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

Carolin (Randa) Dreher of rural Kirk, Colorado went to be with the Lord on June 23, 2025 surrounded by family at Wray Community Hospital in Wray, Colorado. Carolin was born on April 11, 1947, to Edwin and Marilda (Werth) Randa in Hays, Kansas. When Carolin was a young child, theContinue Reading

Yuma School District-1 has achieved a significant milestone by becoming the first school district in Colorado to receive the Safe2Tell GOLD STAR Award for all of its schools for the 2024-2025 school year! This recognition from the Attorney General’s Office highlights our commitment to student safety and well-being. Yuma MiddleContinue Reading

The recent weather pattern continues to bring precious moisture to the area. Storms have been rolling through the area on a consistent basis in the late afternoons, early evenings. Many have included hail, but it mostly being relatively small and not lasting long. Then came this past Tuesday, when aContinue Reading

The Yuma County Commissioners are in the process of adopting a burning restriction ordinance when it comes to Red Flag and extreme drought days. It grants the board of commissioners the authority to ban open fires and agricultural burns in unincorporated areas of the county “where wildfire danger is deemedContinue Reading

Students in the Yuma schools will have expanded meal choices beginning with the 2025-26 school year. Yuma School District-1 and Otis School District R-3 have teamed up to utilize Chartwells as the food service vendor. The Yuma-1 Board of Education approved the move during its regular monthly meeting this pastContinue Reading

Mary Grace Bushner was born on February 18, 1942, on the Bushner family farm north of Yuma, Colorado, to Otto and Lillyan Bushner—during a blizzard. After her birth, Otto had to take the doctor back to town on a tractor through the snow, marking the beginning of Mary’s life withContinue Reading