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Yuma Firefighters Have Returned
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- Published: 15 September 2021 15 September 2021
Yuma, Arizona - After a two-week deployment to wildfires burning in northern California, the Imperial Valley Task Force was demobilized to return home. They completed the demobilization process Monday afternoon and started back home yesterday morning. As of last night at about 10:30 pm, the Yuma Fire Department personnel have completed the more than 600 mile road trip and arrived safely back to Yuma.
Yuma Police Department Assessment Team will be On-site
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- Published: 15 September 2021 15 September 2021
Yuma, Arizona - Yuma Police Department is reminding the community that the assessment team will be on-site today. You are invited to call in today to offer comments regarding YPD during a public call-in session. The session will be conducted today, Wednesday, September 15, 2021, from 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm.
Governor Ducey Announces Plan To Strengthen 9/11 Education In K-12 Schools
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- Published: 13 September 2021 13 September 2021
Phoenix, Arizona - Governor Doug Ducey Friday announced plans to work with educators and lawmakers to make the teaching of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks mandatory in Arizona’s schools.
Arizona Pursuing All Legal And Administrative Actions To Stop Biden Mandates
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- Published: 13 September 2021 13 September 2021
Phoenix, Arizona - Governor Doug Ducey Friday issued a statement regarding President Biden’s COVID-19 mandates.
Governor Ducey Kicks Off Sports Betting In Arizona
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- Published: 13 September 2021 13 September 2021
Phoenix, Arizona - Governor Doug Ducey Thursday joined representatives of the Arizona Diamondbacks, Phoenix Suns and sportsbook industry to celebrate the launch of a new era for gaming in Arizona.
Governor Ducey Statement On President Biden’s “Dictatorial” COVID-19 Mandates
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- Published: 13 September 2021 13 September 2021
Phoenix, Arizona - Governor Doug Ducey responded to President Biden’s new COVID-19 mandates, calling his administration “dictatorial” and these latest maneuvers “another egregious big government overreach.”
NIH providing $185 million for research to advance understanding of how human genome functions
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- Published: 13 September 2021 13 September 2021
Washington, DC - The National Institutes of Health is providing approximately $185 million over five years to the Impact of Genomic Variation on Function (IGVF) consortium, initiated and funded by NIH’s National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI). NHGRI will fund 25 awards across 30 U.S. research sites. IGVF consortium investigators will work to understand how genomic variation alters human genome function, and how such variation influences human health and disease.