Otis will be playing in the boys state championship game for the first time ever, while Caliche will be shooting for its third straight title when the two meet tonight at 7 in the Class 1A championship game at the State Fair Event Center in Pueblo.
Playing in the semifinals for the third time in four years, the Bulldogs (25-0) finally broke through Friday night with a 66-51 win over Ouray. Caliche (23-2) reached its third straight final with a 71-60 win over Ridgway later in the evening.
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Smaller government, less taxes, less spending, governing by the Constitution, and bringing some business sense to governing.
All were common themes among the wide range of Republican candidates that attended the Washington County Republicans' forum, Monday night in the Akron Event Center.
It was a dark and stormy night, but that did not stop the candidates, nor the public, from attending as a fairly large crowd witnessed proceedings.
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Yuma and Eckley are heading toward not having municipal elections in April, but Otis has experienced an incredible outpouring of interest as all seven of the Otis City Council seats are up for election.
Unless someone enters as a write-in candidate by the March 16 deadline, Yuma will not need a council election for the first time in decades.
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It has been a wet and cold start to March. This week alone has seen soaking rains, high winds and then a little snow overnight Wednesday into Thursday.
Yuma has received nearly 1 inch of precipitation this week, the first significantly measureable moisture this year.
It is supposed to warm up into the 50s this weekend and be real nice, but we have all heard that one before, haven't we?
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An archaic, but entrenched, political mechanization will play out Tuesday, March 16, when precinct caucuses are held in Yuma County and throughout Colorado.
Local party activists, both Republican and Democrat, will gather at one of 14 precinct caucus locations throughout Yuma County. One can find a list of the locations for both parties in advertisements in this week's hard copy on page 3.
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Shawn Rodwell of southern Washington County has entered the race as a Republican candidate for the Colorado Senate District 1 seat.
Others who have declared a candidacy for the seat are fellow Republican Greg Brophy, the incumbent from Wray, and Democrat Mike Bowman.
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The Yuma City Council has approved the conditional use of a building on Seventh Avenue to serve as the home to a gun store.
Owner/operators Rich King and Dan Sullivan had their request approved by the Yuma Planning Commission, and then had it go before the council at its regular meeting, March 2.
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A 1983 Yuma High School class ring has been found in a Denver park by a man who searches for buried items with a metal detector.
Colin O'Hanlon contacted the Pioneer with his story, and pictures showing the class ring. As mentioned above, it is from the Class of 1983, and inside were the initials “L.R.H.” The ring was found in Highlands Park, located just west of downtown Denver.
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There are enough candidates to hold an election for the Yuma Hospital District Board of Directors, May 4.
Four candidates successfully submitted their nominations by last Friday's deadline. Two seats, each carrying four-year terms, are up for election.
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The State of Colorado's budget crunch has school districts planning for potentially major cuts in funding for the upcoming 2010-11 fiscal year.
Yuma-1 Superintendent Dennis Veal reports that the latest estimates are reductions in state funding between 6.12 to 10 percent, due to a declining tax revenue base and the struggling economy.
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