There is still plenty of baseball left to be played, but the Yuma High School squad needs to find a winning formula soon. The Indians fell to 0-5 overall, 0-4 in the Lower Platte Activities Association this past Tuesday in a bitterly cold and windy doubleheader against Merino, following aContinue Reading
Teresa Ann (Frink) Vick was born in Manhattan, Kansas on September 16, 1963 to Harold Cleland Frink Jr. and Catherine Francis (Curry) Frink. Teresa passed away on March 30, 2022 in her home. She attended Catholic school in Kearney, Nebraska until 1974, when her mother died from cancer. The familyContinue Reading
The start to clearing up misconceptions By Greg Hill Wind power is heading to Yuma County, and it’s a big deal. After reading some of the silliness in the Pioneer’s Letters to the Editor and otherwise getting a sense of the local gossip, I’m endeavoring to assemble a series ofContinue Reading
Why wind? By Greg Hill In this, my second column addressing the Great Renewable Land Rush in Yuma County Colorado, I shall endeavor to answer the question: Why wind? (Note: I do not get into debates about global warming. There is no debate. It’s settled, it’s happening, and it’s serious.Continue Reading
The Great Renewable Land Rush in Yuma County By Greg Hill In this, the third piece in my series on The Great Renewable Land Rush in Yuma County Colorado, I’ll provide some background on the logistical machinations behind what could prove to be the most significant revolution in land useContinue Reading
Wherein We Get into the Weeds By Greg Hill It begins with a large white envelope, delivered to your mailbox. Within that envelope is a folder whose cover depicts a flat landscape and endless blue sky familiar to anyone living on the High Plains of Eastern Colorado. Except, in thisContinue Reading
Wherein Your Stalwart Opinion Writer Decides to Move Things Along By Greg Hill Howdy. This will be my second-to-last piece on the Great Renewable Land Rush in Yuma County. There is certainly much, much more to be said on the matter, but, well…I’m getting bored. There have been moments whenContinue Reading
Wherein We Enter the Third Dimension By Greg Hill Welcome to the sixth, and final, entry in this series in which I’ve been examining the Great Renewable Energy Land Rush in Yuma County. Today, I’ll focus on the looming physical reality of the 550-foot tall wind turbines that are comingContinue Reading
By Rod Lenz, board president of the Republican River Water Conservation District Be on the lookout for informative articles from the Republican River Water Conservation District (RRWCD). The district hopes to educate and inform everyone who lives in the basin about the critical importance of water and irrigation to theContinue Reading
While the COVID-19 pandemic has changed our lives in many ways, it has not changed the need to celebrate and support children and the adults who love, care for, and educate them. The Week of the Young Child (WOYC) is an annual celebration sponsored by the National Association for theContinue Reading