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  1. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Photos and text by Matilda Carpenter/Yuma Sun

    Cloud front brings much needed respite from the heat (opens the original)

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    Despite a promising cloud front coming in from the east over Telegraph Pass, Yuma only experienced light, intermittent showers on Monday, Sept. 28. Though rains were light, however, the cloud cover brought some much-needed relief from the heat as the season transitions into fall. According to the National Weather Service, the high for the day was 80 degrees with a low of 70, with the remainder of the week being mostly clear and sunny with temperatures in the 90s. Maybe the best summer smell is

  2. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · Matilda Carpenter

    AWC leadership heads to La Paz County to address local needs (opens the original)

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    Arizona Western College leadership traveled to La Paz County on Friday, Sept. 25, visiting Salome, Bouse and Quartzite to talk with residents about how AWC can better respond to local needs. Members of the team included AWC President Dr. Reetika Dhawan, Dean of Regional Centers and Adult Education Susanna Zambrano and District Governing Board members Maria Chavoya and Dr. Kenneth MacFarland. This group met with local community members and leadership that represented school districts, hospitals,

  3. Article · Sep 27, 2026 · Photo by Matilda Carpenter/Yuma Sun

    Dolly Day happy hour raises funds and supplies for Crossroads Mission (opens the original)

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    Keller Williams Realty Yuma hosted a Dolly Parton Happy Hour on Friday, Sept. 25, at Sage and Sand. The event both paid tribute to country icon Dolly Parton while also raising money and supplies for Crossroads Mission. "The event was really, really well attended. It was out first one. We are going to make it an annual event, we decided," said Kristan Sheppard of Keller Williams, who organized the event. "There was a lot of great feedback from people who enjoyed it. We were overfilling with donat

  4. Article · Sep 26, 2026 · Photo by Matilda Carpenter/Yuma Sun

    Drone vendors vie for contracts at YPG during Falcon Peak event (opens the original)

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    An event dubbed Falcon Peak 26.2 brought together several companies to Yuma Proving Ground, each competing for government contracts in the expanding field of unmanned drone systems, which has become an increasingly prevalent factor in conflicts, both abroad and along the southern border. "What we've done is basically enabled this effort for the Joint Interagency Task Force 401, giving it the ability to exploit our land and airspace, but I think the unique opportunity post this event is going to

  5. Article · Sep 26, 2026 · Photo by Matilda Carpenter/Yuma Sun

    Yuma's agricultural legacy and the importance of keeping history alive (opens the original)

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    Yuma’s long history has been tied to agriculture in a way that echoes to the present. But the path to being the Lettuce Capital of the World took time, effort and innovation, a story that Bruce Gywnn of the Yuma County Historical Society works hard to keep alive through the ages. Gywnn’s mother, Rosemarie Gwynn, was a founding member of the society, which worked to preserve the oral histories of Yuma residents in the 1960s. That spirit of preservation persists in Bruce Gywnn, who is helping

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