Extremely windy and dry conditions finally caught up to the region late last week. Fires broke out all over last Friday, April 22, including one in central Yuma County south of Highway 34 that destroyed a family’s home while burning about 4,000 acres. Friday, ironically which was “Earth Day,” wasContinue Reading
Ballots for the Yuma Hospital District Board of Directors need to be returned by 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 3. They can be turned in, in person, at the ballot box located at Yuma District Hospital and Clinics. The front office personnel will be able to direct anyone to the ballotContinue Reading
A new Yuma City Council took the reigns during last week’s regular meeting at Yuma City Hall. Actually, it is mostly the same council, with only Jerome Benish joining as a new member, replacing incumbent Daniel Ebersole following the council election earlier this month. Benish joined incumbents Marylu Smith-Dischner andContinue Reading
Yuma High School’s track and field teams did not even bother going to Kersey on Saturday for the Platte Valley Meet. After repeatedly competing in high-wind conditions, the Indians stayed home last Saturday and instead competed in the Haxtun Relays held on Holyoke this past Tuesday. The temperature reached theContinue Reading
Yuma High School’s baseball team will be attempting to make a move in Class 2A during some key upcoming games. The Indians host rival Wray on Saturday at 11 a.m. for a single league game, then travel to Wiggins on Tuesday for a LPAA doubleheader. Yuma currently is 5-7 overall,Continue Reading
Yuma High School’s basketball teams have been put in the Class 3A Metro district when its comes to the postseason, beginning with the 2022-23 campaign. YHS still will play in the Lower Platte Activities Association. All the other LPAA schools will be in 2A basketball, including Merino, Haxtun and Caliche,Continue Reading
Lone Star’s girls track and field team scored 22 points at the windswept Wray Dick Evans Invitational, last Thursday. Alivia Weathers placed second in the 100-meter hurdles in 17.25 seconds, and second in the 300 hurdles in 49.66 seconds. Lamya Kuntz cleared 8-foot-7 for third in the pole vault. TheContinue Reading
Jason Lee Meier passed away unexpectedly on April 11, 2022 at the age of 48. Jason was born on December 13, 1973 in Denver, CO. He was blessed to be adopted 3 weeks later to Robert and Isabell Meier of Yuma, CO. Jason graduated from Yuma High School in 1992.Continue Reading
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