Thomas Tuell, formerly of Holyoke, died peacefully on April 22, 2022 in Grand Junction surrounded by his children and grandchildren. Tom was born March 9, 1937 in Wray, CO to William and Edna Tuell. He was the second of six sons. Tom was active in 4-H and FFA and graduatedContinue Reading
On Tuesday April 12, 2022, at the age of 69, Leslie Joan Crosby passed away in a hospice in Fort Collins, CO. She went peacefully after a courageous struggle with fast-moving, inoperable brain cancer. Beloved wife of Harold Crosby, mother of Andrew Crosby, Katherine Call, and the late Mark CrosbyContinue Reading
Unofficial results show that three incumbents and one challenger have been elected to terms on the Yuma City Council. The mail-in ballot municipal election season came to end this past Tuesday, April 5, at 7 p.m. The unofficial results were posted in the front window of City Hall by aboutContinue Reading
A requested annexation will make the City of Yuma limits whole along the western stretch of Highway 34. It turns out the one-block wide, two-blocks deep plot, between Harvest Motel and the old bowling alley, and from Eighth Ave. (Highway 34) to 10th Ave., is outside the city limits, whileContinue Reading
On March 31, 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. Road & Bridge Supervisor Tom Andersen, Blade Foreman Justin Lorimer, and Truck Foreman Jeremy Lund met with the Commissioners to provide updatesContinue Reading
The Yuma High School track and field teams will look to keep the good times rolling in two meets in the coming days. Yuma’s boys and girls teams both finished second in the team standings at the Weld Central Rebel Round Up, last Friday in Keenesburg. The Indians now areContinue Reading
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