The Yuma Move to Amend group will host a public workshop and presentation about “Creating Democracy and Challenging Corporate Rule” with guest speaker Ashley Sanders of the Move to Amend campaign. The event is tonight and will be at the Springhill Suites Hotel at 1825 East 18th Street in Yuma, starting at 6:30pm. The forum will focus on how Yuma ... Read More »
Yuma’s Free Health Clinic is now open and is getting ready for their first fundraiser. The clinic helps to provide free medical care to those who fall in line with National Poverty figures from the government. The clinic is staffed by volunteers including physicians, nurses and support staff. Wade McBride appeared on our Eye on the Desert Southwest show earlier ... Read More »
The Yuma Arts Center is gearing up for the Summer Extravaganza starting in June. Pat Quinn dropped by our studios recently to discuss what will be occurring this summer. There will be free movies held at the Yuma Arts Center, located at the Historic Yuma Theatre in downtown Yuma. Read More »
A 45-year-old Flagstaff man faces 340 years in prison after being sentenced in a child-sex case that included voyeurism, videotaping and extensive downloading of child pornography. David Greenberg was sentenced Wednesday in Coconino County Superior Court to 17 years in prison on each of 20 counts of sexual exploitation of a minor. State law requires that the terms be served ... Read More »
The number of Arizona teen births have dropped in the last five years. A report indicates Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada and Utah all saw declines of more than 30-percent in the amount of teen pregnancies and birth since 2007. The Centers for Disease Control says numbers have been declining steadily since 1991 – with an exception of 2006 and 2007. Read More »
Both the Arizona Department of Public Safety and the California Highway Patrol will be out in force this holiday weekend. The CHP will be out in full force this weekend in an effort to reduce roadway deaths and prevent injuries. The Memorial Day Maximum Enforcement Period begins tonight at 6 p.m. and continues through Monday night. All available officers throughout ... Read More »
A Mexican national previously convicted of an aggravated felony was arrested by United States Border Patrol agents from the Yuma Sector early Tuesday. After agents apprehended three men in the Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge near Lukeville, a records check revealed one of the men - Jose Gomez-Dominguez – is an aggravated felon with an extensive criminal history involving possession of ... Read More »
The Island Lake Fire, which has burned for the past several days, has forced the closure of several recreation areas around the Colorado River in both California and Arizona – just in time for the Memorial Day weekend. So far, officials say the fire has burned 3,200 acres and has destroyed five structures and a fence. Fire information officer Lori ... Read More »
Arizona immigrant advocates are calling the comprehensive immigration bill adopted by a United States Senate committee Tuesday night “a good first step.” But the 22-member coalition says there is a lot more work to be done to convince Senators and Representatives to support the measure. Abril Gallardo of Living United for Change in Arizona says current immigration laws are tearing ... Read More »
United States Congressman Paul Gosar of Arizona questioned former IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman at Wednesday’s House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing. Representative Gosar's line of questioning demonstrated a continued pattern of IRS leaks and a long history of inaction by the former IRS Commissioner to investigate. Gosar asked Shulman how some information may have leaked out. IRS Director of Exempt ... Read More »
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