Yuma Police: 2 children drown in backyard swimming pool
Police Lt. Robert Conley said the children were pronounced dead at a hospital Tuesday evening after officers responding to a reported drowning found the children unresponsive and performed life-saving measures.
Excessive heat warning issued for 6 Arizona counties
Coconino, La Paz, Maricopa, Mohave, Yavapai, Pinal and Yuma Counties are included in the warning.
Border Patrol arrests more than 1,600 migrants near Yuma
More than 1,600 migrants were arrested between April 30 and May 3 before crossing into the U.S. near Yuma, officials said.
Some Arizona residents to use new phone dialing procedure
Residents with area codes 480, 520 and 928 should begin dialing area codes with phone numbers beginning this weekend before the transition is permanent starting Oct. 24.
Missing California mother who disappeared on vacation in Miami found safe
The mother of Angela Morrisey, a 23-year-old mother of two from Sacramento, made the announcement that her daughter was found safe and thanked people for their prayers, help and concern “and for getting the word out.”
California woman reported missing while on vacation in Miami
An Arizona woman is pleading for the public’s help after her daughter, a 23-year-old California mother of two, disappeared last month while vacationing in Miami.
Produce prices on the rise in Arizona
The produce market is in transition, which means growing regions in Yuma are being shut down and moved to California. During this period, you may see spikes in the price of produce. FOX 10's Ty Brennan visits Willie Itule Produce in Phoenix to get the details.
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.