Education

Yuma County teens will have a chance to win prizes and have their art distributed statewide at Rural Arizona Engagement's annual sticker design contest Thursday.

Yuma Union High School District students will need to register before school resumes on Tuesday, July 29.

District One is awaiting asbestos testing results for a staff-only room in Palmcroft. Its summer camp is safe to continue, but the summer food program will continue at other locations.

The Trump administration's move to withhold over $6B in federal education funding affects Yuma and La Paz, too. Yuma Superintendent of Schools Tom Hurt and districts from both counties respond.

Arizona Western College held its inaugural Future Matadors summer camp for ninth through 11th grade students in June through the TRIO Talent Search Program.

The Yuma Union High School District will be offering free sports physicals to student athletes at an event next month.

More than an estimated $118 million in federal K-12 funding has been withheld from Arizona schools. Arizona's Mark Kelly and Greg Stanton are demanding the funds be released.

Families of children in grades K-8 can access info and resources, receive free school supplies and vaccines.

As Congress rushes to vote on the "Big Beautiful Bill," students and education advocates urge support for Senate's Pell provisions, which would preserve college access for majority of AWC students.

The first week of the Humane Society of Yuma's summer camp was focused on "Being Good to Our Pets" for kids ages 7 through 9.