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Yuma

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2012

    Paul Babeu's Favorability With Arizona Voters Hits the Toilet; Joe Arpaio's Support Split

    Public Policy Polling released the last of the results from its probe of Arizona voters today, which show that if you're one of Arizona's two most-famous sheriff's, most people don't like you.More people said they liked the City of Yuma than said they liked Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu. Yuma.A fu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2012

    Yuma Farmers Sally Nakasawa and Robert Nickerson Sue Over $12 Million Worth of Poppies Destroyed by the DEA

    Yuma farmers Sally Nakasawa and Robert Nickerson have been major growers of poppies for years, selling them for use in floral decorations.Their flowers could be seen by the public off U.S. Highway 95, and in 2008 a photo of them were featured in a Yuma Daily Sun article that pegged poppies as the "c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 17, 2012

    Frankie Rose and Chandails at Rhythm Room, 04/16/12

    Frankie Rose and Chandails Rhythm Room Monday, April 16 To all aspiring indie rock mavens: no matter how many blog accolades you acquire (even, yes, the three-pronged hydra of "Best New Music") or how many spine-crushingly cool side-projects bolster your C.V., at some point you will play Phoenix, A ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2012

    Local Marine Sets a Geek-Worthy World Record (and Joins the Ranks of Celebrity Military Nerds)

    ​Before I was your devoted Fanboy, I was Corporal Beard, R.J., United States Marine Corps, so believe me when I tell you that the Armed Forces are rife with nerdery. For every pack of tattooed hard chargers cleaning their rifles on a Sunday night, there's also a DM organizing the weekly game ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2011

    Army Private Busted Trying to Board Airplane With C4 Explosives

    www.scifihero.net.​A Colorado-based Army private getting explosives training in Yuma was arrested yesterday after police say he tried to board a commercial airplane while carrying explosives.U.S. Attorney's Office spokesman Robbie Sherwood says Army Private First Class Christopher Eric Wey, 19, tr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2011

    Army Private Busted Trying to Board Airplane With C4 Explosives

    www.scifihero.net.​A Colorado-based Army private getting explosives training in Yuma was arrested yesterday after police say he tried to board a commercial airplane while carrying explosives.U.S. Attorney's Office spokesman Robbie Sherwood says Army Private First Class Christopher Eric Wey, 19, tr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2011

    Yuma Shooting: At Least Five Dead

    ​A shooting in Yuma this morning has left at least five people dead and forced a school and a courthouse to go into lockdown.Details about the victims and shooter are unclear at the moment.One of the victims is reportedly an attorney and he was shot in his office.

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2011

    Yuma Shootings Happened at Different Locations But Are Related, Police Say

    www.owegopennysaver.com​Details are emerging about this morning's shootings in Yuma that have left at least five people -- and potentially the shooter -- dead.Clint Norred, Yuma police spokesman, didn't immediately get back to us this afternoon, but tells the Yuma Sun the shootings happened at dif ... More >>

  • News

    April 14, 2011

    Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, April 14, 2011

    www.owegopennysaver.com​Details are emerging about this morning's shootings in Yuma that have left at least five people -- and potentially the shooter -- dead.Clint Norred, Yuma police spokesman, didn't immediately get back to us this afternoon, but tells the Yuma Sun the shootings happened at dif ... More >>

  • News

    April 7, 2011

    Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, April 7, 2011

    www.owegopennysaver.com​Details are emerging about this morning's shootings in Yuma that have left at least five people -- and potentially the shooter -- dead.Clint Norred, Yuma police spokesman, didn't immediately get back to us this afternoon, but tells the Yuma Sun the shootings happened at dif ... More >>

  • News

    March 24, 2011

    Yuma: "It City" or Armpit?

    www.owegopennysaver.com​Details are emerging about this morning's shootings in Yuma that have left at least five people -- and potentially the shooter -- dead.Clint Norred, Yuma police spokesman, didn't immediately get back to us this afternoon, but tells the Yuma Sun the shootings happened at dif ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2011

    Missing Marine Found Dead in Yuma Canal

    The body of Corporal Joshua Barron was found in a canal last night.​The body of a Marine reported missing a week ago was recovered in a canal in Yuma.Yuma County sheriff's officials confirm that the body of Corporal Joshua Barron, a Marine from Standish, Maine, was found dead in a canal last night ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 21, 2011

    Another Marine Reported Missing in Yuma

    MCAS YumaCorporal Joshua Barron was last seen on March 15.​For the second time in just over a month, a Marine stationed in Yuma has been reported missing.The Naval Criminal Investigation Service and local police are investigating the disappearance of Corporal Joshua Barron, a Marine from Standish ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2011

    Ocean Spray Cranberry Thief, Thought to be Lost at Sea, Arrested in Yuma

    Jim Repetto's alive and well -- and chances are he's going to prison.​If you're awaiting sentencing after being convicted of ripping off a large-scale cranberry juice manufacturer for more than a million dollars, lost at sea isn't a bad place to be. Assuming you don't want to actually be lost at s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2010

    Shark Found in Yuma Canal. WTF?

    www.moviemobsters.com​The Arizona Game and Fish Department is asking the public's help in finding the person responsible for putting a shark in a Yuma canal.As you probably know, no shark species are native to Arizona, so when one's found in a freshwater irrigation canal it tends to raise a few ey ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2010

    Yuma Substitute Teacher Accused of Gettin' a Little Grabby With Female Student -- an Elementary School Student, That is

    David Remmy​For anyone out there who may think otherwise, substitute teaching at an elementary school is not a good way to meet chicks.Be that as it may, a substitute teacher at a Yuma elementary school is behind bars after police say he inappropriately touched a female student during class. David ... More >>

  • News

    October 21, 2010

    Grinding Justice: Operation Streamline Costs Millions, Tramples the Constitution, Treats Migrants Like Cattle, and Doesn't Work

    David Remmy​For anyone out there who may think otherwise, substitute teaching at an elementary school is not a good way to meet chicks.Be that as it may, a substitute teacher at a Yuma elementary school is behind bars after police say he inappropriately touched a female student during class. David ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2010

    R. Lee Ermey, a.k.a. the Badass Drill Sergeant in Full Metal Jacket, to Appear With J.D. Hayworth

    www.juliolamas.com R. Lee Ermey​ We just got word that R. Lee Ermey -- best known for playing the no-nonsense, take-no-prisoners Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in Full Metal Jacket and later for making out with Steve Zahn in Saving Silverman -- will appear at an event with Senate hopefu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2010

    Date Shake: Shouldn't a Date Shake Come With Two Straws?

    ​With State Parks closing left and right all over the state (Twenty one are scheduled to close by June) we decide we'd better check a few out before they get padlocked. This is how we ended up on Interstate 8 between Phoenix and Yuma, headed to the Yuma Territorial Prison State Historic Park. ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 11, 2010

    Heart Attack

    Get that blood pumping on V-Day

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2010

    Hot Links: Prostitution, Luke Air Force Base, and Chihuahuas

    ​Three women who worked at a massage parlor in Yuma have been arrested for allegedly running a prostitution ring out of the business. Won Shil Shim, Muae Park, and Hyun Joo Song, all Korean citizens, were charged after an ongoing investigation into the Somerton parlor. Shim was released on more th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2010

    Two Teenagers Set Record for Largest Attempted Meth Smuggling Ever at Yuma Checkpoint

    www.shoelace.org Let's just hope her kids aren't in the backseat.​Two teenage girls made history at a border checkpoint in Yuma, but it's hardly a record that will make their families swell with pride. The two unnamed girls, ages 18 and 19, were arrested by border patrol agents for attempt ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2009

    Hot Links: Standoffs, Ripoffs, and Blackouts

    ​A Yuma man is in custody after an almost nine-hour standoff with police. Michael McCormick was wanted in connection with several vehicle thefts and burglaries. When police tracked him to a motel, he fled and broke into a trailer home, where the standoff ensued. He eventually surrendered and was t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 2, 2009

    Oct. 2 In Blogs: 2012, Brian Setzer, Saturday Morning Cartoons, and Lil Wayne

    ​In the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Feathered Bastard: 2012 Survival Conference Rocks Scottsdale October 17, Teaches You to Survive Mayan Apocalypse ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2009

    Hot Links: 1200 Pounds of Pot, a Plane Crash, and a Sheep Drive

    ​Border Patrol agents seized nearly 1200 pounds of marijuana from a truck near Yuma. Agents say they spotted the vehicle using night vision equipment, and used deflation devices to cripple the truck's tires. The driver and passenger fled on foot, leaving behind their haul, which has an estimated s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 17, 2009

    Dlubak Recycling Company Violates Standards in Yuma, Spreads Lead, Says DEQ; E-Waste Going to South Korea, Not Philippines

      Lead-contaminated glass at the Yuma location of Dlubak Glass recycling company is being shipped to South Korea, not the Philippines, the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality now reports. Mark Shaffer, spokesman for the agency, tells us state officials named the wrong ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2009

    Hot Links: County Suits, Lil Wayne, and the Asparagus Tribe

    An analysis released Monday by the Office of Management and Budget shows that legal disputes between Maricopa county officials cost taxpayers about $1.1. million in fees. In the past year, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas, County Treasurer Charles Hoskins, and the Board ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 19, 2009

    Hot Links: Home Invasions, Sarah Palin, and Oprah Winfrey

    Incoming Arizona Board of Regents president Ernest Calderon is proposing a plan that would cut the cost of four-year degrees. The proposal would allow students to attend community college for three years, and then an Arizona university their final year...A Mesa woman reportedly shot two home inv ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2009

    Swine Flu Arizona: Policy of Closing Maricopa County Schools is Lifted, But 10 Schools Closed in Nogales

    The most pressing question about the H1N1 "swine flu" virus now seems to be: Will the thing return this fall and kill millions?Locally, the panic has ratcheted way down, with the Maricopa County Department of Public Health declaring on Saturday that new cases of swine flu would not result in sch ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2009

    Pastor Claims Abuse at Border Patrol Checkpoint on Interstate 8

      A local Baptist pastor who was left bloodied and indignant Tuesday night after a stop at the Border Patrol's checkpoint on eastbound Interstate 8 wonders in a recent video, "Why is this happening in the United States of America?" New Times readers who remember our February 2008 ... More >>

  • News

    April 9, 2009

    Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, April 9, 2009

      A local Baptist pastor who was left bloodied and indignant Tuesday night after a stop at the Border Patrol's checkpoint on eastbound Interstate 8 wonders in a recent video, "Why is this happening in the United States of America?" New Times readers who remember our February 2008 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2009

    Tomatoes at Farmers' Markets -- Yuma Crop at Borgata Fridays

    Julie PetersonTomayto, tomahto, potayto, potahto: Fresh from the Yuma farm.Ever since grocery-store tomatoes got as costly as meat, we've been garnishing our routine sandwiches with other things. If the love apple is a luxury anyway, might as well hold out for the ripeness, taste, and texture of a l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 6, 2008

    Lil Wayne Alive and Present at Yuma Court Hearing Today

    Julie PetersonTomayto, tomahto, potayto, potahto: Fresh from the Yuma farm.Ever since grocery-store tomatoes got as costly as meat, we've been garnishing our routine sandwiches with other things. If the love apple is a luxury anyway, might as well hold out for the ripeness, taste, and texture of a l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 1, 2008

    Residents in Maricopa and Other Counties Had Fewer Babies in 2007

    Julie PetersonTomayto, tomahto, potayto, potahto: Fresh from the Yuma farm.Ever since grocery-store tomatoes got as costly as meat, we've been garnishing our routine sandwiches with other things. If the love apple is a luxury anyway, might as well hold out for the ripeness, taste, and texture of a l ... More >>

  • News

    March 13, 2008

    Border Patrol checkpoints near Yuma nab hordes of pot users headed back from the beach

    Julie PetersonTomayto, tomahto, potayto, potahto: Fresh from the Yuma farm.Ever since grocery-store tomatoes got as costly as meat, we've been garnishing our routine sandwiches with other things. If the love apple is a luxury anyway, might as well hold out for the ripeness, taste, and texture of a l ... More >>

  • Home Entertainment

    January 10, 2008

    New on DVD: Parenthood never looked scarier in the underrated Joshua

    Julie PetersonTomayto, tomahto, potayto, potahto: Fresh from the Yuma farm.Ever since grocery-store tomatoes got as costly as meat, we've been garnishing our routine sandwiches with other things. If the love apple is a luxury anyway, might as well hold out for the ripeness, taste, and texture of a l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 9, 2007

    KTAR's redneck fans ready to starve themselves if Mexicans don't pick their food.

    Julie PetersonTomayto, tomahto, potayto, potahto: Fresh from the Yuma farm.Ever since grocery-store tomatoes got as costly as meat, we've been garnishing our routine sandwiches with other things. If the love apple is a luxury anyway, might as well hold out for the ripeness, taste, and texture of a l ... More >>

  • Film

    September 6, 2007

    Still Waiting for That Train

    A classic Western remade for our ADD times

  • Home Entertainment

    August 30, 2007

    New Times' top DVD picks scheduled for release this week

    A classic Western remade for our ADD times

  • Music

    November 17, 2005

    AZPunk.comp CD release party

    We feel lucky, punks

  • News

    May 13, 2004

    Punk Rock Paradise

    Our demon scribes hit the Rogue, the best place to see girls take off their tops and French kiss

  • News

    June 28, 2001

    Letters

    From the week of 28, 2001

  • News

    May 24, 2001

    Care Tactics

    U.S. Border Patrol shoots down an agent's request to be near his ailing mother

  • News

    January 18, 2001

    Paper Machete

    After a drug bust at his home, Yuma publisher creates a newspaper to investigate cops

  • News

    March 14, 1996

    End of a Smear

    County Attorney Richard Romley thought he had parlayed a trivial investigation into the resignation of one of his chief political rivals. But Attorney General Grant Woods decided that his top assistant would not be sacrificed to prosecutorial overreaching

  • News

    September 14, 1995

    FLASHES

    County Attorney Richard Romley thought he had parlayed a trivial investigation into the resignation of one of his chief political rivals. But Attorney General Grant Woods decided that his top assistant would not be sacrificed to prosecutorial overreaching

  • News

    August 24, 1995

    OF YUMAN BONDAGE

    County Attorney Richard Romley thought he had parlayed a trivial investigation into the resignation of one of his chief political rivals. But Attorney General Grant Woods decided that his top assistant would not be sacrificed to prosecutorial overreaching

  • News

    August 4, 1993

    DON'T TREAD ON JESSE

    HIS FEDERAL EMPLOYER SUBJECTED HIM TO A DIZZYING ARRAY OF INDIGNITIES. NOW HE'S FINDING JUSTICE.

  • News

    April 21, 1993

    ARIZONA'S BETTOR SITES

    YES, OUR CASINOS HAVE ATMOSPHERE. THEN AGAIN, SO DOES NEPTUNE.

  • News

    May 6, 1992

    WHERE IS ARAZI?

    YES, OUR CASINOS HAVE ATMOSPHERE. THEN AGAIN, SO DOES NEPTUNE.

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