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Congressman Raul M. Grijalva announced Thursday that the city of Somerton will receive funds from the U.S. Department of Agriculture through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan for rural water projects.

Somerton will receive a $2,147,000 loan and $2,596,063 grant for water and wastewater infrastructure, according to the news release from Grijalva’s office.

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School parking lots were overflowing as Arizona Western College and Yuma Elementary District 1 welcomed back students for a new academic year.

“The reason we’re so busy is because our enrollment is up 16 percent over last fall,” Bryan Doak, AWC vice president for student services, said. “It’s the largest semester, student-wise at AWC ever.”

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