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Officials: Project Convergence at Yuma Proving Ground Will Guide Army's Future

By • 5 hours ago
Victor Calderón/KAWC

Top U.S. Army officials were at the Yuma Proving Ground on Wednesday to celebrate the first phase of a project they say will guide the agency for the next 40 years. 

State Officials Continue Review on Confederate Monument in Arizona

By • Sep 22, 2020
Photo by Mark Levy, Herald/Review

By Howard Fischer
Capitol Media Services

PHOENIX -- Saying they're still "reviewing'' the issue, state officials have not acted on various plans to deal with a controversial monument to Confederate soldiers at a state-run cemetery and ignored a request by a member of the Sierra Vista city council asking to find out how to get rid of it.

How Soon Will Yuma Ag Industry Bounce Back After Dumping Crops?

By • Sep 22, 2020
Victor Calderón/KAWC

Yuma’s winter agriculture season usually ends around April but this year it ended a few weeks early.  

The COVID-19 pandemic led to industry shutdowns that spoiled the market for commercial fresh produce. 

Farmers in Yuma say they had to destroy acres of lettuce, some already packaged for shipping.  The impacts of the pandemic on farmers will continue into the new growing season.

Arizona Governor Defends Businesses Rights to Sell To-Go Liquor

By • Sep 21, 2020

By Howard Fischer
Capitol Media Services

PHOENIX -- Gov. Doug Ducey is justifying his directive to liquor investigators and police to ignore violations of some state laws by restaurants because they need the money from the otherwise illegal sales they are being allowed to make.

In new court filings, attorneys for the governor do not dispute that Arizona law prohibits restaurants from selling alcoholic beverages to go. That right is reserved for holders of other types of liquor licenses, including grocery stores and bars.

Sign Points to New Hospital Construction in Yuma

By • Sep 21, 2020
Travis Mitchell

If you have passed 24 Street and Araby Road in Yuma lately you may have noticed a sign with a red, white, and blue building on it that reads 'Coming Soon Exceptional Healthcare Community Hospital.' 

The cleared lot behind the sign could be a planned site for Exceptional Healthcare, a medical provider with a number of locations in Texas providing a 24-hour emergency room along with surgeries and lab work. 

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