CALEXICO — Since his landslide election to the two-year seat on the Calexico City Council in November 2020, Raul Ureña... Read More
Around El Centro’s Central Union High School campus, Priscila Jimenez Corrales is known for her artistic skills, be it with... Read More
CALEXICO — After a challenging eight years in pursuit of an undergraduate degree, Calexico resident Lawson Hardrick III said he was looking forward to another two years of graduate school. Hardrick’s reason for wanting to continue his education could best be summed up by an inspirational quote he wrote to... Read More
SEMINOLE, Okla. — Softball has taken Calexico native Amber Flores all over the United States and now it is bringing... Read More
IMPERIAL — More than 200 runners across a record 20 teams made up of police officers, U.S. Border Patrol agents,... Read More
CALEXICO — Imperial County leaders want extended border hours again at the Calexico East Port of Entry, which one area official says is needed to help bolster the regional and local economies. Mexicali-derived shopping and destination tourism has generated as much as $380 million a year for Imperial County in... Read More
CALEXICO — A proposal by the Heffernan Memorial Healthcare District to establish an all-hours urgent-care center in Calexico has attracted... Read More
(This story was updated at 7:45 p.m. Tuesday, May 18 with additional information from the Imperial Irrigation District board meeting.)... Read More
As if Simón Silva’s entire breadth of human experience was laid bare on the canvas, the pieces he painted for an El Centro Catholic chapel tell his story from the fields to famous artist. First, in a 2015 commissioned piece titled “Cristo Rey de los Campos,” or “Christ King of... Read More
With each passing year, the histories of the Imperial Valley’s pioneering Black families are increasingly running the risk of being... Read More