Yuma County BOS Chairman declares emergency due to Border Crisis

YUMA, Arizona (KYMA, KECY) – Tony Reyes, chairman of the Yuma County Board of Supervisors, has declared a state of emergency in unincorporated areas of Yuma due to a border crisis. The declaration says the emergency is to address the ongoing health and humanitarian crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border. The proclamation also addresses the ongoing […]

Navajo Nation declares state of emergency due to flooding

A large tribal reservation covering parts of northeastern Arizona has had flood monitoring in place throughout the week. Navajo County, Arizona — Navajo officials declared a state of emergency on Thursday due to increased flooding from recent monsoon rains. A proclamation by the Tribal Emergency Management Committee will allow local chapters to access additional resources […]

Ducey declares Yuma County shipping container walls complete

YUMA, Ariz. (KAWC) – Gov. Doug Ducey declared Yuma County safer on Wednesday and announced work on five gaps in the border wall was completed. Governor Ducey took to Twitter to show off some of the completed sections. He said it only took 43 workers in 11 days to close the gap. They used 130 […]

Border County Declares a State of Emergency

Yuma County, Arizona declared a state of emergency Last week, it was partly due to health reasons and partly due to what the state of emergency described as “an increase in asylum seekers and immigrants entering Yuma County from Mexico.”And Mayor Doug Nichols said this week that immigrants abandoned on the street Moreover, Biden’s always […]

Yuma County declares public health emergency

Yuma County is currently in a public health emergency, and not just because of the recent rise in respiratory illness… Signed by the Chair of the Yuma County Supervisory Board edict This morning, we declared a state of emergency in the unincorporated area of ​​the county to address the term “health and humanitarian border crisis.” […]

Yuma County declares emergency for ‘crisis’ at border

The county said rising flu and COVID-19 cases are straining medical resources in Yuma as the area responds to immigrants arriving across the border. Yuma County, Arizona — Yuma County President Tony Reyes A state of emergency has been declared due to the “health and humanitarian” crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border. The county said the […]

Yuma County declares emergency as migrants continue to gather at border

A large group of immigrants gather at the Arizona border Yuma, Alice. – big crowd immigration Congregating at the southern U.S. border with Mexico, they are all waiting to be processed in Yuma. Border guards have arrested more than 300,000 migrants in Yuma alone over the past year. This exceeds the population of the country. […]