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Somerton, Arizona is located in Yuma County. Zip codes in Somerton, AZ include 85350. More Somerton information.

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Wednesday | Yuma Sun

County promotes infant care program

For more than 20 years, the Yuma County Health Department has sought to improve proper pre- and postnatal care and childhood development through a program it offers expectant mothers.

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Sun May 27, 2012

Yuma Sun

Somerton ready to take over animal control tasks July 1

An animal control officer will be on duty in Somerton starting in July, although city officials are counting on a public education campaign to help put a dent in the stray animal population.

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Thu May 24, 2012

Yuma Sun

Ex-Somerton officer pleads guilty to theft

A former Somerton police officer is scheduled to be sentenced June 14 in Yuma County Superior Court after pleading guilty to a single felony charge of theft.

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Sat May 19, 2012

Yuma Sun

Supervisors set to adopt tentative budget

The Yuma County Board of Supervisors will discuss and possibly adopt a tentative budget for 2012-13 at its regular meeting Monday at 8:30 a.m. The budget includes a reduced primary property tax levy and a primary property tax rate of $1.8798. The supervisors also will schedule a combined public hearing on the budget and, if necessary, establish ... (more)

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Yuma Sun

Somerton families fulfill homeownership dreams

The time had come for Roberto Graciano and his family to sink roots, and they did it here in this city as participants in a self-help housing program.

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Wed May 16, 2012

Yuma Sun

Brewer OKs state vouchers for private schools

A new law signed this week by Gov. Jan Brewer could give an estimated 100,000 children in Arizona schools - including six in the Yuma area - a check from the state to go to a private or parochial school instead.

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Yuma Sun

Somerton flips the switch on solar project

City of Somerton officials flipped the switch on their new solar power project at the city's water treatment plant during a Wednesday morning ceremony.

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Mon May 14, 2012

Yuma Sun

Reyes seeks new term as county supervisor

Marco Antonio Reyes is seeking re-election as the Yuma County supervisor for the south and west parts of the county.

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Wed May 09, 2012

Yuma Sun

Energy towers proposal in San Luis gets initial OK from council

The city council here gave preliminary approval Wednesday to a proposal to convert wind to electricity inside two towers that would stand thousands of feet in height on the city's southwest corner.

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Tue May 08, 2012

Examiner.com

100 years plus of teachers in Arizona

In 1901, Maude Daisy Jacobs taught in a one room school house in Somerton, Arizona, close to Yuma, AZ.

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Mon May 07, 2012

Yuma Sun

County seeking new site to bury indigent

A lone wooden cross stands out among all of the concrete head stones in the county's section of Desert Lawn Memorial Park located off 1st Avenue and 12th street.

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Sun May 06, 2012

Yuma Sun

Somerton mayor might be jumping gun on recyling savings

When they began talking about starting a citywide recycling program, Somerton officials met with some criticism from naysayers who predicted, among other things, that recycling would be a drain on city finances.

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Yuma Sun

Somerton Senior Center may have to absorb funding cuts

A possible cut in federal funding would force the Somerton Senior Center to tighten its belt but won't jeopardize services to the city's senior population, city officials say.

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Fri May 04, 2012

Yuma Sun

Crash near Somerton sends two to YRMC

The two occupants of a pickup that collided with a fuel truck near Somerton Thursday morning had to be extricated from their vehicle by firefighters.

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