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Hosted by Lou Gum, Arizona Edition, KAWC's news program, is our focus on the issues facing Arizona. Through interviews with local newsmakers, KAWC keeps you informed on issues in the region.
Hosted by Lou Gum, Arizona Edition, KAWC's news program, is our focus on the issues facing Arizona. Through interviews with local newsmakers, KAWC keeps you informed on issues in the region.
Jimmy Rodriguez is one of three republicans running in the special election primary in Congressional District 7.
Hernandez is one of 11 candidates and one of five Democrats running in district that stretches from Tucson west to south Yuma County.
Hosted by Lou Gum, Arizona Edition, KAWC's news program, is our focus on the issues facing Arizona. Through interviews with local newsmakers, KAWC keeps you informed on issues in the region.
Hosted by Lou Gum, Arizona Edition, KAWC's news program, is our focus on the issues facing Arizona. Through interviews with local newsmakers, KAWC keeps you informed on issues in the region.
Grijalva’s daughter, Adelita Grijlava, is now one of five Democratic candidates seeking to fill former Rep. Raul Grijalva's seat in the House.
In this Arizona Edition deep-dive we speak with Northern Arizona University-Yuma Professor Alex Steenstra, Chair of the department of Business Administration and Leadership.
Hosted by Lou Gum, Arizona Edition, KAWC's news program, is our focus on the issues facing Arizona. Through interviews with local newsmakers, KAWC keeps you informed on issues in the region.
Daniel Butierez is one of 9 Republicans running for the CD 7 seat. 14 democrats and candidates from the Libertarian, Green, and No labels party have also filed statements of interest.
Hosted and produced by the KAWC News team, Arizona Edition is focused on the issues facing Arizona, with an emphasis on stories and news impacting the people of Yuma and La Paz counties.
Hosted and produced by the KAWC News team, Arizona Edition is focused on the issues facing Arizona, with an emphasis on stories and news impacting the people of Yuma and La Paz counties.
Hosted and produced by the KAWC News team, Arizona Edition is focused on the issues facing Arizona, with an emphasis on stories and news impacting the people of Yuma and La Paz counties.
Hosted and produced by the KAWC News team, Arizona Edition is focused on the issues facing Arizona, with an emphasis on stories and news impacting the people of Yuma and La Paz counties.
Hosted and produced by the KAWC News team, Arizona Edition is focused on the issues facing Arizona, with an emphasis on stories and news impacting the people of Yuma and La Paz Counties.
Hosted and produced by the KAWC News team, Arizona Edition is focused on the issues facing Arizona, with an emphasis on stories and news impacting the people of Yuma and La Paz Counties.
Hosted by Lou Gum, Arizona Edition, KAWC's news program, is our focus on the issues facing Arizona. Through interviews with local newsmakers, KAWC keeps you informed on issues in the region.
Hosted by Lou Gum, Arizona Edition, KAWC's news program, is our focus on the issues facing Arizona. Through interviews with local newsmakers, KAWC keeps you informed on issues in the region.
Hosted by Lou Gum, Arizona Edition, KAWC's news program, is our focus on the issues facing Arizona. Through interviews with local newsmakers, KAWC keeps you informed on issues in the region.
Hosted by Lou Gum, Arizona Edition, KAWC's news program, is our focus on the issues facing Arizona. Through interviews with local newsmakers, KAWC keeps you informed on issues in the region.
Hosted by Lou Gum, Arizona Edition, KAWC's news program, is our focus on the issues facing Arizona. Through interviews with local newsmakers, KAWC keeps you informed on issues in the region.
Hosted by Lou Gum, Arizona Edition, KAWC's news program, is our focus on the issues facing Arizona. Through interviews with local newsmakers, KAWC keeps you informed on issues in the region.
Hosted by Lou Gum, Arizona Edition, KAWC's news program, is our focus on the issues facing Arizona. Through interviews with local newsmakers, KAWC keeps you informed on issues in the region.
Arizona Edition is KAWC's weekly look at topics and people shaping the community, with insightful conversations and in-depth reporting from the field.
Arizona Edition Friday is KAWC's weekly look at topics and people shaping the community, with insightful conversations and in-depth reporting from the field.
Arizona Edition Friday is KAWC's weekly look at topics and people shaping the community, with insightful conversations and in-depth reporting from the field.
Arizona Edition Friday is KAWC's weekly look at topics and people shaping the community, with insightful conversations and in-depth reporting from the field.
We talk to three candidates for Arizona House LD-25 about Prop. 314, the economy, and their priorities if they win.
Arizona Edition Friday is KAWC's weekly look at topics and people shaping the community, with insightful conversations and in-depth reporting from the field.
Hosted by Lou Gum, Arizona Edition, KAWC's news program, is our focus on the issues facing Arizona. Through interviews with local newsmakers, KAWC keeps you informed on issues in the region.
Hosted by Lou Gum, Arizona Edition, KAWC's news program, is our focus on the issues facing Arizona. Through interviews with local newsmakers, KAWC keeps you informed on issues in the region.
Arizona Edition Friday is KAWC's weekly look at topics and people shaping the community, with insightful conversations and in-depth reporting from the field.
Arizona Edition Friday is KAWC's weekly look at topics and people shaping the community, with insightful conversations and in-depth reporting from the field.
Arizona Edition Friday is KAWC's weekly look at topics and people shaping the community, with insightful conversations and in-depth reporting from the field.
Arizona Edition Friday is KAWC's weekly look at topics and people shaping the community, with insightful conversations and in-depth reporting from the field.
Hosted by Lou Gum, Arizona Edition, KAWC's news program, is our focus on the issues facing Arizona. Through interviews with local newsmakers, KAWC keeps you informed on issues in the region.
Arizona Edition Friday is KAWC's weekly look at topics and people shaping the community, with insightful conversations and in-depth reporting from the field.
Arizona Edition Friday is KAWC's weekly look at topics and people shaping the community, with insightful conversations and in-depth reporting from the field.
Arizona Edition Friday is KAWC's weekly look at topics and people shaping the community, with insightful conversations and in-depth reporting from the field.
Arizona Edition Friday is KAWC's weekly look at topics and people shaping the community, with insightful conversations and in-depth reporting from the field.
Arizona Edition Friday is KAWC's weekly look at topics and people shaping the community, with insightful conversations and in-depth reporting from the field.
In the days leading up to the 100th birthday of the Border Patrol, which happend on May 28th, Arizona Edition sat down with former agents to learn more about our sector's storied history. Janalyn Buseck — who retired as a supervisory agent in 2016, says her three decades of service seemed to flash by in the blink of an eye.
In the days leading up to the 100th birthday of the Border Patrol, which happend on May 28th, Arizona Edition sat down with former civilian dispatchers -- Randy Love and Pearl Strom -- to discuss their work supporting agents in the field.
Arizona Edition Friday is KAWC's weekly look at topics and people shaping the community, with insightful conversations and in-depth reporting from the field.
Arizona Edition Friday is KAWC's weekly look at topics and people shaping the community, with insightful conversations and in-depth reporting from the field.
Arizona Edition Friday is KAWC's weekly look at topics and people shaping the community, with insightful conversations and in depth reporting from the field.
Arizona Edition Friday is KAWC's weekly look at topics and people shaping the community, with insightful conversations and in depth reporting from the field.
A private company with land near Cibola, Arizona sold its rights to hundreds of acre feet of water to the town of Queen Creek, just north of Phoenix, 200 miles away. Some locals still question how it happened at all.
Arizona Edition Friday is KAWC's weekly look at topics and people shaping the community, with insightful conversations and in depth reporting from the field.
Ag pilots provide an essential service for area farmers. We talk with pilot and drone pilot about their work.
Arizona Edition Friday is KAWC's weekly look at topics and people shaping the community, with insightful conversations and in depth reporting from the field.
Arizona Edition Friday is KAWC's weekly look at topics and people shaping the community, with insightful conversations and in depth reporting from the field.
Democrat and first-time candidate Quacy Smith sets his sights on a big task in CD-9, defeating a popular but controversial Republican incumbent who has held the seat since 2011.
Arizona Edition Friday is KAWC's weekly look at topics and people shaping the community, with insightful conversations and in depth reporting from the field.
Today we sit down with San Luis Police and Fire Chiefs to hear about some of the challenges and successes in their departments as they serve a community that is growing faster than 92 percent of similar U.S. cities over the last quarter century.
Marines train in hand-to-hand fighting techniques and get some encouragement from a former MMA fighter at MCAS-YUMA.
The stop gap for migrant releases in Yuma County is the Regional Center for Border Health in Somerton, AZ. A look inside the agency's processing facility.
In the 1930s Elzada Clover and Lois Jotter wanted to gather and catalogue plants in the Grand Canyon, and while the details of their journey are amazing – how they became scientists, faced sexism and danger, and changed the field of botany is equally as engaging.
Arizona Edition Friday is KAWC's weekly look at topics and people shaping the community, with insightful conversations and in depth reporting from the field.
Julie Murphree of the Arizona Fram Bureau shares her insight on the latest Farms Census from the Department of Agriculture.
Arizona Edition Friday is KAWC's weekly look at topics and people shaping the community, with insightful conversations and in depth reporting from the field.
The endangered Sonoran Pronghorn can be found inside of the Barry M. Goldwater Mountain Ranges, which are managed by the U.S. Marine Corps and Air force.
Buffelgrass is changing rocky terrain into grassland, providing a path for fire between decades old saguaro cactus that did not exist before.
Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb is a candidate for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Kyrsten Sinema.
Guests: Yuma County Director of Public Health Diana Gomez and Dr. Roy Nelson, Sr. Associate Dean at ASU's Thunderbird School of Global Managment
Voices from a recent border rally, understanding the supply chain, South County News and the Wellton Reels.
A special permit request by a waste management company in Yuma has some citizens up in arms. The owner speaks out.
Denis Richard McDonough, Secretary of the United States Department of Veteran's Affairs, talks about his tour of Yuma's VA clinic, a hiring push, and an expansion of benefits under the PACT Act.
Julie Engel is President/CEO of the Greater Yuma Economic Development Corporation. Engel talks about why affordable housing options are key to the region's economic future.
Dr. Daniel Corr says enrollment is up at Arizona Western College, along with some new buildings. The AWC president talks about initiatives to boost the local workforce, an influx of funds from the Arizona legislature, and helping students succeed from high school to workforce.
Northern Arizona University President José Luis Cruz Rivera on viewing the college as a start-up and getting the attention of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates.
Micaela Preskill is with Environmental Entrepreneurs, or E2, a nonpartisan business organization focused on clean energy jobs and investment. E2 has been monitoring private investment across the country since passage of the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act.
Dr. Kristina Diaz is chief academic officer and program director of the Yuma Regional Medical Center Family and Community Medicine Residency Program.Dr. Diaz is also President of the Arizona Academy of Family Physicians and the National Association of Family Medicine Residency Directors.
The Republican-controlled Arizona Legislature has passed a $17.8 billion budget package it negotiated with Democratic Governor Katie Hobbs. State Rep. Tim Dunn, R-Yuma, says there is something in it for both parties even if some issues were "off the table."
Yuma Mayor Doug Nicholls says migrant traffic is already increasing ahead of the midnight end of Title 42 protocols on the U.S.-Mexico border.
The SETI Institute’s search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence began in 1984. So far, they haven’t found anything, or anyone. Could a community college student make the next big space discovery?
Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction, Tom Horne, speaks with Chris McDaniel about his priorities for Arizona Schools and working with a Democratic Governor.
A recent report ranks San Luis the safest city in Arizona.San Luis Mayor Nieves Riedel gives a candid assessment of life in the border town, its future, and whether she thinks it might include a neighboring space port. Also featured is interim San Luis Police Chief Miguel Alvarez.
Yuma County Library District Director Lisa Mendez talks about weathering the covid-19 pandemic, finding new way to serve the community, and calls for book bans.
The American Lung Association’s 2023 Sate of the Air Report released this week with good and bad news for Arizona and more specifically, Yuma and La Paz Counties.
Executive Director, Melissa Rushin Irr gives Arizona Edition a preview of the new Children's Museum of Yuma County.
Cathleen Wolff, Yuma Regional Medical Center's Director of Spiritual Care talks about the importance of honoring the more than 800 people who died of Covid-19 at the hospital.
Consumer watchdog Teresa Murray talks about some of the biggest scams impacting Arizonans and Dr. Sara Amani previews the inaugural TEDxAWC event scheduled for March 17.
Arizona State University’s Morrison Institute for Public Policy has released a series of reports on housing insecurity focused on six counties in Arizona.THE BROKEN LINK Experiences of Housing Insecurity in Yuma County is one of them.
Reyna Grande, author of the memoir A Dream Called Home, talks about confronting her painful past in order to create a new life.
Fentanyl is a powerful synthetic opioid that is at least 50 times more powerful than heroine. With the state as a major entry point for counterfeit pills from Mexico, fentanyl is cheap, readily available and taking its toll on the state.
Yuma Regional Medical Center effort to get the word out about the tens of millions of dollars in care it provides to migrants released by the border patrol led to a headline it did not intend. We speak with YRMC President/CEO Dr. Robert Trenschel.
Tori Bourguignon is executive director of Amberly’s Place, she took the role in 2021, but has a much longer history with the organization.
Arizona Western College president Dr. Daniel Corr talks about breaking ground on new buildings and launching new workforce and baccalaureate partnerships to address local demand.
Host Lou Gum visits volunteers at a Yuma greenhouse dedicated to cultivating plants native to the region. The hope is that people will see the plants as gardening and landscaping alternatives to non-native species that often use more water.
A new grant to the University of Arizona, Arizona Western College, and Imperial Valley Community College looks to address a shortage of public health professionals.
Yuma historian Tina Clark talks about her love of history as she is honored for decades of work in preserving Yuma sites and stories. Also, a look inside a high-tech military science fair at the Army's Yuma Proving Ground.
A new study quantifies what was lost as Colorado’s population increased over a 40-year span. Leon Kolankiewicz co-authored the study, as well as similar reports on Arizona and the nation as a whole released over the last year.
College enrollment is down across the nation, with community college students accounting for half of that decline. But southwestern Arizona is bucking the trend. We talk with Arizona Western College President Dr. Daniel Corr.
Fernando Quiroz is Director of the AZ-CA Humanitarian Coalition. The group makes regular visits to the border, often twice a day, to observe, help migrants with information, and clean up what has become more than just a political mess.
Jose Luis Cruz Rivera, the President of Northern Arizona University is wrapping his first year on the job. We hear about changes in higher ed due to the pandemic, plans to increase enrollment numbers and the role of colleges in keeping a college degree affordable.
We revisit a conversation with former USDA Conservationist Bobbi McDermott about the evolution of modern agriculture in Yuma. Parts of this conversation re-aired on August 26, 2022.
Composer and performer David Arkenstone will be launching a tour across Arizona with a performance Saturday evening at the historic Yuma Theatre.
States missed a mid-August deadline to come up with a plan to save Colorado River water and the expectation was the federal government would step in and mandate cuts. That did not happen.
Colorado River water users face a deadline to detail how Western States will cut 2-to-4-million-acre feet of water from their river allocations beginning next year.
Somerton Vice Mayor Miguel Villalpando talks about the city's ongoing challenge to retain local talent in the wake of several resignations by city staff. Also Visit Yuma executive director Marcus Carney discusses a new campaign to boost summer tourism in Yuma.
The new variants of COVID-19 are driving an increase in state cases but lagging death and hospitalization numbers could mean the virus is weakening as it spreads. So, what should you worry about?
Addressing the problem of illegal immigration through changes to the legal immigration system that would allow migrants to pay the U.S, not cartels, to get into the country.
Chris Kuzdas of the Environmental Defense Fund talks about his work to help protect Arizona groundwater and the important role engaged citizens play in water management.
Local tips for dealing with a national shortage of baby formula and Sen. Mark Kelly discusses water in the West and the U.S.-Mexico border.
David Damian Figueroa's second book, "El Oz", is a reimagining of a classic children's story in a setting residents of the southwest will recognize.
Dr. Todd Vanderah, interim director of University of Arizona Health Sciences Comprehensive Pain and Addiction Center, talks about research on the cannabis plant and what has changed since passage of medical and recreational marijuana use laws.
Lake Powell water levels are below 3,525 feet, sparking concern that levels will fall too low to allow operation of Glen Canyon Dam, or to deliver water to Lake Mead.
The Biden Administration wants rural communities to thrive, says Charlene Fernandez, U.S. Department of Agriculture's Arizona director for rural development.
Heather Taylor is executive producer of the film, "Breaking Through the Clouds: The First Women's National Air Derby."
We hear from Yuma County Communications Director Kevin Tunell and Lieberman, one of three Democrats in the race against six Republicans.
United States Senator for Arizona, Mark Kelly, discusses the recent State of the Union Address and the war in Ukraine with KAWC's Lisa Sturgis.
Paul Brierley of the Yuma Center of Excellence for Desert Agriculture talks about the AgTechX Food Safety Technology Conference and how science is providing new tools for farmers to keep produce safe from contamination.
Marcus Carney, executive director of Visit Yuma, discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the local tourism workforce and redefined traditional travel.