The local wheat harvest keeps plugging along in between rain storms, but the white combine finally reared its ugly head late Monday afternoon. Yuma, and most of the region, has been receiving rain on a consistent basis since the Memorial Day weekend, but luckily the hail has been minimal. ThereContinue Reading

The Yuma City Council approved the conditional use request for the former nursing home facility during its regular meeting last week. Mayor Tim McClung, Mayor Pro-tem Jerome Benish, Terri Frame, Zach Diaz, Vanessa Dischner and Marc Shay were in attendance. Dan Baucke was absent. The public hearing on the proposedContinue Reading

Yuma District Hospital & Clinics is among 29 rural facilities being asked to give back money to the State of Colorado. It stems from UCHealth recently winning a lawsuit against Colorado’s Department of Health Care Policy and Financing. UC Health sued the department over the classification of Memorial Hospital inContinue Reading

Jim Fraley is focused on giving youth the best chance to succeed no matter what path they want to take in life. “I want to help the kids reach their potential,” he said. “It’s all about the kids.” Yuma School District-1’s new superintendent took time to visit with the PioneerContinue Reading

By Taylor Vollin The Team Roping Journal Tate Kirchenschlager and Almost LostMy Ticket pocketed the largest single check of their careers, winning the 2025 ARHFA Old West Futurity Heading for $100,000 June 20. Kirchenschlager and the 2020 gelding by Roo Star out of Ticket Out Of Here came from secondContinue Reading

Yuma High School’s football team will spend most of their time at home in the first six weeks, then finish the regular season with three straight road games. That was to be expected as the 2025 schedule is the second in the two-year cycle, meaning game locations are flip-flopped fromContinue Reading

A suspect is facing multiple felony charges after leading local law enforcement on a chase on Highway 34, last Friday, June 20. Ethan Cory Dudash, also known as Cody Crow, is facing the following charges: five felony counts of attempted murder, extreme indifference; five felony counts of menacing; two felonyContinue Reading

Yuma’s Drayden Black competed at the New Balance Outdoor Nationals track meet last week at the famous Franklin Field at Penn University in Philadelphia. He competed in the Middle School Boys Division in the 100 and 200 dashes. Drayden placed 16th out of 146 boys in the 100 (only 20Continue Reading