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GSA Awards $174M Contract for Final Phase of Calexico West POE
CALEXICO — The U.S. General Services Administration announced its selection of Hensel Phelps Construction Co. to provide design-build services for the final phase of a major modernization and expansion project at the Calexico West Land Port of Entry, one of the busiest ports of entry between the United States and Mexico, on Friday, July 26. GSA awarded the contract for $173.6 million to the Phoenix, Arizona-based firm to complete the port project.
Newest Student Summer Mural Revealed
YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) - Nearly a dozen hand picked local students worked together to beautify Yuma, by creating a mural at the Joe Henry Optimist Center. They wanted to focus on what Yuma means to them by including different parts with each having a unique meaning. “And so he...
Shots fired at Villa Nueva Apartments
YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) - Reports say shots were fired at Villa Nueva Apartments. A few Yuma Police Department vehicles responded to the alert at 750 S. 15th Ave. This is an ongoing story and we will update as soon as we receive more information. Article Topic Follows: Crime. BE...
Red Cross sees an increase in summer home fires
Red Cross says they see an increase in home fires during the summer. They responds to a disaster every 8 minutes in the U.S. Over the last year, they said they've responded to over 55 home fires in Yuma and helped over 200 people. The post Red Cross sees an increase in summer home fires appeared first on KYMA.
California fire scorches through land the size of Los Angeles as blazes burn across US West
Thousands of firefighters were battling a wildfire in northern California on Saturday that exploded in size, scorching an area about the size of Los Angeles — one of several blazes tearing through the western United States and Canada amid dry, hot and windy conditions.
Father of California teen missing for a week arrested on suspicion of child abduction
The father of a 15-year-old Southern California girl who was missing for about a week has been arrested on suspicion of child abduction and other offenses, police announced Friday. Jeffrey Chao is also accused of falsifying a police report in connection with the disappearance of Alison Jillian Chao, the Monterey...
US beach stars Kloth, Nuss didn’t need the Golden State. They’re going for gold at Olympics anyway
PARIS (AP) — A South Dakota native, Taryn Kloth had never even played beach volleyball until after she graduated from Creighton as a star in the indoor version of the sport. In pursuit of a business degree, she landed at LSU without any beach skills at all. “I actually...
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