The new authentic Italian restaurant in Yuma is off to a great start. Located in downtown Yuma at 202 S. Main St., Trattoria Rossi has been attracting hungry and thirsty clients from all over the region since it opened in early March. “We have had great response,” owner and headContinue Reading

Yuma Police Chief Jerry Thompson is resigning to take a job in the private sector. “I have accepted a position with a law enforcement software development company and look forward to this next chapter,” Thompson told the Pioneer. His final day was uncertain earlier this week, but he said heContinue Reading

Medicaid is on the chopping block as Congress has returned to session after an April recess, and resumes moving forward on a budget reconciliation package. The House Energy & Commerce Committee is meeting this week to work on its part of the package. The committee has jurisdiction over Medicaid, amongContinue Reading

Marianne Goodland marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com Former state Sen. Jerry Sonnenberg has been named executive director of the Farm Service Agency for Colorado by the Trump administration. Sonnenberg served as a Logan County commissioner beginning in 2023. He resigned that seat on April 16. He starts as executive director on May 5. TheContinue Reading

Yuma High School’s track and field teams conclude the regular season Friday at the St. Vrain HOKA Invitational at Longmont High School on Friday. Qualifying Outlaws then will compete in the Class 2A Track and Field Championships next week, May 15-17, at Jefferson County Stadium in Lakewood. “The season, asContinue Reading

The Yuma High School girls golf team’s season comes down to Monday’s regionals. The Outlaws will send four players to Sky Ranch Golf Course in Sterling for the Class 2A Region 3 Tournament. This is the first season for 2A girls golf, which opens the door to more chances ofContinue Reading

The Otis High School baseball team will not have far to travel for regional. The Bulldogs are the eighth seed in the 16-team Class 1A regional field. They will travel west to No. 1 Akron on Saturday for their regional. They first will play ninth-seed Holly at 12:30 p.m. AkronContinue Reading

Julian (Jack) Earl Dowell passed away on April 22, 2025, in Yuma, Colorado, at the age of 85. He was born on February 15, 1940, in La Junta, CO, to Cleo and Lucile Dowell. He was #3 in a family of 6 kids. Jack was a graduate of Rocky FordContinue Reading

William Henry Kechter Jr., affectionately known as Bill or Billy, passed away peacefully at the age of 94 on Friday, May 2, 2025, in Saint Francis, Kansas, with family at his side. Billy Kechter, the eldest of two siblings, was born on May 24, 1930, at the Kechter Homestead southwestContinue Reading