Wellton News

District 24 State Senator Amanda Aguirre said she hopes lawmakers will restore some of the money to the state budget cut last month by the Legislature in Monday's special session called by Gov.

Border Patrol agents assigned to the Wellton Station rescued four illegal aliens on Sunday who were suffering from exposure to the elements.

A man, woman and their children are lucky to be alive after the Ford Explorer they were traveling in caught fire Sunday near Wellton at about 1 a.m. There were no reports of injuries.

Government offices around Yuma County will be off for the holiday Friday. Federal, state and county offices will observe the Fourth of July on Friday since the holiday falls on a Saturday.

Somerton is one of only five communities in Arizona to show a double-digit increase in population in the last year, according to new figures released today by the U.S. Census Bureau.

Just weeks away from assuming the post as Arizona Western College's new leader, Marc Nigliazzo praises outgoing President Don Schoening's accomplishments and pledges to strengthen the programs Schoening established.

Smoke billowing in the skies is not necessarily a reason to be alarmed this summer.

Yuma County supervisors want two more weeks to decide what to do with a $1.5 million surplus from a 2005 bond issue to build new libraries around the county.

The Yuma County Board of Supervisors on Monday will discuss what to do with $1.5 million left over from the library bond used to fund work on county libraries.

Wellton-based Border Patrol agents found nearly 300 pounds of marijuana in an abanonded car parked along Highway 85 Thursday.

For the first time in more than 60 years, parishioners of First Southern Baptist Church of Wellton will be raising their prayers to heaven from a new location.

The Wellton town Hall, and all east county post offices, libraries and banks will be closed on Monday to observe Memorial Day.

The city of Somerton will continue to set its own annual spending limits, under a ballot measure approved Tuesday by voters.

A former Army Ranger walking across the country in honor of fallen comrade Pat Tillman has arrived in Yuma County in southwestern Arizona.

The communities of Somerton and Wellton have hit the jackpot, with each set to receive a sizable government-mandated contribution from the Cocopah Indian Tribe.

After 25 years with the Wellton Library, librarian Janet Moenk is retiring. Moenk, who lives in Wellton, has done a lot in her tenure with the library district.

It was not a final farewell, but certainly a lighthearted look back as an Arizona Western College ceremony saluted Don Schoening's 42-year career in education.

Like their counterparts in Yuma, outlying Yuma County school districts are faced with tightening their belts in anticipation of cuts in state aid for education, say administrators.

Fire information officer Lori Cook said the Dome Valley fire that broke out Wednesday near Ligurta has been fully contained.

The Yuma County Sheriff's Office's can offer a little extra home security to winter and year-round residents who leave the area for all or part of the summer.