The fourth national defense area created along the US-Mexico border will be an extension of Marine Corps Air Station Yuma in ...

The Defense Department is expanding its border role with a new military zone near Yuma, aiming to boost surveillance as ...

The Pentagon has announced the establishment of a new national defense area (NDA) spanning 140 miles along the U.S.-Mexico ...

President Donald Trump's tax and policy bill could slow Arizona's clean energy industry, but companies aren't talking.

Despite a decline in migrant crossings, Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents are upping their warnings about the dangers of illegally crossing the border through Arizona’s desert.

A traffic-control worker watches for vehicles atop a hill on the U.S. side of the border. The cost estimate for the 43 miles of wall in southwestern Arizona is $891 million.

On Friday, Yuma will hold its traditional fireworks show at Desert Sun Stadium at 9 p.m. And San Luis will have the biggest ...

According to a press release from the U.S. Air Force, NDAs are "designed to support the Department of Defense's ongoing ...

Alexandra Rangel is a news reporter for AZ Family’s bureau office in Yuma, Arizona. She was born and raised just west of Yuma in Imperial County, CA.

In an initiative to secure Arizona’s agricultural future, the Arizona Board of Regents – in partnership with the Arizona Department of Agriculture – convened stakeholders June 9 in Yuma to develop a ...

Former Arizona Wildcats standout Heath Bray, a prominent figure in the development of the celebrated “Desert Swarm” era, has died per social media posts from his brother, Aaron Bray, and ...

The saguaro cactus is the iconic plant of the Arizona borderlands, and in June and early July, its fruit ripens. For the ...