Arizona Western College

In honor of Valentine's Day, the Student Newsroom explores love in Yuma: the good, the bad, the ugly, and the anti.

Bringing the heat to Yuma and La Paz counties, it’s The Hot Spot!

In this week's Arizona Edition, we look at the flu season in Yuma. And a program that serves students at Arizona Western College gives a funding update. Finally, Henry Valenzuela is running for Yuma City Council.

AWC TRIO Director Michelle Thomas provides a positive update on the program's funding.

Coach Kyle Isaacs is the Head Men’s Basketball Coach at Arizona Western College and a familiar face to Matador fans. After spending twelve years on the bench as an assistant, Kyle was officially named head coach on April 29th, 2021 and during his time at AWC he’s been part of 293 wins, multiple ACCAC and Region I championship runs, and a National Tournament appearance. He’s also helped recruit and mentor ten NJCAA All-Americans and two ACCAC Players of the Year while playing a major role in the program’s academic and social success. Kyle earned his degrees from Texas Tech and during that time worked as a student manager and grad assistant coach under legendary Coach Bob Knight.

Scholarship applications have opened for the 2026-2027 academic year. Learn more about opportunities for Yuma and La Paz students.

Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs announced Wednesday the third round of funding for the apprenticeship program which aims to help fill 20,000 construction jobs by 2030.

AWC's annual "I'm Going to College" brings 5th graders to campus so they can get a taste of college life with class sessions, campus tours and a mock graduation.

Tokyo native has the second signing for a Lady Matadors soccer player to a major Division I program. She joins Linka Ono, who signed with LSU.

After roughly a month of consideration, Dr. Reetika Dhawan has been selected by the college district board as AWC's next president.