AZ Dems Debate on KAWC in US Senate Race Part 1

The four candidates in the Democratic primary to serve Arizona as US Senator face off in a debate at KAWC. Part 1 includes opening statements and the first part of the question/answer period...

AZ Dems Debate on KAWC in US Senate Race Part 2

The four candidates in the Democratic primary to serve Arizona as US Senator face off in a debate at KAWC. Part 2 includes the second part of the question/answer period and closing statements...

AZ GOP Debate on KAWC in US Senate Race

Arizona Senator John McCain faced his rivals for the Republican nomination to serve Arizona in the US Senate in a televised debate on Arizona Public Media in Tucson. KAWC broadcast audio from that debate, and you can see the television version on-line by clicking here...

GOP DEBATE

EcoCar Challenge In Yuma

Sixteen college teams arrived at Yuma Proving Grounds to take part in the EcoCor Challenge. KAWC's Kim Johnson reports.... (aired 5/25/10)

Highlights from KAWC's SB1070 Public Forum

KAWC's public forum on Arizona's new immigration law was held on the campus of Arizona Western College on June 10th. Over 140 community members attended. This one hour special highlights some of the panelist and public comments... (aired 6/17/10)

Farmworkers in Florida

The current focus of illegal immigration in Arizona is focused on migrants and police, but in Florida a recent controversey is focused on migrants and employers. Latino USA producer Andrew Stelzer reports...(05/27/10)

New Book Explores the Colorado River

Immersion journalist Jonathan Waterman took on a big challenge when he decided to kayak the length of the Colorado River. KAWC's Lou Gum speaks to Waterman about why he took the journey...(aired 5/26/10)

Yuma Teen is 2010 Teen Chef of the Year

Kofa High School 18 year-old, Kristen Young is the nation winner of the the Art Institutes Annual Best Teen Chef Competition. KAWC's Lou Gum meets Young in the kitchen to taste her award winning desert-painted, ginger and coconut-scented sweet potato soup... (aired 5/24/10)

SB 1070 On the Border

For communities along the Arizona-Mexico border, the controversy over Arizona's new immigration law is especially painful, as they depend on the business they get from Mexico. Arizona Public Media's Tony Paniagua reports from Nogales and Douglas... (aired 5/21/10)

Tiny Insect a Threat to AZ Citrus Industry

The citrus cyllid is a tiny insect about the size of an aphid but the bacterias it carries have citrus growers worried. KAWC's Lou Gum speaks to an industry leader about how battling the insect begins in the backyards of the Southwest... (aired 5/18/10)

Arizona's Largest Newspaper Responds to SB 1070

The furor over Arizona Senate Bill 1070 continues to spark debate across the state and around the world. Latino USA's Maria Hinojosa talks with an editor at the Arizona Republic to find out why the paper came out so strongly against the new law... (aired 5/13/10)

Tucson Boys Chorus Celebrates 70 Years

TBC founder Eduardo Caso envisioned a European-style chorus with a distinctly American sound. Arizona Public Media's Mark McClemore speaks with the current director, Dr. Julian Ackerly, about how Caso made his vision a reality... (aired 5/11/10)

NASA-YPG Test Parachutes for Ares Rockets

Despite presidential budget cuts that end the Ares One rocket program, Yuma Proving Grounds and NASA set a world record as they tested the Ares parachute system recently. KAWC's Lou Gum reports... (aired 4/26/10)

ADEQ Director Ben Grumbles on Yuma Desalting Plant Pilot Run

During the Yuma Desalting Plant's pilot run Arizona stands to gain about 1 billion gallons of water. But how does the YDP fit into and overall strategy to meet Arizona's future water needs? KAWC's Lou Gum asked Arizona Department of Environmental Quality Director, Ben Grumbles... (aired 5/14/10)

Yuma Desalting Plant and the Cienega de Santa Clara Wetland

The Yuma Desalting Plant went on-line for a year-long pilot run this month, taking salty run-off water from the Wellton-Mohawk Valley for treatment and return to the Colorado River. Since the late 1970s that unusable water has been diverted to a lined canal to Mexico where it created a vast wetland called the Cienega de Santa Clara... (aired 5/12/10)

Yuma Desalting Plant Online for Pilot Run

For most of the last two decades the Yuma Desalting Plant sat unused northwest of Yuma. Now the plant is online for a year long pilot run... (aired 5/10/10)

Mixed media on the Border with Verbo-Bala

An audience of Arizona Western College students, faculty and staff had a unique chance to discuss U.S.-Mexico border issues when a performance art group came to campus. Verbo-Bala brought their unusual art form to Yuma during a time when the world's attention is focused on Arizona's immigration reform efforts...(aired 4/29/10) Read More

AWC Launches Logistics Program

One industry poised for rapid growth in the Yuma area is the supply chain and logistics business. AWC is ready to educate workers in the field... (aired 4/16/10)

Yuma Birding Festival Preview

Yuma went to the birds in mid-April. We spoke with local birding expert, Henry Detweiler, the festival's keynote speaker, about how he got into birding...(aired 4/15/10)

AWC's New Math Center/Trouble for State Medical School

Arizona Western College has a new math center to help students tackle one of the toughest subjects on campus. In a second piece, Arizona Public Media's Christopher Connover reports on plans to create a new state medical school in Phoenix... (aired 4/13/10)

Heavy Vehicle Test Track Opened at YPG

A new heavy vehicle test track is now open and busy at Yuma Proving Grounds. It was built by General Motors as part of a partnership with the Army that has worked out well for both... (aired 4/12/10)

What's Behind Protest of AZ Immigration Law?

A look at the motivations of those protesting Arizona's tough new immigration law... (aired 5/6/10)

Impacts of call for Arizona Boycott on So. Arizona

The state's tough new immigration law has many calling for boycotts of the state. Arizona Public Media's Christopher Connover reports... (aired 5/4/10)