The Yuma County Board of Supervisors on Monday will continue discussing and possibly take action regarding priority projections and programs to be funded by the $41.5 million the county expects to receive in COVID-19 relief aid as part of the American Rescue Plan Act.
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With dirt moving again on the Fortuna Palms area, readers are eager to know what’s going on there. Developer Ross Wait shared some information off the record, which means I can’t tell you yet, but he’s excited to announce the news involving several projects planned for the area between Walgr…
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Yuma Mayor Doug Nicholls has put out a call for citizens willing to serve on the city’s Planning and Zoning Commission, which has recently canceled meetings due to a lack of quorum.
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In the Silver League at Las Barrancas, Gary Hill, Mike Costello and Frankie Allen won gross. Bobbi Bellusci, Roger Sprague and Lyle Wheeler were the net winners. Larry Engler, Dawn Diamond, Jack Joseph and Rusty Wies were on the winning team. In the Copper League Brian Healy and Frankie Alle…
There will be a change of scenery, yet with a familiar touch of home when Molly and Hanah Sims arrive at Trevecca Nazarene University in the fall.
Kofa senior Carolina Moreno, who’s one of, if not the most successful girl wrestlers in the state of Arizona, signed her National Letter of Intent to Southern Oregon University on Monday.
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ARIES (March 21-April 19) Today you are sensitive to the moods of others. This is why you want to do whatever you can to make their life easier. Tonight: Avoid power struggles.
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Listening to radio and TV news programs, one of the hottest topics is the number of “help wanted” signs out there on Main Street, USA – and the lack of people available to fill those openings.
I’m truly baffled by some of the conspiracy theories out there regarding COVID-19. Someone recently told me it’s a hoax perpetrated by the government and media. The person also said that deaths have been greatly exaggerated and investigations will reveal the truth.
The retired science teacher jumped up from his hiding spot in his garden and grabbed my arm before I could escape.
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Over a lunch of tea and scones, cucumber sandwiches and chocolate dipped strawberries, women across Yuma County donned their hats to attend a tea party hosted by the Territorial Charter Chapter of the American Business Women’s Association.
The wheat fields are looking great as I drive through the valleys. Beautiful green-gold heads of wheat ripening in the sun. Desert Durum wheat is one of the crops grown from January to June as a cash crop as well as a wonderful soil building crop.
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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli warplanes unleashed a new series of heavy airstrikes at several locations of Gaza City early Monday, hours after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signaled the fourth war with Gaza's Hamas rulers would rage on.
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