Dan Bustard

PPEP's founder started with a 1957 school bus and a $19,000 grant. He died Oct. 9. Two weeks later, the San Luis YouthBuild class he helped make possible graduated, and the man who ran it for more than two decades retired.

The elementary school on Yuma Proving Ground now has a computerized telescope from the Smithsonian's rural astronomy program. The visit made for a nice day. What happens over the rest of the school year is the part still worth asking about.

The Yuma Territorial Prison is hosting a 21-and-over masquerade speakeasy on Nov. 21, with live music, a full bar and a cigar lounge. Tickets are $20, and they're limited.

KYMA reports an October 9 guilty plea and November 5 sentencing in the 2023 house-party shooting case. The disposition of the other charges remains unconfirmed.

The proposed rules would set controls for agricultural activity, construction, vacant lots and roads in parts of Yuma County. Comments are due Nov. 9, the same day as a public hearing at the Yuma County Main Library.

Yuma approved a permanent pump system for La Quinta basin, where high groundwater leaves standing water. The plan sends runoff to a Mesquite Elementary field.

A chronology of supported research, requests and public actions, with event dates kept separate from scientific findings.

A September 24 letter from AgTech’s attorney to Arizona’s State Land commissioner disputes the September 10 lease action, invokes a right to cure, and requests a public clarification. The letter says a separate appeal is forthcoming. The State described one lease as in default and four as nonrenewals.

AgTech says an October 1 appeal challenges the state’s lease decision and seeks settlement talks. The actual filing and any stay remain unverified; an ADEQ inspection report adds context to the company’s compliance claims.

State figures and company statements document an interstate connection. They do not reconstruct every shipment, acquisition or cause of a route change.

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.

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.

APS plans an automatic November bill credit from a $33.6 million surplus. The company estimates about $14 for a typical residential customer; actual credits will vary by use and billing category.

Arizona filed Oct. 16 to join Nevada's federal lawsuit over the new Colorado River operating rules. The motion never mentions Yuma. That doesn't mean Yuma has nothing riding on it.

Volleyball hasn't lost. Women's soccer is No. 1 in the country. Men's soccer hasn't lost either. All three Arizona Western fall teams have locked up conference titles, and the playoffs come home to Yuma next week.

Arizona’s conditional 760,000-acre-foot share does not establish a uniform 27% cut to Yuma. Here is what the official records say about local priorities, planning and the decisions still unresolved.

About 280 high school players are expected Nov. 20 and 21. Students from San Luis, Yuma Catholic and Kofa came out of qualifying near the top. It's free to watch.

Gov. Katie Hobbs’ order takes effect Oct. 16. It directs agencies to ease certain dyed-diesel enforcement on non-interstate roads and waives state permit fees for qualifying overweight farm-related loads, but it does not authorize 90,800-pound trucks on interstate highways.

Arizona Western College’s first associate-degree cohort at ASPC-Yuma is reported to include 13 students. Public materials confirm earlier certificate programs but do not yet explain eligibility, cost or how students can complete the new pathway.

AWC Senior Days run Oct. 14–29, 2026. Find each school’s date, campus hours, activities and verified contacts for arranging a visit.

Arizona Western College has announced agreements with three Taiwanese universities. Partner records describe exchanges and technical study still being developed, while scholarships, student costs and application dates remain unconfirmed.

Arizona Western College’s free Yuma Transfer and Career Expo is scheduled for Oct. 19, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. It is open to the public at the Yuma Campus.

Arizona Western beat Salt Lake 2-0 Saturday in Yuma. The Lady Matadors are 15-0-2 and headed to the NJCAA national tournament for the fourth straight year.

Vistara’s manager advertises income-restricted apartments and accepts Section 8 voucher applications. Its rent ranges conflict, so a current quote matters more than the headline price.

Former Bio Family Clinic patients told KYMA they could not obtain their records. The Attorney General’s Office said it was working with a vendor to take custody, but public instructions for patients remain unavailable.

Wastewater treatment leaves solids that need a management route. The Yuma debate concerns how that material is treated, used and monitored.

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.

A reported remodel added a different lodging option downtown. The operator describes one- and two-bedroom apartments; the building’s claimed 1938 origin has not been independently verified.

CBP’s May report counted 10,622 comments from a 2025 round on an earlier 61-mile barrier project. A later letter used that feedback as background for outreach on a separate proposed 225-mile system.

Javier "Milo" Figueroa was 17 when he died in a Yuma parking lot in September 2025. His older brother was charged with first-degree murder. On Friday, he pleaded guilty to negligent homicide and endangerment.

Cibola High School closed Oct. 14 after an air-conditioning failure forced students into virtual classes. The school had not identified the failed equipment or said when repairs would be complete.

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.

Arizona’s Public Access lookup confirms the reported Yuma County Superior Court case number and August 31 complaint entry. It lists three defendants and later service-certificate entries, but the complaint and certificates remain unreviewed. Pleaded claims, actual service dates, and any outcome remain unverified.

Mercedes Hernandez describes damage to her son's memorial. Police findings, incident dates and the plaque's whereabouts remain unconfirmed.

District One recommends HMH Into Reading for K-5 and Savvas myPerspectives for grades 6-8. The materials are open for public review by appointment through Dec. 8, 2026.

Dolores Huerta died Oct. 28 at 96. San Luis Mayor Nieves Riedel met her at 17 in a Delano grape field. Seven months ago, Huerta said Cesar Chavez, who was born in Yuma and died in San Luis, had assaulted her. Both things belong in how Yuma County remembers her.

Compare Tim Dunn's legislative record with Laura Huber's proposals on water, schools, health care and development in Arizona's LD25 Senate race.

The City of Yuma now expects Phase I of East Mesa Community Park to be complete in December. Its current public pages still do not give a date for when people can use the park.

A source-page review of campaign-finance filings for Yuma’s 2026 mayoral candidates, including the Adams Q2 amendment, cash arithmetic, and questions the available records leave open.

Eighteen juniors and seniors will pair Monday lectures with supervised volunteer work through Yuma, San Luis and Somerton fire departments from October through April.

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.

The federal money pays for design work. Not a bridge. Not a fix for parked trains or rain-shorted signals. Not yet.

KYMA credits Marcus Hancock, Roman Jacobo, Alonzo Fierro and Antonio Fierro with two school relay marks. The times remain attributed pending a check of official meet results.

Gila Ridge is the only Arizona school on the published top-40 list. Division voting runs through October 25, and the school schedules a home-game celebration for October 23.

KYMA reports the donation kiosks will be in front of Harkins Nov. 16–29. The local hours and item list have not yet been confirmed.

KAWC reports an October 17 closing as the owner retires. Goldsboro's history reaches back to Buddy Goldsboro's 1978 opening and plans for a move across Avenue A.

If Yuma County couldn't match the signature on your early ballot, you have until 5 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 8, to fix it. With a hospital board seat 80 votes apart, this one isn't abstract.

Public records show GYEDC tracked data centers, discussed siting, and hosted an information seminar. Those activities do not, by themselves, show that the organization actively recruited the industry.

On Oct. 4, I filed a tip about Carlos Adams with Arizona's counterterrorism center. Here's what I sent, word for word, the 2001 federal drug case behind it, and why I thought it belonged with the FBI.

Any registered Yuma County voter can use any of ten vote centers on Tuesday, Nov. 3, from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Bring ID. It's too late to trust the mail with an early ballot, so drop it off instead. Here's where, plus what to do if something comes up before Tuesday.

The last free hazardous waste drop-off of the year is Nov. 14. The mayor and Council are taking questions Nov. 9. City Hall closes Nov. 11. And there's a ballot deadline Sunday.

One grave at Yuma's Pioneer Cemetery, and how much easier it is to find the man buried next to her.

Yuma’s multimodal transit center will not preserve the old hotel intact. The plan calls for partial demolition and reconstruction, with the landmark’s Spanish Revival identity carried into a new public space.

KYMA reports new fraud and unlicensed-practice allegations against Jennivyr Derakhshan. The sheriff’s booking record lists two dockets with different disposition entries, leaving the filed count list unresolved.

Judge Mark Wayne Reeves has spent two decades handling some of Yuma County's most personal cases, from juvenile court to family law. His retirement opens a seat the governor will fill. Applications are due Nov. 13, and the interviews are public.

A focused review of 15 completed stories found uneven sourcing and framing, including one materially one-sided account. The other 15 frozen selections remained unfinished, so the findings describe only the reviewed subset.

KBLU 560 AM has returned to Yuma under Approval Coach Broadcasting. FCC filings document the August transfer and the licensee’s report that full operations resumed Oct. 5.

KYMA reports that family, friends and veterans gathered Oct. 23 for a tribute to Kenneth Metoyer and his late father, Victor Jones.

HSOY says 559 neonatal kittens have passed through its kitten ICU since April 23, and the influx continues. Here's how to apply to foster and what the commitment involves.

Jorge Lozano is ahead of John LeSueur by about 1,400 votes for an open Superior Court seat. A national group spent heavily for Lozano. Both things are true, and neither one proves the other.

MCAS Yuma has completed its 164-room barracks. Federal records show about $90.6 million in contract obligations, while a late-November opening remains a reported expectation.

Yuma County Medicare beneficiaries have October 15 through December 7 to review coverage for 2027. Here is what can change, how to avoid impersonation scams and where to find free local counseling.

Supervisors will consider a $193,000 sewer-design change, $176,800 in additional pavement work and a hearing on Treasurer’s Office fees. City Council meetings follow on Oct. 20 and 21.

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.

The Navy and Marine Corps are offering sampling in expanded areas and resampling wells tested in 2023. PFAS detected in groundwater at MCAS Yuma do not establish that nearby private wells are contaminated; the five wells sampled in 2023 had no detections at or above current DoW interim action levels.

Federal reservoir rules entered a new water year Oct. 1, with larger Lower Basin delivery reductions applying in 2027. Yuma’s water rights differ from CAP’s, and reviewed records do not establish a uniform local cut.

LD23 and LD25 reports show a mix of private contributions and public campaign funding. A conflicting Huber report is excluded from the totals, although the state portal lists it as filed on time.

All summer, Yuma has quietly been on the same time as California. At 2 a.m. Sunday, California and Baja California fall back an hour. Arizona and Sonora don't. That dentist appointment in Algodones or that shift in El Centro just moved.

A super PAC that had raised nothing since early 2025 took in $38,500 in thirteen days in September. Every dollar came from people who list Onvida or Yuma Regional Medical Center as their employer. Here's what the federal filing shows, and what it doesn't.

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.

Onvida Health has added a robotic system for joint replacement, starting with shoulders. It builds a 3D model of your joint from a CT scan, and the cutting tool shuts off if it strays outside the plan. Knees are expected next. Hips are waiting on federal approvals.

The City of Yuma already has a road safety plan. Now the Yuma Metropolitan Planning Organization is building one for San Luis, Somerton, Wellton, Cocopah tribal lands and the unincorporated county. The first round of public input, including a map where you can mark trouble spots, is open now.

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.

Upstream flooding filled the normally empty flood-control reservoir near Gila Bend. Releases down the Gila toward Yuma County started Tuesday morning. Here's what's measured, what's planned and what's still a guess.

PFAS occurrence is documented in biosolids research. Local concentration, exposure and responsibility require a separate chain of evidence.

A pilot was freed from an aircraft after the October 5 crash near County 12th Street and Avenue G. Public accounts differ on who performed the rescue, and the cause remains unresolved.

A driver struck a Yuma police officer and fled east on I-8 with a 91-year-old woman in the vehicle, police say. Separate Yuma and Wellton cases against Jeffrey Alan Proett remain pending.

Arizona voters approved limits on red-light and speed cameras. Yuma County voted yes by a wider margin than the state, for a kind of camera we couldn't find anywhere in the county. The plate readers people worry about are a different story.

Only three school districts outside the Phoenix and Tucson areas are covered by Prop 320, and two of them are in Yuma. Here's where District One and Yuma Union High stand, what happens if they don't hit 60%, and the best case each side makes.

The statewide measure would require government-issued proof of identity for every voting method and an Election Day on-site counting option. It would not itself abolish early voting, but leaves mail-ballot procedures and implementation costs unresolved.

Yuma County’s Proposition 435 would permanently add $6.2 million to the historical base used to calculate its annual spending limit. Here is what approval would change, what it would not, and what the County has not projected.

The proposed $30 million changes the base used to calculate spending authority. It does not create $30 million in cash. Here is how the AEL and FY2028 timing fit together.

The percentages stay at 3%–5%. The proposal changes which preceding election supplies the ballot count, while future signature totals remain turnout-dependent.

Public records confirm Fernandez’s declared address at a property owned by an AWC executive and a $15 million allocation naming the college. Rent, financial benefits and disclosure compliance remain unresolved.

The Desert Difference summit brings growers, researchers and startups to Yuma to see automation, AI and sensors working on real commercial fields. Registration is free through Nov. 20.

Yuma finalized a landscaping maintenance district for Saguaro Units 7 and 8. Future costs will reach affected property tax bills, but amounts and a billing year remain unset.

An orthopedic surgeon, a rheumatologist and two endocrinologists are now seeing patients at the San Luis Medical Mall. One says he's the only hand surgeon in the county.

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.

Southwest Early College Academy’s AWC partnership dates to 2007. Records show expanded college access and mixed schoolwide results as public voting continues through October 29.

The City of San Luis reported two TTHM locational running annual averages above the federal standard, while saying the incident was not an emergency and that additional samples were below the limit.

Sonora reports 123 active animal cases while Arizona reports none. Dogs crossing through San Luis need screwworm inspection documents for Mexico entry and U.S. return, under different rules.

Seven candidates are listed for Gadsden’s three school board seats. The county guide includes a statement from one candidate; district spending, pay, assessment and audit records offer other points for comparison.

Arizona Western College, the Consulate of Mexico in Yuma and a local arts group are hosting a free Día de los Muertos costume contest with cash prizes, followed by an altar celebration with mariachi and pan de muerto.

The county holds a hearing Nov. 24. The paperwork names the land, the owner and the agent. It doesn't say who would run it, how big it would be or what it would need.

The fair is scheduled for 3-6 p.m. at Somerton City Hall. Registration is free, but passport fees still apply, and applicants need to bring their documents and photo.

Storm-related outages disrupted Wellton water service, later restored. KYMA reported Foothills property damage; Yuma recorded a 53-mph gust October 10.

A $113,800 grant from Arizona Complete Health will help Sunset Health launch a family medicine residency in Yuma. It's small, two new doctors a year, and its public page leaves the accreditation status unclear. The idea behind it is simple: doctors tend to stay near where they train.

Arizona wildlife officials say leave pets home when possible. If your dog travels, Mexico and the United States require separate screwworm inspections and paperwork.

Between 2019 and 2021, homicide victims in Tecate went from 96 a year to 241. A council member was shot near City Hall. A Kumiai water defender was killed. Here's what the state's own tables show, and what they can't tell you.

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.

A release crediting Pedro Osuna’s research says Mayor Nicholls’ firm won a $57 million San Luis road contract. State records show it went to DPE Construction.

Yuma County posts its first results around 8 tonight. Two years ago, barely half the county's ballots had been counted by the next morning. Here's what's in each batch, what comes later, and the one number worth watching.

In 2001, an 82-year-old rancher at Nejí, east of Tecate, told a university historian how his family came to the land: an English grandfather, a French father, and women who owned the ranch. It's a story about a valley where settler ranchers and a Kumiai community share a name.

The Caballeros de Yuma's Colorado River Crossing Balloon Festival returns Nov. 13 to 15 at the Pacific Avenue Athletic Complex. Sunrise launches, Saturday's Balloon Glow, and a free Friday morning launch (bring a can of food to donate).

Carlos Adams wants Yuma to look hard at the people who run it. Fine. Let's look hard at him: a write-in candidate with a business that has three birthdays, a family he won't name, and a house bought by a man with his name when he was in first grade.

EVelution Energy pitched a $200 million plant in 2023. It's now $450 million, construction is still a year off, and the water figures don't line up from one document to the next.

With the Picacho Road Bridge closed, the Arnold Road Bridge carries the detour. The county declared an emergency over erosion there in May. Five months later, repair bids were due, and the bridge is still open with weekly inspections.

In 2021, a Tijuana-area website called Carlos Adams the nephew of Tecate's mayor. Tecate's own records turned up a Carlos Gil Adams Pereyra and a family tree that fits almost too well. Adams has never said whether it's his.

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.

Bruce Gwynn leads Leanne Worthen by 80 votes for a seat on the board that owns Yuma's hospital. There's no automatic recount for this race, however close it ends. Here's what happens next, and why this little board draws the attention it does.

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.

Ernesto Juarez built a sand drag strip out past the Gila Mountains in 1996. Racers called him Mr. Dome Valley. He died in August. This weekend's championship carries his name.

A hot dog on a cheeseburger. A high school that held class in a prison. A bridge to nowhere. The official Center of the World, in California, on Arizona time. Winter is when Yuma's strange stuff opens back up.

Carlos Adams ran for mayor on his business. So who owns it? The filings, trademarks and shipping records point in three directions, and the company's own website points to a house in Yuma.

On Oct. 4, Carlos Adams posted a private message I'd sent him and called it proof of a conspiracy. Three days later he took it to City Council. Here's what happened that week, who 'we' was, and what Adams still hasn't turned over.

A supervisor's remark got the headlines. The Quechan Tribal Council's signed statement is mostly about two bridges, and the county's own Oct. 20 report says the closed one will probably have to be replaced.

When Rachel's leftovers blew through on Oct. 10 and 11, they carried birds that are supposed to live on the open Pacific. Birders found sea terns at Mittry Lake, the West Wetlands and the Gila River, and storm-petrels from the Salton Sea to Lake Havasu to Utah.

Balloons over the river, beer inside a prison, a sausage fry, a lighted parade and a whole street of tamales. What's left on Yuma's calendar through mid-December, updated Nov. 12.

Every acre-foot of Colorado River water that irrigates Yuma lettuce also brings salt. Growers get pitched plenty of products to deal with it. A University of Arizona extension trial in Yuma is testing 32 of them side by side, on purpose, with saltier water.

Plan for Fall Fest on Oct. 16–18, Día de los Muertos on Oct. 24 and Scary & Safe on Oct. 31, with verified venues, admission prices, separate ride costs and official ticket links.

Three of Yuma County's four local measures are about a 1980 spending formula most people have never heard of. None raises a tax. The fourth makes it easier to get on the Yuma city ballot after a year when three winners had to run as write-ins.

Approved tariffs show how identical water use can cost several times more in Tierra Mesa. Regulatory records document uranium and monitoring violations, while residents seek relief and proof that treatment is operating.

A Yuma grower describes checking fields and marking buffers around dumped material. Federal guidance explains the risk assessment, while the local report leaves no basis to claim contaminated produce or measured crop loss.

A ranch road in San Diego County. A house in Yuma, bought in 2000 by a man named Carlos G. Adams. Both show up on Carlos Adams's paperwork. One was a dead end. The other leads somewhere Adams won't talk about.

ADOT is building a raised median between County 21st and County 22nd streets. Until it's done: 35 mph, one lane in each direction and nothing wider than 12 feet.

The holiday is built around one moment in 1918. Here's what's listed for this morning's parade, why 11 a.m. matters, and where to find the names of Yuma-area veterans downtown.

Yuma doesn't get much rain, but when it comes, it can come all at once. Here's what shallow-looking water does to a car, what Arizona's "stupid motorist law" actually covers, where to get sandbags, and who to call when the street turns into a pond.

Wellton’s Chevron site is one of three Arizona locations now open through the federal NEVI program. The public figures tell a quieter story too: each station has different equipment, and the federal cost share is not the same as a blank check.

The State announced a lease decision. The announcement, its reasons, the company’s response and environmental causation are separate parts of the record.

Seven stories in, here's the tally on Carlos Adams: what's proven, what isn't, what I believe, what got thrown out, and the questions he still won't answer.

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.

Historical studies, County statements and current complaints answer different questions. None should be made to prove more than it measured.

Yuma’s airport measured a peak wind of about 51 mph early Sunday. Gusts of 45 to 55 mph remain in the forecast through 5 p.m., with crosswinds and blowing dust a concern for drivers.

Same 14.32 acres, same $1.715 million price, same seller. What's new is the power to take the land if talks with Union Pacific don't go the City's way.

Yuma approved a $1.31 million Jackrabbit Mesa sewer lift station replacement to address pumping and capacity needs, with construction anticipated November to March.

The City reports $296,929.12 already spent defending Candela v. City of Yuma and another $3,070.88 needed to complete its $300,000 insurance retention. Council approved the settlement 7–0, but payment and final dismissal terms remain unverified.

Council adopted the conditioned rezoning 7–0 after the owner continued the request. Truck-stop diesel fueling and commercial truck parking remain excluded, and no replacement developer or construction schedule has been identified.

Yuma approved five-year Caballeros fee waivers and a $60,000 annual community commitment. Records do not price the waivers or show past compliance.

Seven federal grant agreements fund rental assistance, accessible apartments, homeless outreach, meals, mobile health care and school improvements. The contracts set service targets, but approval does not establish that funds have been paid or enrollment is open.

The Shamrocks swept Blue Ridge at home Thursday night. Saturday morning, they get top-seeded Gilbert Christian.

Starting in February, the council's working meeting moves from Tuesday to Monday night for a three-month trial, and mostly into City Hall's Room 190.

Yuma issued grading, plumbing and stormwater permits October 7 for the temple site. Building applications remain pending, and a work start is unverified.

Yuma’s September 16 council actions concern two different Colorado River matters: a potential challenge to federal operating guidelines and enforcement of a judgment in a separate water-transfer case.

Yuma plans an October 21 annexation vote on 70.8 acres. Industrial rezoning would come later, with developers paying utility extensions.

San Luis told its council how many Flock cameras it runs, what they cost and who can see the data. Yuma PD and the Sheriff's Office, which reportedly use a different system, haven't said nearly as much. Prop 319 didn't change any of it.

Supervisors approved Phase II funding for a dog park, paths, parking and accessible facilities. A $742,167.25 federal grant covers half, with an equal County General Fund match. Construction and opening dates remain unverified.

Unofficial Yuma County election results, updates and links to the official county and Arizona results pages.

The County reports one middle-mile phase complete and two at 96% and 95%. Its farm broadband build has 23 towers substantially complete, but fiber, electricity and funding for 11 more towers remain unresolved.

Comments on 23 miles of secondary border wall in Yuma County close October 12, 2026. What CBP proposes, where work is underway and how to respond.

The county departments that keep its buildings running and its computers secure are working out of 50-year-old buildings, mobile offices and a warehouse. Supervisors looked at three ways to replace them, from a $7 million renovation downtown to $10.1 million in new construction, and sent staff back for more numbers.

Irfan Fazil pleaded guilty to four felonies and must repay $36,542,901.45 to AHCCCS. The case also requires asset forfeiture and license surrender; the prosecutor promises full recovery and unpaid wages, but payment totals remain unverified.

Yuma County has four documented REAP awards. New USDA rules require completed projects and a year of performance before farmers and rural businesses apply.

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.

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.

KYMA and KJZZ report a police investigation into allegedly unauthorized mechanical-parts purchases. The spending figure and the business’s earlier loss estimate describe different reported claims.

The Rocky Horror Show comes to the Historic Yuma Theatre Oct. 23-24 as a live stage musical. Doors open at 7 p.m., the show starts at 8, and official prop bags are included. Ages 18+ with ID.

Four years of reports to the Arizona Attorney General. Every dollar the Yuma County region reported spending came from San Luis and Somerton.

The city's new road safety plan counts 104 fatal crashes in 10 years and names the intersections. Adopting it didn't pay for a single fix.

KYMA reports Ethan Kotlinski is competent to stand trial. Court listings show four counts each for him and Amanda; exact trial dates remain unverified.

News outlets reported a terrorism charge. The sheriff's detention record lists different entries, and no complaint is public yet. Here is what each source says.

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.

Two ballot measures, two different decisions: what changes and what stays the same for Yuma’s spending authority and candidate nomination signatures.

Yuma Proving Ground has permanent counter-drone test lanes. What the September exercise proved, why Yuma was chosen, and what remains unknown locally.

Yuma field trials show differences in lettuce tolerance to Fusarium wilt. Soil treatments, RNA experiments and drone detection offer additional possibilities, with important limits.

The City of Yuma says an Oct. 14 trip to Mexico City advanced the Yuma Spaceport. What got signed is a broad science and technology agreement. The deal aimed squarely at the spaceport was discussed as a future one. That distinction matters, because rockets launched from here would fly over Mexico.

Yuma's new teen career center offers space for resumes and interview practice. Local paid placements, employers and program costs remain unconfirmed.

Arizona’s PAC test has two parts: predominant purpose and qualifying election-related financial activity meeting the applicable adjusted financial threshold. Public materials connect Carlos Adams and the Yuma Transparency Club, but the records reviewed do not establish whether the club meets either element.

Prop 320 would have hit only three districts outside metro Phoenix and Tucson, and two of them are here. Yuma County said yes. The state is leaning no. Same story with Prop 144.

Anyone who lives next to a new subdivision knows the look: insulation scraps on the sidewalk, packaging caught in a fence. Yuma's proposed fix is a waste container on every construction site, and the builder is on the hook if debris blows away.

For 30 years, new buildings under 5,000 square feet in Yuma's Old Town district didn't have to provide on-site parking. A proposed change would end that. It's up for introduction Wednesday, and nobody spoke at the planning commission hearing.

Yuma City Council approved a $99,763.07 second change order after crews found an existing water main beneath Redondo Center Drive, not west of the road as the plans showed. The two changes lift the Taylor Engineering contract from $1.38 million to $1.65 million; payment totals and the staff authorization record are not in the public documents reviewed.

The Council award gives an estimated annual amount. Actual spending and replacement-disposal costs need invoices, operational data and comparable quotes.

Sponsors choose an artist’s design for a fiberglass sun sculpture displayed for 12 months. The first artist-roster deadline is Dec. 11, with a launch event scheduled for January.

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.

The City of Yuma has named its nominees for the 26th Tribute of the Muses, the annual awards for people who keep the local arts going. The ceremony at the Historic Yuma Theatre on Nov. 20 is free; the black-tie party next door is $25.

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.

New U of A pest specialist Leonardo Salgado plans to compare years of insect counts with weather records to test whether mild winters help predict spring whitefly outbreaks.

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.

Before Sunday, Yuma's official gauge had caught 0.60 inches of rain all year, less than a quarter of normal. The storm that flooded Phoenix streets is gentler here, though it knocked out power to 72 APS customers. Ponding, washes and a breezy Sunday night are still worth watching.

A September 24 revised YTER explanation replaces the earlier framework and narrows its conflict-of-interest claims. It describes an elected seven-member ethics commission, anonymous complaints with corroboration, a $2,500 penalty limit, due process, funding and independent governance, while leaving legal questions for the complete Charter text.

Yuma's comics, anime and gaming convention is Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 7 and 8, at the Yuma Civic Center. Hours, who gets in free, the kid rule and what's on the floor.