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1 week ago | kawc.org | Victor Calderon

The Yuma Sector Border Patrol is joining forces with law enforcement agencies in the U.S. and Mexico in a binational campaign to find its most wanted criminals. And you may be able to help them. The "Se Busca Información" or "Information Wanted" campaign will place posters with 15 individuals wanted for crimes including homicide and narcotics smuggling on both sides of the border and online.

1 week ago | kawc.org | Mansee Khurana

Updated June 16, 2025 at 6:26 AM MSTPresident Trump's most recent travel ban may face legal challenges in the near future, but some hoping to travel to the United States soon may not be able to wait for the courts to step in. Even those who should be allowed in, according to the president's executive order issuing the ban, worry their plans to come to the U.S. could be affected.

1 week ago | kawc.org | Victor Calderon

Yuma County parents and their children looking for an option to play indoors will soon have a new option as a new playground will soon open at the Children's Museum of Yuma County. Members of the Fort Yuma Rotary Club painted a room and installed padding at the museum in recent weeks. They are waiting for playground equipment that has been delayed due to supply chain issues. Fort Yuma Rotary president Juan Guzman said he expects the playground to be open in the next 30 days.

1 week ago | kawc.org | Victor Calderon

Daniel Hernandez, who is running for Congress in CD-7, which includes part of Yuma County, said someone shot at a campaign staffer's car outside his family's home in Tucson. Hernandez said the shooting took place Thursday night out the family's home, which also serves as campaign headquarters. Police responded to the scene and Hernandez said they were conducting an investigation. In a released statement, Hernandez said all in the home are safe.

2 weeks ago | kawc.org | Victor Calderon

Congressional candidate Adelita Grijalva was in Yuma County late last week, just days before a second scheduled Democratic primary debate. Grijalva is, of course, running for the seat in Congress for Arizona District 7, which covers Arizona from Tucson to Yuma and beyond. Her father the late Congressman Raúl Grijalva held the seat for more than 20 years. Adelita Grijalva says that she is proud to share his last name but that she is her own public servant.