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City OKs disputed annexation
Wed, 11/19/2008 - 11:10pmThe proposed annexation and zoning of a county island in the northwestern part of the city proved contentious when it came before the Yuma City Council Wednesday night for final approval.
ADOT sees multi-modal transit in Arizona's future
Wed, 11/19/2008 - 6:35pmThe Arizona Department of Transportation is gathering a consensus in various communities to shape the future of transportation around the state and visited Yuma Wednesday for local input. In a series of 25 workshops divided among four state regions that included two visits each in the western district of Bullhead City, Lake Havasu City and Yuma, ADOT is looking for visionary ideas of how they want to move about in the future, noted Lucy Shipp, ADOT spokeswoman. At the newly constructed riverfront conference center at Pivot Point, a turnout of 40 for an afternoon workshop titled "Building a Quality Arizona," civic and business leaders along with residents seemed to agree that mass transit seems to be to way to go but they also realized residents were not going to give up their cars, Shipp said. She went on that population and employment growth are the driving forces behind a demand for new roads and transit services.
Yuma Glance 11-20-08
Wed, 11/19/2008 - 6:23pmNaturalists to present 'Snakes and Skulls' Chuck and Betty Mulcahy, volunteer naturalists for the Imperial Wildlife Refuge, will be at the Heritage Branch Library, 350 S.
Gift-filled shoeboxes being collected
Wed, 11/19/2008 - 2:36pmA shoebox can brighten a needy child's holiday spirits. That is, the shoebox and some toys and other items packed inside it as gifts. Samaritan's Purse, an international Christian relief and evangelism organization, distributes gift-filled shoeboxes as holiday gifts to children living in war-torn areas and other places of turmoil around the world. Two Yuma-area churches are looking for any area residents who would like to donate gift-wrapped shoeboxes for the effort, dubbed Operation Christmas Child. The boxes can be dropped off Thursday through Sunday at Mount Zion Church and Morningside Southern Baptist Church. Items that residents can purchase to go into the boxes include small toys, clothing items, school supplies such as paper, pens and markers, and hygiene items, such as toothpaste, toothbrushes, bar soap, wash cloths, combs and brushes, said Kelly Smith, relay center coordinator at Mount Zion Church for Operation Christmas Child. Playthings should not include toy guns, knives, soldiers or other toys that serve as reminders of war, since some of the boxes will be distributed to children living near combat zones, Smith said. Gifts also should not include breakable items, chocolate, perishable food or any liquid, she added.
Playground getting cleaned for balloon fest
Wed, 11/19/2008 - 2:25pmColorful balloons taking off into the Yuma skies this weekend is one of the reasons the Stewart Vincent Wolfe Creative Playground will be closed most of Thursday, according to city officials.
Online school helping families at Thanksgiving
Wed, 11/19/2008 - 1:32pmAn enterprising teacher at an online school has stepped up to the plate to deliver the goods this Thanksgiving by offering Yuma County families with staples to brighten their holiday.
School toxic sites targeted for cleanup
Wed, 11/19/2008 - 1:10pmLeaking underground storage tanks at 11 school districts across Arizona - including four sites in Yuma County - have been targeted for cleanup by the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality. Fuel in underground storage tanks (USTs) have in some cases seeped into the groundwater where it breaks down into toxins such as benzine, toluene (octane booster) and hydrocarbons, according to Steve Owens, ADEQ director.
Cannon prevents avian damage
Wed, 11/19/2008 - 11:26amYUMA PROVING GROUND - A duck or a goose may not seem like much of a match for a military aircraft, but they can cause millions of dollars in damage, which is why Yuma Proving Ground is taking steps to prevent planes from hitting waterfowl.
City faces $3 million shortfall
Tue, 11/18/2008 - 11:04pmThe city of Yuma is looking at an anticipated $3 million revenue shortfall for the year as a result of the economic downturn, the Yuma City Council was told during its roundtable Tuesday evening.
Worker housing addressed
Tue, 11/18/2008 - 11:02pmTanimura and Antle assured city officials the company has taken multiple steps to ensure that its use of apartment complexes to house its farm workers won't be disruptive to the neighbors or the community. Efforts by agriculture companies, including Tanimura and Antle, to obtain the itinerant work force they need to harvest and process the area's winter produce crops increasingly includes offers of housing.
Napolitano unlikely to be Obama's AG choice
Tue, 11/18/2008 - 7:44pmPHOENIX - Gov.
ADOT seeking ideas for future of transportation
Tue, 11/18/2008 - 7:27pmThe Arizona Department of Transportation is trying to think beyond the traditional way it plans roadway projects based on the money it expects to receive.
Turkey Day food prices continue to climb
Tue, 11/18/2008 - 7:08pmTurkeys may not fly.
College sticker shock sobers high school juniors
Tue, 11/18/2008 - 7:04pmThe true cost of higher education was made painfully clear to more than 50 juniors from Yuma area high schools at Arizona Western College's "Show Me the Money" forum Tuesday.
Visitors get special access to MCAS
Tue, 11/18/2008 - 7:01pmWinter visitors and Yuma residents got a lesson on the Marine Corps Air Station Yuma and its history Tuesday when the base opened its doors for the first of its three scheduled public tours this winter. The tour included a guided bus trip around base that provided spectators a history of the air station and explanations of what they were seeing. Many of the people on the tour are winter visitors, said Cpl.
Permit application site changes
Tue, 11/18/2008 - 2:15pmYuma-area resident who plan to visit the public areas of the Barry M.
Playground closed part of Thursday
Tue, 11/18/2008 - 2:03pmThe Stewart Vincent Wolfe Creative Playground in Yuma will closed most of Thursday to allow for maintenance, city officials said. City park maintenance workers will be cleaning the park and doing safety inspections of the playground equipment, which is located in West Wetlands Park at 12th Avenue north of 1st Street. Work will take place from 6 a.m.
Citizen of Year nominations accepted
Tue, 11/18/2008 - 11:31amThe Sun is once again seeking nominations for its annual Yuma County Citizen of the Year award. The deadline to submit nominations for The Sun's 2008 award is 5 p.m.
Gun store owner says Yumans concerned about possibility of stricter gun laws
Mon, 11/17/2008 - 11:20pmSales of semi-automatic rifles, handguns and ammunition have increased the past two weeks, according to a Yuma gun store owner who says the surge in buying is due to worries people have over losing their right to own guns when a new president and Congress take office. Richard Sprague, the owner of Sprague's Sports, said now that Barack Obama has been elected as the next president of the United States and the Democratic Party controls both the U.S.
Residents still oppose plan for 12th Street
Mon, 11/17/2008 - 11:16pmResidents attending a follow-up open house on the city's proposal to improve a stretch of 12th Street didn't sound a whole lot happier with the revised project than they were with the original plan.