Yuma

University of Arizona scientists are embarking on a multi-year study of the Yuma region in the wake of last year's E. coli outbreak.

Authorities are investigating the death of a jail inmate in Yuma.

The Defense Department has nixed three border barrier projects in Arizona over costs, according to a court document filed Monday.

On a dirt road past rows of date trees, just feet from a dry section of Colorado River, a small construction crew is putting up a towering border wall that the government hopes will reduce — for good — the flow of immigrants who cross the U.S.-Mexico border illegally.

Construction on a Pentagon-funded portion of border fence began this week near Yuma, Arizona.

Authorities say two people were arrested over the weekend after methamphetamine disguised as frozen ice pops was found in a vehicle near Yuma.

A federal report shows no pathogenic forms of E. coli or salmonella were found in samples of romaine lettuce grown in Yuma, Arizona.

Arizona media outlets report that an off-duty Mexican municipal police officer in a border city in the state of Sonora was gunned down after leaving work.

Don Shooter, a former state lawmaker who was ousted following allegations of sexual harassment towards women, is hospitalized and on life support.

Yuma County officials say it's not too late to save dark skies enjoyed by residents of rural areas separated by a mountain range from the Yuma area where urban lights obscure views of stars and planets.

An appeals court on Wednesday upheld a freeze on Pentagon money to build a border wall with Mexico, casting doubt on President Donald Trump's ability to make good on a signature campaign promise before the 2020 election.

Phoenix and Yuma remain under an excessive heating warning set to run into Thursday evening.