Agua Viva has three wells but filtration for only two. On Wednesday, the Yuma City Council takes up a $906,810 filter that would change that, plus nearly $3 million to repair a water reservoir that inspectors found deteriorating.
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Archival photo of ACC chairman Nick Myers at an event in Phoenix, Jan. 13, 2025. Photo by Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0. Cropped and combined with original headline typography; this adapted image is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nick_Myers_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg Credit: Gage Skidmore / CC BY-SA 3.0. Cropped and overlaid; adapted image remains CC BY-SA 3.0. More than 100 Yuma County residents brought bills they say rose 300% to 1,200%. ACC Chairman Nick Myers said he hasn't seen evidence of overcharging and asked for it. Cactus State wants another rate increase.
Yuma Informed gradient card: “A teacher license restored. The state settlement and the district employment decision.” Credit: Yuma Informed An Arizona State Board entry lists Plaza’s negotiated settlement as a letter of censure with conditions. AZFamily reported that state documents described YUHSD’s allegations as incomplete and inaccurate.
Original Yuma Informed text graphic. Credit: Yuma Informed Canada’s counter-tariffs effective Sept. 8 cover selected U.S. goods, but fresh fruits and vegetables are not on the current list. Yuma growers still face uncertainty around packaging costs and future trade changes.
Original Yuma Informed text graphic. Credit: Yuma Informed Visit Yuma reported that local hotel occupancy rose from about 50% in summer to 90%–95% during the September dove hunt. Restaurants and outdoor retailers also described a seasonal bump.
Hart Mine Road Bridge after the collapse, July 2026. Credit: Bureau of Reclamation The Hart Mine Road Bridge near Cibola partially collapsed after the Island Fire damaged its timber supports. Federal officials announced $4.25 million for repair and reconstruction, but no public reopening schedule was available in October.
Original Yuma Informed text graphic. Credit: Yuma Informed The University of Arizona’s Desert Agriculture Soil Health Initiative now has a lab at its Yuma Agricultural Center. Researchers are studying salinity, heat and low organic matter in local fields.
Original Yuma Informed text graphic. Credit: Yuma Informed Onvida says its sepsis-related death rate fell 43% after a new alert system launched. The hospital has not publicly supplied the baseline, patient counts or other details needed to judge the size and cause of the change.
Original Yuma Informed text graphic. Credit: Yuma Informed The Regional Center for Border Health now reports 26 clinics and five mobile units. Its next plans include a teaching health center and a hospital, following the opening of San Luis’s New Vida Birthing Center.
Original Yuma Informed text graphic. Credit: Yuma Informed The New Vida Birthing Center offers midwife-led care for low-risk pregnancies, including water birth. It is a licensed facility, but it is not a hospital and does not offer epidurals.
Original Yuma Informed text graphic. Credit: Yuma Informed A viral post described a July encounter involving a 16-year-old as an attempted kidnapping and accused police of mishandling the case. Yuma police released body-camera footage and described a different sequence. The investigation was still open in the department’s August statement.
Original Yuma Informed text graphic. Credit: Yuma Informed Amberly Mendoza was 10 when she was killed in Yuma in 1996. The FBI still lists a reward of up to $30,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction.
Original Yuma Informed text graphic. Credit: Yuma Informed Cal-Maine delivered 17 pallets to the Yuma Community Food Bank under terms announced in a multistate egg-price case. Federal filings describe allegations and proposed judgments, not a court finding against the companies.
Original Yuma Informed text graphic. Credit: Yuma Informed At least 10 people came to one Yuma-area home expecting to move in. Police said someone had copied the listing. Here is how renters can verify an ad before sharing money or personal information.
New World screwworm detections in northern Mexico have prompted increased attention to animal health and cross-border pet travel. This composite illustration represents the regional threat and veterinary documentation requirements; its map markers are illustrative, not verified case locations. Credit: Yuma Informed / SI-generated editorial illustration Arizona wildlife officials say leave pets home when possible. If your dog travels, Mexico and the United States require separate screwworm inspections and paperwork.
Yuma’s old prison sealed a time capsule this summer. The one from 1876 is a better mystery. Credit: AI-generated illustration Explainer
Yuma’s old prison sealed a time capsule this summer. The one from 1876 is a better mystery.
For its 150th birthday, the Territorial Prison packed a Farmer’s Almanac, a roll of pennies and handwritten cards into a capsule for the future. Whether its 19th-century time capsule is still in the building depends on which account you read.
AI-generated editorial graphic about a proposal on Yuma’s October 21, 2026 City Council agenda. Credit: Yuma Informed / AI-generated graphic Yuma's zoning code lets apartments go up on some commercial land as long as there's a business attached, but it never says how big that business has to be. A proposed amendment tries to fix that in the City's older neighborhoods.
AI-generated editorial graphic about a proposal on Yuma’s October 21, 2026 City Council agenda. Credit: Yuma Informed / AI-generated graphic A proposed five-year agreement could connect some 911 callers with a clinician by phone or video instead of sending an ambulance. The City pays nothing. The contract says patients, or someone on their behalf, will.
AI-generated editorial graphic about a proposal on Yuma’s October 21, 2026 City Council agenda. Credit: Yuma Informed / AI-generated graphic Yuma's proposed animal ordinance would make most violations $50 civil tickets instead of crimes. It would also add something the City doesn't really have now: clear rules against tethering dogs in the heat and against animal hoarding.
AI-generated editorial graphic about a proposal on Yuma’s October 21, 2026 City Council agenda. Credit: Yuma Informed / AI-generated graphic Analysis
Yuma's new road safety plan counts 104 fatal crashes. Fixing the roads is a separate decision.
A City plan counts 17,387 crashes on Yuma-area roads over ten years and names ten places to fix. Adopting it Wednesday wouldn't pay for any of them, but it's the first step toward the money that could.