EL CENTRO – Former Brawley Fire Chief Charles “Chuck” Peraza is Imperial County’s new Emergency Medical Services Agency Manager, the county health department announced Thursday.
District 2 County Supervisor Luis A. Plancarte was sworn in Wednesday to his second term of office during a small intimate ceremony, with his wife and children present. Clerk of the Board of Supervisors Blanca Acosta administered the oath of office and Father Mark Edney of St. Mary's Church …
EL CENTRO — Imperial County Supervisors last week agreed to join the 10 other counties in the Southern California region in sending a letter to Gov…
EL CENTRO — A local public relations firm has been recognized for its efforts to advocate and assist Imperial Valley businesses impacted by COVID-1…
EL CENTRO — When District 2 Imperial County Supervisor Luis Plancarte became chairman of the board in January, he never imagined the challenges he …
Imperial County hospitals began administering doses of the new COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech on Monday.
EL CENTRO — The Imperial County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday will consider a resolution to censure Imperial County Auditor-Controller, Josue Mer…
CALEXICO — This City Council has a very different look after Thursday afternoon’s swearing in ceremony.
EL CENTRO — As the delinquent energy accounts for the Imperial Irrigation District reached an all-time high of $10.6 million Tuesday afternoon, Imp…
CALEXICO — City officials deny the Calexico Unified School District’s claim that it failed to ensure construction project applicants paid the distr…
EL CENTRO — An early retirement plan being offered by the county so far isn’t getting a lot of takers.
When Californians approved Proposition 13 in 1978, critics of the landmark ballot measure say voters did not foresee many of the unintended consequ…
WESTMORLAND — The Imperial County Air Pollution Control District on Tuesday issued Notices of Violation against five federal, state and local entit…
EL CENTRO — An error in the mail-in ballots distributed in one voting precinct in Brawley will result in a do-over for some voters.
EL CENTRO — The county Board of Supervisors today is expected to consider whether to expand its moratorium on evictions to include commercial tenants.
EL CENTRO — In a turn of events, El Toro Export LLC has asked the Imperial County Board of Supervisors to vacate their approval of a plan that woul…
BRAWLEY — A bill passed unanimously by the state Legislature and signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday is expected to give an alternativ…
HEBER — A prominent local farmer and two other groups have sued the county after the Imperial County Board of Supervisors last month approved expan…
CALIPATRIA — The Imperial County Board of Supervisors issued a letter to the Golden State Water Co. on Tuesday expressing its opposition to a possi…
EL CENTRO — Bill Gay said he joined the Military Writers Society of America so that they would review his book. That went even better than he hoped…
EL CENTRO — A smaller labor force and a small uptick in demand for farm labor helped offset the loss of about 1,900 non-farm jobs to help improve t…
EL CENTRO — Local businesses have been key to the county government’s ability to respond effectively to crises presented by the COVID-19 pandemic a…
EL CENTRO — Following a public hearing where only one member of the community spoke, the City Council here approved new fees for commercial cannabi…
EL CENTRO — County employees now have new, lower-interest options for payroll loans.
In late June, it looked like California might be turning a corner in the coronavirus recession. Unemployment had leveled off at a jarring 16.3 perc…
IMPERIAL — The Imperial City Council recently approved its fiscal year 2020-21 general fund budget, which projects revenues of about $10,149,000 mi…
SACRAMENTO — California must once again close indoor operations of various business sectors as coronavirus cases and hospitalizations continue to s…
CALEXICO — The City Council recently approved a balanced general fund budget for fiscal year 2020-21, marking the first time in about five years th…
EL CENTRO — Imperial County officials are planning to renew and update their pitch to the Governor’s Office later this week for being granted local…
EL CENTRO — Lyft driver Oscar Galindo never thought he was doing anything wrong when he picked up a fare the night of March 18 in Brawley, but hi…
An El Centro police officer on Tuesday admonished a store manager at Cardenas on North Imperial Avenue after a customer reported price gouging was …
A farm worker died after being involved in a tractor accident Friday afternoon in a field on McCabe Road, half a mile east of State Route 7, county…
EL CENTRO — California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s stay-at-home-order for the entire state presents major challenges to the county in doing its job.
Following Gov. Gavin Newsom’s recent directives governing public meetings, the Imperial County Board of Supervisors announced new meeting protocols.
A driver was airlifted for treatment after the tanker he was driving overturned and landed on its roof Thursday afternoon on North Imperial Highway…
