Tacna News

While plumes of smoke will be seen rising seen into the sky throughout Yuma County in the coming months, it usually signifies one thing this time of year: area farmers burning off the wheat stubble from their fields.

The Wellton Fire Department is investigating a string of "suspicious" brush fires reported within an hour of each other along Interstate 8 on Sunday.

A home at 39151 E. County 6th St. was destroyed by fire Wednesday afternoon. No injuries were reported.

A certificate of occupancy has been issued for Tuscany Surgical Center, located at Tuscany Plaza, Suite 28.

The smoke and haze that commonly fill the Yuma skies this time of year due to controlled burns have been worse than usual this week due to a wood chip pile burning since Monday.