-Editorial The Supreme Court has ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place for nearly 50 years. The decision by its conservative majority to overturn Roe v. Wade on Friday is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states. According to Associated Press, the ruling …
June, 2022
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22 June
MAYORS OF SOMERTON, ARIZONA, AND PUERTO PEÑASCO, SONORA SIGN RATIFICATION OF SISTER AGREEMENT
-Editorial On June 9, Gerardo Anaya, Mayor of Somerton, Arizona, and Jorge Pivac, Mayor of Puerto Peñasco, Sonora, signed the ratification of the sisterhood agreement between their cities. The ceremony was held within the framework of the “2022 Sonora Regional Fishing and Aquaculture Festival”, organized by the Intercultural Center for …
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20 June
NORTHWEST RESEARCH AND TEACHING STATION “HÉCTOR FELIPE FIX-FIERRO” INAUGURATED
-Editorial The Governor of Baja California, Marina del Pilar Avila Olmeda, accompanied authorities from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), headed by the rector Enrique Graue Wiechers, to the commissioning of the new facilities of the Northwest Research and Teaching Station “Héctor Felipe Fix-Fierro” (ENID), located in the city …
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8 June
Very Low Turnout Drives Election Results in Imperial County
-Editorial The campaign is over and the votes have been casted in the primary election of 2022. Only four percent of the voters participated according to information provided by the election department at 11 p.m. on June 7. The Imperial County Registrar of Voters posted its first election result numbers …
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6 June
Calexico City Council to Offer Esperanza Colio the City Manager Position
-Editorial By unanimous vote, the Calexico City Council voted to offer Imperial County Deputy CEO Esperanza Colio-Warren the position of city manager of the border city. Colio was one of the applicants to fill the vacant city manager position after Miguel Figueroa decided to leave for Imperial County last month. …
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6 June
Mistakes by County Election Office Might Affect June Primary Outcome
-Editorial Two very concerning mistakes by the Imperial County Elections Department in less than two weeks could possibly affect the outcome of the several primary races on June 7. Imperial County has historically been a place for low voter turnout and recent corrections by the election department mere days before …
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3 June
Imperial County Seeks Funding for Calexico Transportation Center
-Editorial Linda Arriaga is none of the many Imperial Valley College students that take the bus every morning from Calexico. She is one of the thirty students that each morning waiting for the bus at a little bus station located on the corner of Third Street and Paulin that, aside …
May, 2022
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31 May
Gas Prices Could Go Even Higher
-Editorial A San Francisco Bay Area gas station is charging nearly $8 a gallon for supreme-grade gasoline as California’s average price tops $6. People have been frustrated with the rise of gas these last few months. President Joe Biden announced a series of actions to stop the rise in gas …
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28 May
Republicans Want to Stop Domestic Terrorism Act
-Editorial Washington Republicans are in an intense battle against Democrats as the debate passes the Domestic Terrorism Act. The Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act is a proposed law that would create domestic terrorism offices within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Department of Justice (DOJ), and the Federal Bureau of …
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24 May
Air Pollution Control District Hearing Board Approves Abatement Order on Red Hill Bay, Imperial County APCD & IID to Enter into Joint Settlement Agreement
-Editorial On May 2, the Imperial County Air Pollution Control District Hearing Board unanimously approved the stipulated order for abatement for the Red Hill Bay (RHB) site near the Salton Sea addressing dust control measures on-playa exposed at the Red Hill Bay site due to the shrinking Salton Sea. Following …
