El Centro Border Agents at the Indio Station arrested a suspected narcotics smuggler and seized over $1.2-million worth of illegal narcotics concealed in a truck. Officials say they stopped a 32-year-old male driving a Ford Ranger pickup Friday at the Highway 86 checkpoint between Westmoreland and Salton City. 13 wrapped packages of cocaine weighing 38 pounds were found in different ... Read More »
A man was busted trying to smuggle $215,000 worth of meth through the San Luis Port of Entry. KSWT-TV says Customs and Border Protection officers referred 34-year-old Ricardo Martinez to go through secondary inspection. A drug-sniffing dog alerted the officers to a hidden compartment underneath the engine of the Lexus sedan Martinez was driving, where they found 19 pounds of ... Read More »
Passengers flying to and from Yuma International Airport will notice a few new passenger-friendly changes to the airport’s passenger screening area. Yuma International Airport was awarded an $180,000 grant from the Aeronautics Division of the Arizona Department of Transportation in July 2012 to accommodate new equipment for TSA. The project included moving the entrance of the secured area to the ... Read More »
Arizona’s state government transparency grade has dropped from an 'A-minus' last year to a 'B' this year. That is according to the latest “Following the Money” report from the Arizona PIRG Education Fund. Byron Schlomach of the Phoenix-based Goldwater Institute says the lower grade does not mean Arizona is slipping back. It just means that over time, other states innovate ... Read More »
Millions of consumers have cancelled their old landline telephone service and replaced it with wireless phones. But many seniors and people who live in rural areas still depend on land-lines. Consumer watchdogs are making sure they do not lose them. And those who perhaps prefer a landline to a wireless phone because of potentially hazardous health effects still being ... Read More »
The Arizona Western College Lady Matadors softball team will host the Scottsdale Lady Artichokes this afternoon for a double-header matchup. Hayley Miller will start game one and Brianna VanSickle is expected to pitch the second contest. Read More »
The Arizona Western College Matadors will travel to Phoenix to take on the Phoenix College Bears this afternoon. Travis Garcia-Perreria will start the first contest and Jeremy Alderman will pitch in game two. Read More »
The Yuma Police Department is investigating a motor vehicle collision that occurred at 1st Street and Madison Avenue Friday morning. Two Hispanic females and three Hispanic males were seen getting out of the suspect vehicle and starting running. Some weapons were found by the Gowan Company LLC building at 370 Main Street. Police say they started receiving phone calls from ... Read More »
The Yuma Police Department says one person was injured on Sunday afternoon following an assault. Police say a victim was found bleeding from the head due to injuries he sustained in an apparent assault near Sixth Street and Orange Avenue. Witnesses say a male subject fled from a nearby apartment. He was later identified as 44-year-old Paul John Talario the ... Read More »
Police have positively identified a body found in a grove of trees over the weekend. The Yuma Police Department says they were notified of the body on Friday morning. It is that of 29-year-old Christal Figueroa of Wellton. Figueroa’s body was found near the corner of Avenue Two-E and County 17th Avenue. Police are investigating the incident as a homicide. ... Read More »
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