HOLYROOD Academy teacher JASON HEDAUX, 44, will carry the flame through Somerton on Tuesday, May 22.

City of Somerton officials flipped the switch on their new solar power project at the city's water treatment plant during a Wednesday morning ceremony.The $1.1 million project was part of a $2 million loan the city received from the state earlier this year for solar...

Kevin McCloud says his corner of Somerset has a strong local flavour, and a touch of Olympian energy might help keep it that way It may seem to be charging through the British countryside like an express train, but the Olympic torch is actually following more of a pre-Beeching branch line route, complete with local timetable. It departed Taunton at 6.12am and, having received a rapturous ...

The latest Powerball jackpot made a little history, and nearly made a little more, when the Newsstand at the Gallery sold the ticket that won Wednesday’s drawing. It was, indeed, the biggest jackpot ever hit in Philadelphia: $172.7 million in 30 annual payments, or $107.5 million cash. The old record: $52 million for the annuity, $26.9 million for cash, hit by a ticket sold by University Deli in ...

WHEN I travel, I go to supermarkets. Unlike most touring shoppers, I never pause at store windows displaying jewelry and haute couture. But whether I’m in Aix or Antwerp New Orleans or Naples, I make a beeline for the local grocery store to peruse aisles of preserves, inhale the scent of coffee and pick up toothpaste sporting foreign labels. More than one pal at home has benefited from my ...

The Tierra del Sol Elementary School band and choir took first and second place honors during a competition at Disneyland on Saturday. After practicing every day after school and at home for the past year, the fourth- and fifth-graders came home with top wins at the...

Kofa High School Principal Gina Thompson was unanimously approved to become a Yuma Union High School District associate superintendent at a special meeting Wednesday morning. Thompson will be joining Superintendent Toni Badone and Associate Superintendent James Sheldahl on...

The city of Coeur d’Alene recently passed an amendment to the existing Pawn Broker Ordinance and this amendment included requirements of identity for parties selling precious or prized metals. Now any buyer of precious or prized metals in the city must require identity of the sellers. This will help law enforcement.

Inspired by a burning desire to spread their faith and to help others, the Rodriquez family decided to settle all their debts, pack their bags and become missionaries in the Philippines.Joe Rodriquez III and his wife, Melanie, along with 7-year-old son, Matthias, and...

There seemed to be a pattern in the Arizona Western athletic rosters last season.Three of the eight programs carried one player from Yuma County on the roster - another program carried only two. Meanwhile, one sport used a third of its roster on Yuma County athletes, and...