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CALEXICO — A deeply divided Calexico City Council, where recent meetings have devolved to public bickering and diverging agendas, appears to be causing growing discontent among some city staff. During the council meeting of Feb. 17, coming before an agenda of big decisions and big discussions, one of the... Read More
CALEXICO — The recent efforts of two local healthcare providers temporarily turned Calexico into a COVID-19 vaccination destination, with some 1,300 vaccines administered to seniors over the course of four days. On Wednesday, Feb. 24, the Calexico Wellness Center was scheduled to administer the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to 100 seniors who had preregistered in advance for the clinic. A very grateful Virginia Castañeda was among the first to be vaccinated. The 71-year-old Mexicali resident said she had previously attempted to register […]... Read More
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The inoculation against COVID-19 of farmworkers and ag-related and food industry sectors, as well as educators and childcare workers, continued this week on the heels of a pair of mass vaccination events at Imperial Valley College on Friday, Feb. 26. Imperial County Public Health Department, with the help of... Read More
NAF EL CENTRO — Naval Air Facility El Centro will host the first-ever radio broadcast of its annual Festival of Flight, March 13, from 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., featuring high-flying performances by a variety of military aircraft including the U.S. Navy’s flight demonstration squadron, the Blue Angels. The decision to radio broadcast the air show in a virtual space on KXO, 107.5 FM and 1230 AM, instead of the traditional public audience on base, allows Imperial Valley residents an […]... Read More
HOLTVILLE — Temporary street closures could become a common sight in front of the Pine Avenue offices of Dr. Vincent Soun now that he and... Read More
HOLTVILLE — The Holtville City Council unanimously approved a $3.3 million construction contract to bring its water treatment plant into compliance with state water-quality standards... Read More
Imperial County spent more than $4.6 million to help residents and businesses deal with COVID-19 issues since the pandemic began last year, according to a... Read More
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Calexico and Holtville migrant education students had strong showings at the 12th annual Imperial County Office of Education Migrant Education Program Speech and Debate Tournament on Saturday, Feb. 27. For Calexico, the big winner was Enrique Camarena Junior High seventh-grader Luz Gabriela Franco, who won the extemporaneous, or unprepared, speech... Read More

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