SAN LUIS, Ariz. – The candidates for the San Luis and Somerton councils for the July primary election have been defined.
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The Education Foundation of Yuma County’s 37th annual Teacher of the Year Awards Banquet took place Thursday night, and Crystal Trueluck was announced as the 2024 Teacher of the Year.
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With springtime in full swing and classrooms gearing up for the tail end of the school year, there’s still time for local students to compete in a Yuma County writing contest focused on answering a what-if scenario involving the planet.
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Yuma Catholic senior Trenton Blomquist signs his letter of intent to wrestle at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott as his family watches on Tuesday. Blomquist wrestled to a 54-0 record as a senior, winning his second consecutive state championship this winter. Earlier this mont…
Five teams took to the diamond on Wednesday afternoon, all for games in the Play-In round to vie for a spot in the state tournament.
All Yuma Union High School District athletes have the chance to get a no-cost sports physical on Friday, April 26.
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Editor’s Note: In honor of the 150th anniversary of the Yuma Sun and the Arizona Sentinel, we are revisiting our archives, and reprinting pages from past editions. This page originally appeared in The Yuma Daily Sun Sept. 2, 1956.
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For almost a decade, Donald Trump has sent the Republican Party and much of the mainstream media into a political whirlwind. Trump’s bombastic behavior and searing personal attacks have angered many establishment Republicans while endearing him to hard-line conservatives.
Thumbs up to the law enforcement agencies that participated in the annual Law Enforcement Torch Run to support our Special Olympics athletes! This is a great event to raise awareness and funding, and we love seeing how many law enforcement staff members join in each year!Thumbs up to an amaz…
In trash-cinema director John Waters’ movie “Pecker,” the title character and his juvenile delinquent buddy play a game called “Shopping for Others.” While at a grocery store, they stealthily place embarrassing items in unsuspecting shoppers’ carts – with hilarious and awkward results.
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Well, it looks like the warm weather is finally getting here. It has really been enjoyable to be out during the past few months. Looking at the farm fields, it is obvious that the crops are changing.
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A Colorado judge has sentenced a former paramedic to 14 months of jail and probation in the death of Elijah McClain. Jeremy Cooper faced up to three years in prison during his Friday sentencing after administering a dose of the sedative ketamine to McClain. The 23-year-old Black man had been stopped by police as he was walking down the street in 2019. Cooper will serve four years of probation and 14 months in jail under a work release program. The sentencing caps a series of trials that resulted in three convictions. Experts say the convictions would have been unheard of before 2020 protests over racist policing.
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A tornado has plowed through suburban Omaha, Nebraska, demolishing homes and businesses as the twister tore for miles along farmland and into subdivisions. It wasn’t yet clear Friday afternoon if anyone was injured or killed in the storm. Multiple tornadoes were reported in Nebraska but the most destructive storm moved from a largely rural area into suburbs northwest of Omaha, a city of 485,000 people. Photos from social media showed damaged homes and shredded trees. After passing through the airport, the tornado crossed the Missouri River and into Iowa.
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Authorities say a freight train derailment and fire has forced the closure of a key east-west interstate trucking route near the Arizona-New Mexico state line. No injuries were immediately reported Friday following the midday train wreck east of Houck, Arizona. BNSF Railway spokesperson Lena Kent confirmed the derailment and said there were no injuries to the crew. New Mexico State Police and the Arizona Department of Public Safety closed Interstate 40 in both directions, with no estimated time for the road to reopen. New Mexico state police say the train was hauling gasoline and propane, which caught fire.
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