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Also on today's calendar: Free Bra Fittings to Support Breast Cancer Awareness and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: Why do Norway's navy ships all have barcodes? 🤔 (Answer below!)
1. YCSO issues Level 1 sex offender notification in Yuma (yumasun.com) — Yuma County Sheriff's Office has issued a Level 1 sex offender notification for a 55-year-old man now living on East 37th Place in Yuma, classified as low risk to reoffend. Officials stress the notice is for awareness, not harassment, and encourage residents to use the OffenderWatch program or call YCSO with any concerns.
2. KBLU Returns To Yuma (radioinsight.com) — Local listeners in Yuma can once again tune into News/Talk 560 KBLU, now back on the air under new local ownership and featuring the returning Russ Clark morning show. The station's owner emphasizes a renewed focus on serving Yuma's people, businesses, and community life with locally driven programming alongside national talk shows.
3. Yuma Public Auction Offers Everything From Cars to Tools (signalsaz.com) — Yuma residents can bid on surplus city vehicles, tools, electronics, and office gear at the City of Yuma public auction on Saturday, Oct. 17, starting at 9 a.m. at 190 W. 14th Street. You can preview items and register for free on Friday, Oct. 16, or the morning of the sale, but be ready to haul away same-day, as everything is sold as-is.
4. Preliminary work set to begin on Yuma Arizona Temple (abc4.com) — Preparations are starting for the future Yuma Arizona Temple, with utility and infrastructure work planned once the city of Yuma grants needed approvals. The temple will sit on a nearly 7‑acre site at East 36th Street and South 8 East Avenue, eventually joining several other Latter-day Saint temples operating across Arizona.
5. 1 hospitalized after aircraft goes down near Yuma (azfamily.com) — One person is in stable condition after a small aircraft went down Monday morning just outside Yuma, near W County 12th Street and S Avenue G by the Arizona-Mexico border. Yuma County Sheriff's deputies are investigating and still working to confirm what kind of aircraft was involved and what led up to the crash.
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "Why do Norway's navy ships all have barcodes?" — So when they come back to port they can just scan-da-navi-an! (Thank you Jessica C. for sending it in!)
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