Residential fire in the 900 block S 1st Avenue

Yuma, Arizona - Friday, at approximately 8:44PM, officers from the Yuma Police Department located an active residential fire in the 900 block S 1st Avenue.

ABCs of child drowning prevention

Yuma, Arizona - August is Drowning Impact Awareness Month: Children 4 years old and younger are at greatest risk for drowning. There are a few basic steps to reduce this risk, we call them the ABCs of drowning prevention.

August proclaimed “Drowning Impact Awareness Month”

Yuma, Arizona - At Wednesday night’s City Council meeting August was proclaimed “Drowning Impact Awareness Month” in the City of Yuma by Mayor Douglas J. Nicholls. This proclamation was also being made for the State of Arizona by Gov. Douglas A. Ducey.  The purpose is to raise awareness of the number of cases and the impact of child drowning in Arizona. Even though Arizona is considered a desert state, on average, drowning incidents take the lives of many of our state’s children. Children 4 years old and younger are in the highest risk group.

AWC Culinary Arts Program Serves Formal Dinners the Fall

Yuma, Arizona - The Arizona Western College Culinary Arts Program presents their formal dinner offerings that include an appetizer, soup or salad, a main dish with sides and dessert. The students in the program create the menus and serve the meals. The funds raised are used for the students and their program necessities.

AWC recipient of $400K National Endowment for the Humanities 1-to-1 match grant

Yuma, Arizona - Arizona Western College, in collaboration with the AWC Foundation, was recently awarded with a $400,000 Infrastructure and Capacity-Building Challenge Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The funds, as well a 1-to-1 match requirement, will be used to enhance student learning experiences by expanding AWC’s academic library services over the next four years.