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Pirates, Vikings, royals and even a storyteller with a pet dragon: Yumans can see it all this coming weekend at the Two Rivers Renaissance Faire on the Yuma County Fairgrounds. In this faire, attendees can stroll the streets of Port Tamsynbrooke and discover medieval history come to life fro…
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A 28-year-old man who Yuma police say drowned in a canal on Monday has been identified.
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Yuma Catholic wrestling ended its season on a high note on Wednesday, taking down Snowflake and Combs in their final regular season meet.
The 2022-23 season hasn’t been sunshine and rainbows for the Yuma High boys basketball team, but Wednesday night provided an opportunity for the Criminals to end their season on a high note taking on fellow 4A Skyline contender Shadow Mountain at Bob McLendon Court inside The Palace Gym.
Yuma Catholic boys basketball took on Central Union (El Centro, Calif.) at home on Tuesday night, burying the Spartans under a deadly barrage of three-pointers to win 80-52.
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CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Shakira, 46; Christie Brinkley, 69; Brent Spiner, 74; Graham Nash, 81.
‘As American as apple pie” sums up our love affair with apples. From apple dumplings and apple pie, to apple cakes and apple bars, there are countless apple desserts to tempt us.
Local Opinion
Today, the furriest weathercaster in the United States, Punxsutawney Phil, will emerge from his burrow to decide what the future holds for winter.
My Nhan, 65, immigrated to the United States from Vietnam in the 1980s, and made her home in California’s San Gabriel Valley, in a community called Rosemead.
I moved to Yuma for my first job out of college, as a copy editor/page designer at the Yuma Sun.
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This year, United States taxpayers must file their income tax forms before the April 18 deadline.
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Wall Street is rising further, led by excitement around tech stocks and a surge for Facebook’s parent company. The S&P 500 was 1.4% higher Thursday, a day after hitting its highest level since the summer. The Dow was lagging because it has less of an emphasis on tech. Several Big Tech companies are set to report their results after trading closes for the day, including Apple, Amazon and Google’s parent company. Stocks had already been on the upswing through the start of the year on hopes that the Federal Reserve may soon pause on its hikes to interest rates.
Growing numbers of people are flocking to U.S. churches that center their practice around a bitter psychedelic tea known as ayahuasca. Organizers and their legal advisers argue a 2006 Supreme Court ruling protects them from prosecution and participants say they are taking part in a religious service. Some experts raise concerns that the benefits of ayahuasca haven’t been well studied. Many who attend the ceremonies, which can last for days, argue their experience on the illegal substance brings them closer to God than they ever felt at traditional religious services. Surveys have also found many come away feeling better afterwards, with some saying it helped with depression and problems with risky substance use.
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