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Amber Thornton brought the community side of today’s conversation, sharing her work with Culligan Water of Yuma and her leadership as the Lead for Relay For Life of Yuma County. We talked about the record-breaking 2025 Relay, raising over $204,000, the impact of community-driven fundraising, and how Yuma residents continue to show up in powerful ways for one another. Relay For Life of Yuma County was named the 2025 American Cancer Society West Region Event of the Year.

Jon Wente joins the show to talk about his connection to Yuma, returning to the ACCAC, and stepping into the role of Head Baseball Coach at Arizona Western College. With nearly three decades of coaching experience across junior college, Division I, and international competition, Joe shares his vision for Matador Baseball and what fans can expect moving forward. Jon teaches the student-athletes to play for the name on the front (of the uniform), more than the name on the back. Live and On-demand AWC Matador games can be found online.

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

Josue Hernandez is a Yuma native and Gila Ridge High School graduate who has been a student at Arizona Western College since 2022. Josue is studying media arts while working part-time in AWC’s video production department. He’s part of the student team behind the live television show Wait, We’re Live?! where students write, produce, shoot, and edit a 30-minute live show. We’ll talk about his journey into media, hands-on learning, and what it’s like producing real live TV right here in Yuma. His work received recognition in the AWC Student showcase 2025.

After learning the struggles of students living on campus, AWC's Nursing Honors Society students donated pads and tampons to the college's food pantry.

Nov. 13-19 marked transgender awareness week in the U.S. KAWC spoke with transgender and nonbinary students at Arizona Western College's Yuma campus to learn from their experiences.

On the day for the special election, Arizona Western College’s president Dr. Daniel Corr hosted a town hall with Yuma county’s elected officials from district 23 and district 25.The KAWC student newsroom partnered with Siendo Primero hosts and producers, Saghey Barcenas and Evelyn Garcia for the event to interview our state representatives.

AWC kicked off the fall semester this week. KAWC explored the Yuma Campus to ask students about how they were feeling on the first week.

Arizona State is a haven for athletes from all over the world. They represent six continents and compete across a variety of sports.

This week, as the KAWC’s Student Newsroom summer Training wraps up, we reflected on our students journey in the program.