Below are interviews with each of the candidates in the Yuma City Council election. DAN BAUCKE Dan Baucke knows a thing or two or more about being a Yuman. He is running for another term on the Yuma City Council. The lifelong Yuma resident graduated from Yuma High School inContinue Reading

The ballots for the City of Yuma Council Election arrived in the mail late last week. Electors have until 7 p.m. on Tuesday, April 2, to return their ballot to Yuma City Hall, 320 S. Main St.. One also can mail it back in if get using the proper postageContinue Reading

The Yuma County Commissioners unanimously passed a resolution last week “opposing the entry, transportation, employment and settlement of illegal immigrants in Yuma County, Colorado.” The action came during the commissioners regular meeting on March 12. Mike Leerar, board chairman, and fellow commissioners Scott Weaver and Adam Gates voted in favor.Continue Reading

It was opening day this past Tuesday for the Yuma High School baseball team. It was a beautiful day for the Outlaws’ opener against Merino, at the YHS diamond. The opener was not pretty as the Outlaws lost 13-4, but they rallied for an interesting 14-13 win in the nightContinue Reading

Yuma High School’s boys basketball team had players named to the 2023-24 All-LPAA team in its final year in the league. The Class 3A champions tied Merino for the most selections. Yuma All-LPAA Brody Sheffield — The sophomore led the Outlaws in scoring with an average of 18.6 points perContinue Reading

How does one describe the Yuma High School boys basketball Class 3A championship team? It’s as easy as 1-2-3 as the Outlaws won each of their Great 8 games by one point, on the way to program’s seventh state title, but first in 3A. That possibly is the first timeContinue Reading

If you ain’t first, you’re last. Well heck, you could still be second, third, fourth or even fifth. With sincerest apologies to Reese Bobby from “Ricky Bobby, Talladega Nights” the Yuma High School girls basketball team will take a third-place finish in the Class 3A State Basketball Tournament, last weekendContinue Reading

On March 10, 2024, the world, her community, and her family lost a beautiful, loving person when Pamela Jean Nicklas (Allard) became an angel in God’s Heaven. Pam was born on November 15, 1946 to Raymond and Opal Allard in Harmony, Colorado. She was blessed to have four sisters andContinue Reading

Leon Albert Ardueser, 93, passed away the evening of March 3, 2024, at Hillcrest Care Center in Wray, Colorado. He was born to Emil and Jessie (Roach) Ardueser on April 12, 1930. He was raised on the family farm south of Bethune. Growing up during the Depression and World WarContinue Reading