The world’s only flying B-29 Superfortress Bomber, dating back from the closing days of World War Two, flew into the Yuma International Airport on Thursday. It is the only such aircraft that is still operational and in the skies. The plane was piloted by 30-year-old David Oliver, based out of Dallas, Texas. He is the youngest Commemorative Air Force pilot ... Read More »
The Arizona Department of Transportation’s latest five-year construction plan is up for public comment in Phoenix today. The proposal contains money only for highways and airports. Serena Unrein of the Arizona PIRG Education Fund says alternatives like rail, transit and bike paths need to be included, because not everybody drives. Because of limited funding, ADOT says it must focus ... Read More »
The Marine Corps Air Station at Yuma is launching a new and improved website. The Yuma Sun reports today that the site is more visually enhanced and is part of a nationwide effort to update and refresh all Marine Corps’ websites. You can see the site online at mcasyuma.marines.mil. The older site will remain operational while the information is archived ... Read More »
Yuma’s Lettuce Days kicks off Saturday with a huge weekend event at the Quartermaster’s Depot. The festival combines locally grown ingredients, interactive displays and programs, exhibitors and vendors, and Yuma culture into a sophisticated, educational and entertaining weekend event. Visitors have the opportunity to sample a variety of locally grown freshly made food and beverages in an outdoor setting over ... Read More »
A Mexican man has been arrested for allegedly trying to smuggle nearly $465,000 in undeclared cash out of southern Arizona Thursday. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers conducting outbound inspections at a Port of Entry in Nogales selected a pickup truck for further inspection. During the search, a canine alerted officers to the unreported money hidden in a night stand ... Read More »
U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Indio station seized 230 pounds of marijuana Wednesday that was dropped by an ultra-light aircraft. Border Patrol agents were notified by the Air and Marine Operations Center of a possible ultra-light traveling north from the United States/Mexico border fence, approximately five miles west of Calexico. Border Patrol agents responded to the last known ... Read More »
For decades, the US Forest Service let small fires in remote areas burn naturally – in recognition that fire was part of the natural landscape, and that by letting some fires burn, future large fires could be prevented. But last year, every fire was battled unless granted special status. That has been recognized as part of the reason why the ... Read More »
Nearly 900 commercial truck drivers were pulled off the road in a two-day effort to make driving safer on Interstate-10 in southern Arizona. In a joint effort between the Arizona Department of Public Safety and the state Department of Transportation, 826 commercial vehicle inspections were conducted late last month. DPS says most of the 109 drivers were taken out of ... Read More »
A Somerton woman was injured following an accident involving her scooter and a vehicle Wednesday. The Yuma Sun reports the unidentified woman on the scooter was hit at the intersection of Main Street and Bingham Avenue. She sustained a possible broken leg. The driver of the car was not injured. Read More »
The City of Yuma says there was a breach in their data processing associated with the ambulance service. In October of last year Advanced Data Processing Incorporated learned that one of their employees had improperly accessed personal information from several ADPI clients, including the City of Yuma. No City of Yuma employees were involved in the breach of personal information. ... Read More »
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