Yuma County Ends Library Service Agreements with Hyder and Mohawk Schools

Hyder and Mohawk students and staff will no longer receive public library services delivered under county agreements after the Yuma County Board of Supervisors voted to terminate those contracts, county officials said. The action affects the two schools named in the Board decision and signals a planned refocusing of county library operations.

County officials described the existing arrangement as no longer functioning as a true public library system and said the termination is intended to refocus library operations. The Board vote took place March 5, 2026, but the county has not released the vote tally, the names of supervisors who supported the measure, or the specific text of the agreements that were ended.

The termination notice did not include a timeline for when services at Hyder and Mohawk will cease, nor did county officials provide a transition plan for students’ access to books, internet terminals, or librarian support. The record supplied to this newsroom contains no budget figures tied to the agreements, no contract start or end dates, and no statements from Hyder or Mohawk school administrators about immediate impacts.

Separately, national nonprofit Solve Mit is promoting a program called CommunityShare that local partners say will be available across rural Yuma County. “To maximize impact and equitable access to community resources, we prioritize working with regional partners that can make CommunityShare available to an entire region or at least a network of schools,” Solve Mit wrote. Solve Mit also states that “the Arizona Business & Education Coalition is making CommunityShare available to all schools, out-of-school programs, educators, and their students throughout rural Yuma County.”

Solve Mit describes CommunityShare as a regional approach that “enables community professionals to be shared across a region, so if one part of the region has greater access to community professionals, those partners then become available to all regional schools. This is a way to democratize connectedness.” The organization lists six customers in six states, including the Arizona Business & Education Coalition in Yuma, and names funders such as the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and NewSchools Venture Fund. Solve Mit reports that “this fiscal year earned revenue accounts for 16% of our total revenue, while philanthropy accounts for 84%,” and that its grants have ranged “from $750,000 to $10,000.”

Neither the county’s termination notice nor the Solve Mit materials explicitly tie CommunityShare to the ended Hyder and Mohawk library agreements. Solve Mit’s statements do not name Hyder or Mohawk specifically, and county officials have not said whether CommunityShare or another regional program will replace the services that were contracted through the county.

As Yuma County officials implement the Board decision to refocus library operations, school leaders and parents in Hyder and Mohawk will be watching for details on timelines, service continuity, and alternative access to books and educational programming. The county has not yet provided those details publicly, and observers say clarity on next steps will be central to ensuring students in these rural schools do not lose access to essential library resources.