Wellton News

A woman died in a fire early Sunday morning that destroyed two homes and threatened others in a mobile home park near Wellton.

A house fire apparently caused by a cigarette claimed the life of a 62-year-old Wellton resident and left her adult son, who attempted to rescue her, critically injured.

A 62-year-old Wellton woman died in a house fire that seriously injured her son and destroyed a home next door, according to a Yuma County Sheriff's Office report.

On Saturday the ideal of community service will have a very public demonstration.

Due to a shortage of funds and drivers, the Meals on Wheels program is unable to increase clientele it serves and frequency of service, a spokeswoman for the program that delivers food to home-bound elderly in ...

Every summer, the Yuma County Library District invites local youths to participate in our Summer Reading Program.

Mohawk Valley Elementary School - There will be a board meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday.

Housing American Corp. has brought the American Dream within reach of 1,000 families in Yuma County.

The Border Patrol has nearly five times more agents per mile near the California coast than along Yuma County's border with Mexico, but the Yuma area remains efficiently covered, a patrol spokesman says.

Wellton library - The library is open all day Saturday. Story time is 11 a.m. Wednesday for children ages 3 to 5. There will be a teen craft program at 3:30 p.m. Thursday.

Border Patrol agents assigned to the Yuma sector's Wellton Station recovered a stolen vehicle loaded with more than 1,000 pounds of marijuana early Sunday morning.

What were those bright lights hovering over the Barry M. Goldwater Range? Brent Carpenter wanted to know the answer when he saw them Thursday night south of his home at Coyote Wash in Wellton.

Here is my idea to help the Border Patrol, Yuma County Sheriff's Office, Wellton Police Department and other law enforcement agencies.

It is produced primarily for local consumption. To enjoy some, take a drive out Highway 95, where a stand is located between Fortuna Road and Avenue 9E.

Do you like the rich smell of a new book? In the future when you visit any Yuma County library branch, you'll be able flip through clean and crisp pages of new books that will be available for you.

Being a person that has used public transportation - YCAT - I was somewhat impressed when I read that "25,000 to 30,000" people are using YCAT.

Although their focus is on veterans, American Legion Post 19 and Ladies Auxiliary delivered community fun on the 4th of July with food, contests, rides and prizes along with Americans everywhere who celebrated ...

The support it has given to other Yuma-area fire departments helped earn the civilian fire department at the Marine Corps Air Station Yuma the honor of best in the Marine Corps.

Getting gassed up on the cheap brought relief to some Yumans, thank's to a local church's community service project.

A former National Football League player walking across America to raise money for ground zero rescue and recovery workers sickened in the wake of the Sept.