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Yuma Visitors Bureau markets the Yuma area within the travel and tourism industry and to the general public. The nonprofit is funded in part by City of Yuma hospitality tax revenues.

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Yuma hosts Lettuce Days March 10 & 11YUMA, ARIZONA -  Sure, Yuma Lettuce Days is all about the green stuff.  But salad is just the first course at this "agri-culinary festival" that'll give you a taste of the diverse bounty produced in this fertile river delta - and the delicious dishes that can be created from all that local product.This year's headliner is Brian Malarkey of San Diego's Searsucker and Burlap restaurants and "Top Chef 3 Miami" competition, who'll give live demonstrations in an outdoor kitchen showcase, along with an all-star lineup of local talent.Also on tap, a New

Snow way: Yuma's Christmas Village adds sledding

Holiday attraction opens Friday, runs through Dec. 23YUMA, ARIZONA - Snow fooling: Santa arrives in Yuma Friday  with a rare treat for kids of all ages - enough snow to blanket a sledding hill!The sledding venue will be part of a magical Centennial Christmas Village at the Yuma Quartermaster Depot State Historic Park.The Village will also feature a trip back in time aboard the trackless "Heritage Express" train, which will tour the brightly lit historic buildings of the park to experience Christmas traditions in 1912, the year Arizona first became a state.Sponsored by the Yuma

Snow in Christmas forecast for Yuma

Historic park hosts Centennial Christmas Village Dec. 16-23YUMA, ARIZONA – Santa will arrive in this desert town a week early this year with a rare treat for kids of all ages – enough snow to blanket a sledding hill! The sledding venue will be part of a magical Centennial Christmas Village at the Yuma Quartermaster Depot State Historic Park. The Village will also feature a trip back in time aboard the “Heritage Express” train, which will tour the brightly-lit historic buildings of the park to experience Christmas traditions in 1912, the year Arizona became a state. Sponsored by Yuma

Christmas parade won't rain on sausage fry

Visitors Bureau will postpone parade, opening of Christmas Village by one weekYUMA, ARIZONA – So as not to step on an older tradition, the Yuma Visitors Bureau will delay the start of a new one by postponing the Dorothy Young Memorial Electric Light Parade -- and the opening of its magical Christmas Village -- by one week. The parade will be held Dec. 10 instead of Dec. 3, with Santa leading the way into the lavishly lighted Christmas Village at the Quartermaster Depot as the parade finale.  The Christmas Village will then remain open daily from Dec. 10-23, close Christmas Eve and

New riverfront plaza opens window into history of Yuma Crossing

Undated - for use at any timeYUMA, ARIZONA – The “ghost train” arrived in Yuma this summer with the grand opening of Pivot Point Interpretative Plaza by Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area.  This outdoor exhibit area is located on the site where the first railroad train entered Arizona in 1877 and features as its centerpiece a restored 1907 Baldwin steam locomotive.  But the plaza also incorporates some 21st century technology: a surround-sound audio system that re-creates the arrival of a steam locomotive at the old Southern Pacific Hotel – a.k.a. the “ghost train” – and a nightly

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