Robert Charles Robinson, Sr. was born in Larned, Kansas to Merne F and Lola Belle (Hagar) Robinson on August 8, 1939, at the family farm home. Bob was the 10th child of a family of 12 children, six girls and six boys, and three adopted children: Betty Jane, Terri(deceased), andContinue Reading
Keeping the Yuma Ambulance Service in operation is proving to be more and more challenging financially. “We can’t sustain what it costs with what we get in revenue,” City Manager Scott Moore said. Keriann Josh, a paramedic with the Yuma Ambulance Service, said the number of calls are increasing, requiringContinue Reading
Tribute was paid to the late Darcy Stallings in two different events in the Denver area, late last week. Stallings was killed in a vehicle accident last October northeast of Yuma while responding to a fire call, which turned out to be a controlled burn east of town. State Rep.Continue Reading
On April 29, 2022 the Yuma County Board of County Commissioners convened for a regular meeting. Chairman Robin Wiley, Commissioner Trent Bushner, and Commissioner Scott Weaver were present. Micah Seyler and Dave Blach of the Yuma County Fair Board met with the Commissioners to present the proposal for the beerContinue Reading
The Yuma City Council has been given a document from city administration showing recent history of the General Fund budget, as well as future projections. It was presented to the council members during their regular meeting last week. All seven were in attendance, Mayor Ron Swehla, Mayor Pro-tem Marc Shay,Continue Reading
Yuma High School’s track and field athletes finally are staying plenty busy, and just in time as the Class 2A Track and Field Championships are just one week away. The Indians had back-to-back meets in Holyoke, late last week, and were at the rescheduled Tom Meyer Invitational in Akron thisContinue Reading
Maybe, just maybe, the Yuma High School baseball team can sneak into the top eight of the Class 2A RPI. If so, the Indians will find themselves hosting a four-team regional on May 21, with a chance to advance to the state quarterfinals the following weekend. They have some difficultContinue Reading
The Otis baseball team is advancing in the Class 1A postseason. The Bulldogs, 9-7, found themselves as the 13th seed in the 16-team field when it was released on CHSAANow.com on Monday. They will be at fourth-seed Dove Creek, located about 560 miles away, north of Cortez and located nearContinue Reading
Lone Star’s track and field athletes had back-to-back meets, late last week. The Longhorns competed in the LPAA League Meet last Saturday at Holyoke, with the girls team likely winning the team title. Alivia Weathers was a four-time champion, winning the 100-meter hurdles in 16.87 seconds, the 300-meter hurdles inContinue Reading
The regular season is over for the Yuma High School girls golf team. Next up is the Class 3A regional at Marianna Butte in Loveland on May 23. However, only two golfers remain on the team, Jailyn Mekelburg and Aspen Chadwick Still, the golfers were busy was three tournaments overContinue Reading