YUMA INFORMED
Follow local issues through the claims, records, and context that explain them.
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Weather observations, documented storm damage, public-service interruptions and resident resources across Yuma County. Forecasts, measurements and reported impacts are distinguished.
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Carlos Adams spent 2026 telling Yuma to take a hard look at the people running it. So I took a hard look at him: the filings, the family records and the questions he still won't answer.
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The Paper Trail followed the Adams name to Tecate: an old ranching family, a murdered water defender, and the deadliest years in the city's recent history, while Olga Zulema Adams Pereyra was mayor. No record ties Carlos Adams to these killings.
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The Picacho Road Bridge into the Fort Yuma Quechan Reservation has been closed since March 2025, and the only detour crosses a bridge Imperial County has declared an emergency. We're following the records, the Tribe's requests and what the county does next.
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Reporting on APS billing adjustments, customer credits, rate changes and Arizona Corporation Commission records.
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Reporting on local radio broadcasting, FCC licensing records, and KBLU ownership and operations in Yuma.
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Reporting on Arizona Western College career, workforce and university-transfer programs and events.
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Reporting on candidates for the Gadsden Elementary School District board, district policy, budgets, compensation and oversight.
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Reporting on proposed border-barrier construction in Yuma County, public input, and documented consultation with Tribal governments.
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Reporting on Cibola High School campus operations, air-conditioning systems, and official closure or reopening notices.
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Court records, police statements and jail entries concerning the Yuma County pursuit and separate criminal proceedings involving Jeffrey Alan Proett.
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City partnerships for community events, use of public venues, fee waivers, operational costs and documented community benefits.
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The separate Yuma County Superior Court criminal cases against Ethan Riley Kotlinski and Amanda Lee Kotlinski, including current charge listings, competency proceedings and reported court schedules. Both pleaded not guilty; allegations remain unproved.
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Municipal Improvement District No. 135, its boundaries, landscaping maintenance, ownership records, and future property assessments for Saguaro Units 7 and 8 in Yuma. Annual charges and the first billing year remain unset in the reviewed records.
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City permitting, site preparation and construction milestones for the proposed Yuma Arizona Temple at East 36th Street and South 8 East Avenue.
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Agricultural operations, rural energy investments and federal funding rules affecting Yuma County.
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City wastewater collection, pumping, conveyance and treatment infrastructure, including documented capital projects, funding, operating limitations and projected demand.
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Military testing and border-security technology in Yuma County, with documented results, spending and local impacts distinguished from demonstrations and official claims.
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Career preparation, training access and documented employment opportunities for Yuma teenagers, including the Boys & Girls Club AZYouthforce Center.
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Yuma annexation, zoning and development decisions, including infrastructure obligations and opportunities for public participation.
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