Arizona lawmakers may get higher reimbursements for expenses
Under HB2053, rural lawmakers would get $56 a day for food and $151 for lodging during most of the year. Legislators living in Phoenix would get the $56 food allowance but no money for lodging.
Border Patrol K-9 finds fentanyl stuffed in breakfast burritos near Yuma
"Smugglers are under the false assumption that they can disguise drugs within food to throw off canines and their handlers," officials said in a statement. "On the contrary, canines have the ability to detect a target odor among a myriad of other odors.
Arizona Border Patrol K-9 Officer retires after 7 years of service
An Arizona Border Patrol K-9 Officer is getting a well-deserved retirement after serving his community for more than seven years. Now, he gets to live out his life as a spoiled indoor dog.
Tucson may soon house tent-like facilities for migrant children and families
The Department of Homeland Security secretary said the U.S. is on track to encounter more people on the border than in the last 20 years.
Yuma man accused of sexually assaulting children in South Dakota
Daniel William Lehmann, according to officials, is accused of sexually assaulting two minors in Sioux Falls, South Dakota from 2009 to 2014.
Yuma mayor says releasing detained migrants in Arizona will inundate city
Detention facilities are filling up in the southern Arizona town, but strict social distancing guidelines are not forcing immigration officials to release some migrants in the U.S. with a date to appear in court later.
US border officials start releasing migrants into Yuma
Yuma does not have the resources to house, feed and provide other resources to a large influx of newly released migrants, according to the city mayor.
$10,000 reward offered after U.S. mail truck stolen from Yuma
The USPS mail truck was stolen from an apartment complex in Yuma on Feb. 11, officials say.
Coronavirus pandemic impacts lettuce industry as farmworkers brace for busy season
Farms are planting about 5% to 15% less to prevent food waste after lost sales in 2020.
Military nurses, tests coming to help hard-hit Yuma
Yuma County’s soaring numbers come as Arizona’s COVID-19 diagnosis rate ranked the worst in the U.S. over the past week, at one in every 120 people.
Border Patrol names new chief patrol agent for Yuma Sector
U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced that Chris T. Clem replaces Anthony Porvaznik, who recently retired after over five years working in the Yuma Sector.
Arizona migrant border deaths on track for record amid extreme heat
After the hottest, driest summer in state history, authorities have recovered close to a 10-year record in the number of bodies of people who crossed from Mexico into Arizona’s deserts, valleys and mountains.
Yuma prison warden dies from COVID-19; facility fighting virus outbreak
The Arizona State Prison Complex in Yuma is currently in the midst of the largest COVID-19 outbreak within the state’s prison system, officials said.
Border Patrol: Americans found with a pound of fentanyl in Yuma
Two Americans were arrested at an immigration checkpoint in Arizona after a pound of fentanyl was found inside their car on Nov. 12.
Project Convergence: Getting a first-hand look at the future of warfare at Yuma Proving Ground
In the backdrop of dusty mountains, under extreme heat, the future of warfare is being crafted and tested like never before. FOX 10's Steve Nielsen reports.
Excessive Heat Warning issued for 9 Arizona counties
According to the National Weather Service, the heat warning goes into effect at 10 a.m. on August 24 and is set to expire at 8 p.m. on August 28. The warning covers most of the Valley, including Ahwatukee, Avondale, Buckeye, Cave Creek, Chandler, Deer Valley, Gilbert, Glendale, Mesa, Phoenix, Scottsdale, Tempe, and Queen Creek.
Border Patrol arrests US citizen, 10 immigrants in Yuma
U.S. Customs and Border Protection authorities conducted immigration checks on a group of people waiting for an Amtrak train in downtown Yuma on August 19 at around 2 a.m., The Yuma Sun reported.
President Trump visits Yuma during tour of 2020 election battleground states
Trump is on a tour of battleground states during this week's Democratic National Convention. After visiting the border wall, Trump will deliver remarks on what the White House says is "Joe Biden's failures on immigration and border security."
President Donald Trump visits Arizona and Iowa amid second day of Democratic National Convention
Trump headed for Arizona, one of the top 2020 battleground states, to press his case against his Democratic challenger, Joe Biden, painting him as radically left and out of the political mainstream.
Man found injured by Border Patrol dies in Yuma hospital
Agents from the Yuma Border Patrol Sector located him on July 26 in an open field. The man told them that he was injured after falling from the border wall.