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Yuma posts preliminary primary results as ballot count reaches 6,694

Yuma’s first primary tally showed 6,694 ballots cast in races for mayor, council and municipal judge. The city labeled the count preliminary and unofficial as more ballots were processed.

Marcus Williams•2 min read•04:50 PM

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TMF Yuma Chapter to host back-to-school success workshop

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Border Patrol arrests convicted trafficker near San Luis for illegal re-entry

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Yuma posts preliminary primary results as ballot count reaches 6,694

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APS outlines bill assistance as Yuma faces extreme summer heat

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First United Methodist Church in Yuma to host community dinner Sunday

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Monsoon rains lift fire restrictions on State Trust lands in Yuma County

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Yuma County supervisors to discuss juvenile detention review committee

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Friday is last day to vote early in Yuma County primary

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Education

TMF Yuma Chapter to host back-to-school success workshop

TMF Yuma Chapter’s Aug. 1 workshop gives families a morning checkpoint for school prep at Joe Henry Optimist Park & Center. It lands as Yuma’s back-to-school help ramps up.

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Community

First United Methodist Church in Yuma to host community dinner Sunday

First United Methodist Church of Yuma will serve a community dinner Sunday from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at 411 S. Harrison Ave. in Yuma, giving neighbors an indoor place to gather.

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Government

Border Patrol arrests convicted trafficker near San Luis for illegal re-entry

Border Patrol arrested Miguel Angel Chavez-Almanza near San Luis after he admitted illegal re-entry. He had served 14 years for cocaine trafficking.

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Business

APS outlines bill assistance as Yuma faces extreme summer heat

APS told Yuma County supervisors residential customers will stay connected through summer heat, while eligible families can get up to 60% off bills or $1,000 in crisis aid.

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Government

Friday is last day to vote early in Yuma County primary

Yuma County voters had until Friday to cast an early ballot in the July 21 primary. Ballots could still be dropped off at vote centers and drop boxes through 7 p.m. Tuesday.

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Government

Yuma County supervisors to discuss juvenile detention review committee

Supervisors discussed a juvenile detention review committee that would add local oversight to Yuma County’s 66-bed youth facility at 2440 W. 28th St.

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Government

Monsoon rains lift fire restrictions on State Trust lands in Yuma County

Fire restrictions ended at 8 a.m. Monday on Yuma County State Trust lands, but fireworks and target shooting stay banned year-round.

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Government

Rosales leads early in San Luis mayoral primary race

Matías Rosales held an early lead in San Luis’s mayoral primary as the city kept counting votes for mayor and three council seats.

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Education

Somerton school district cancels planned bond election, delays funding vote

Somerton schools scrapped a Nov. 3 bond election, pushing back a funding vote that would have gone before voters this fall.

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Government

Yuma police arrest man accused in $353,000 break-in spree

Yuma police arrested a man accused of a break-in spree that investigators say cost local businesses $353,000. The losses could ripple into repairs, inventory and insurance bills.

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Education

Somerton teacher named Arizona NIET Teacher Leader Fellow

Valeria Orozco of Somerton School District No. 11 joined NIET's 2027 Teacher Leader Fellows, a one-year program built to improve instruction and teacher retention.

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Community

Yuma East Wetlands restored from dump to desert birding hotspot

Yuma East Wetlands turned nearly 400 acres of dump and neglected riverfront into habitat, trail access and a birding draw along the Colorado River.

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Healthcare

Yuma residents react to cyclosporiasis outbreak as produce worries grow

Yuma County confirmed three cyclosporiasis cases, and two were tied to travel while one remained under investigation. Residents are also weighing whether local produce is safe.

Lisa Park2m read

Government

CBP confirms fatality in shooting involving Yuma agent

CBP confirmed a fatality in a shooting involving a Yuma Sector agent, after the case first surfaced as an injury report. The incident now raises sharper questions for Yuma County.

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Healthcare

Dangerous heat returns to Yuma County, raising health concerns

Farmworkers, seniors and children face the biggest danger as Yuma County heat surges again, with county guidance urging shade breaks, cooling centers and quick medical help for heat illness.

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Government

Yuma County prepares behind the scenes for primary election

Yuma County’s election staff are already working through ballot testing, vote-center planning, and deadline checks to keep the primary secure and on time. Voters in Yuma, Somerton, San Luis, Wellton, and rural precincts need to know where to go and when to act.

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Community

MCAS Yuma marks change of command as leadership shifts

Marine Corps Air Station Yuma changed command July 17 as the base kept its pace of about 180,000 yearly operations and $806.8 million in local economic impact.

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Government

Yuma Border Patrol arrests driver accused of smuggling seven migrants

Border Patrol agents at Yuma Station stopped a Ford Edge and arrested a Guatemalan lawful permanent resident accused of smuggling seven migrants.

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Government

Wellton utility work continues for Yuma County flood control project

Accurate Excavation will lower an 8-inch water line in Wellton on July 20 and 22, and water service may be affected at two work sites.

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Community

Army helicopter makes precautionary landing in eastern Yuma County

An Army helicopter made a precautionary landing Saturday morning in the Texas Hill area of Mohawk Valley. The desert site put the incident in remote eastern Yuma County.

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Government

Yuma police open new evidence facility honoring Lt. Elkins

Yuma police opened a larger evidence facility on July 16, giving investigators more secure storage for case material and honoring Lt. Daniel P. Elkins.

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Community

Yuma Territorial Prison Museum brings frontier justice history to life

Original cell blocks, a restored guard tower and 104 buried inmates make Yuma's former territorial prison a vivid stop on the Colorado River.

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Community

Yuma CBP aircrew rescues two dehydrated people in Kofa Refuge

A Yuma CBP AS350 aircrew found two dehydrated people after their vehicle sank into sand in Kofa Refuge. Agents escorted them to pavement after they declined treatment.

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Business

Yuma’s early economy grew by supplying nearby gold mines

Yuma’s first business model was built on gold mine supply lines, not nostalgia. The same river crossing that moved freight then still explains why logistics matter here now.

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