3:28 pm
A state agency that has provided crucial funding to the Yuma East Wetlands restoration project over the years is now fighting for its survival.In 2011, the Arizona Legislature voted to permanently eliminate general fund appropriations for the Arizona Water Protection Fund...... Read More »
7 May 2012, 6:28 pm
The Yuma Branch Campus of Northern Arizona University received a $2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to provide master's degree fellowships to area teachers.The five-year grant will provide dollars for the CREST (Culturally Responsive ESL...... Read More »
4 May 2012, 6:23 pm
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Surgeons in Arizona have successfully carried out a rare mother-to-child liver transplant, after a search for an organ from a deceased donor for the desperately ill 1-year-old girl came up blank, the hospital said. In a procedure performed on March 20 by surgeons at the Universit... Read More »
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