Yuma News
Fire Sprinkler Save at Candlewood Suites Hotel
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- Written by Yuma News Now Yuma News Now
- Published: 19 September 2017 19 September 2017
Yuma, Arizona - Yesterday, shortly after 9:30 pm, an alarm was reported indicating a fire sprinkler activation at the Candlewood Suites Hotel, 2036 East Avenue 3E. Arriving Yuma Fire Department personnel found the building being evacuated, with light smoke and water flowing from a room on the hotel’s second floor. It was determined that there had been a stove top fire and it had been extinguished by the fire sprinkler system. Firefighters confirmed the fire was out and it had not spread beyond the area of the stove.
NSF awards $36.6 million in new food-energy-water system grants
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- Written by Cheryl Dybas Cheryl Dybas
- Published: 19 September 2017 19 September 2017
Washington, DC - The number of humans alive on our planet today is some 7.5 billion. By 2087, projections show, 11 billion people will be living on Earth.
USDA Offers Food Safety Tips for Areas Affected by Hurricane Maria
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- Written by YNN YNN
- Published: 19 September 2017 19 September 2017
Washington, DC - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing food safety recommendations for those who may be impacted by Hurricane Maria.
Sedona Open Studios Tour
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- Written by Yuma News Now Yuma News Now
- Published: 19 September 2017 19 September 2017
Sedona, Arizona - Working artists in the Verde Valley will be opening their private studios to the public for the weekend of November 10-12. Under the auspices of the Sedona Visual Artists’ Coalition (SVAC) is presenting this exciting self-guided event that is free to the public. The Tour runs daily from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday, November 10 through Sunday, November 12th. The Tour’s co-chairs are clay artist Mike Upp and painter Julie Ronning Talbot who are counting the days until the Fall Tour kicks off. “Astounding, gratifying, exciting,” are words both say pretty much describe the phenomenal growth of the 14-year-old Open Studios Tour in the four years they’ve been at the helm.
Technology as art
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- Written by John Grimaldi John Grimaldi
- Published: 19 September 2017 19 September 2017
Yuma, Arizona - The Swiss who gave us the cuckoo clock, tasty chocolate treats and the handy army knife have something new to offer-a robot that can lead an orchestra. But, points out the Association of Mature American Citizens, it was not just any ordinary pick up band that the two-armed automaton conducted; it was the famous concert orchestra of the famed Teatro Verdi in Pisa, Italy, featuring the famed tenor, Andrea Bocelli.
Public invited as 13 nominees vie for city's top arts award
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- Written by City of Yuma City of Yuma
- Published: 18 September 2017 18 September 2017
Yuma, Arizona - With 13 sets of nominees in, the biggest night of the year for the Yuma Art Center and the local arts community is set for Oct. 13, when the ceremony and reception for the 17th annual Tribute of the Muses will take place.
Yuma Police Officer Jared Elkins arrested in San Diego on sexual assault charges
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- Written by YPD YPD
- Published: 18 September 2017 18 September 2017
Yuma, Arizona - On Friday, the Yuma Police Department was informed of the arrest of one of our police officers, while off duty, in San Diego, California.