Yuma News

I completely agree with Joy Hansen's letter to the editor published on Jan. 23 stating that the rejection of the Keystone XL Pipeline was simply politics over what is best for the country.

The Bureau of Land Management on Monday put aside nearly 21,000 acres of public land near Yuma for the next two years while it studies its potential for use as a solar energy site.

Keeping soles on her shoes is a pretty tall order for local marathon runner Tami Harmon who has competed in more than 70 marathons.

Commemorative coins depicting a three-dimensional image of the siphon's interior on one side and an Arizona Centennial image on the other are still available for purchase, said Ann Walker, public relations specialist at the Yuma Visitors Bureau.

A jury verdict has brought closure to at least part of a tale of stunning greed and criminal conduct in our community.

Claudia and Ralph Buruato toast each other Monday during a lunch date at Hunter Steakhouse.

A 24-year-old Yuma Marine died in a rollover accident in San Diego early Sunday morning.

It's time for area residents to dust off their library cards and join Yuma's annual celebration of literature.

At approximately 10:32 p.m., an unknown male wearing a hooded sweater, gloves and a mask entered the 1501 South Avenue B Burger King, pointed his gun at the manager and demanded money, according to police reports.

It took two nights to get the job done, but Bobby Hogge got what he came for at Cocopah Speedway.

Marine Capt. John "Brandon" Bowe, with his adopted former military working dog. He was extremely unhappy with the trooper's punishment of his dog.

Roy Tyler, who had been leasing Britain's Farm Chuckwagon and Steakhouse, has filed a civil lawsuit against the property owners seeking $2.5 million.

There are many great sports moments that make me wish I was a little bit older. When Christian Laettner made his remarkable game-winning shot against Kentucky, I was 3 years old.

SAN LUIS, Ariz. - Nieves Riedel said she's just trying to help individuals and organizations by allowing them to use the parking lot of her shopping center in San Luis as an place for outdoor sales.

As a public service, the Yuma Sun is publishing the names and photographs of the following people sought by the Yuma County Adult Probation Department or the U.S. Marshals Service as probation absconders.

It was announced last week that the Yuma Fire Department and Rural/Metro had reached agreement on how to mutually provide ambulance service in the city beginning today.

Game and Fish, in one of their latest reports, wrote about a unique opportunity being offered to enjoy an old-fashioned campout in the Prescott cool pines.

Changes are coming to the way Yuma County residents vote. And registered Republican and Green Party voters will be the first to test the new vote centers when they head to the polls this month to cast their ballots in the Presidential Preference Election.

Gila Ridge's Darryl Lane tries to get around Kevin Hunt of Sunrise Mountain in the championship match of the 120 pound weight class of the 2012 Arizona Wrestling State Championship in Prescott Valley Saturday.

ARIZONA WINTER LEAGUE Somerton got some late-game heroics off the bench and the Stingers got a comeback, 4-3 win over Calexico on Saturday.