Yuma County has been moved to the more-restrictive Safer Level 2 by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, as COVID-19 cases have continued to rise. All of northeast Colorado counties now are at Level 2, except for Logan County, which has been moved to the even more-restrictive LevelContinue Reading
Vehicles are lined up along Cedar St. at the Highway 34 intersection, Saturday afternoon during the Trump Train rally held in Yuma. Approximately 50 vehicles, and their drivers and passengers, participated in the vehicular rally showing support for the president. Everyone gathered at the Yuma Community Center and Lake YumaContinue Reading
The 5:10 to Yuma could not take place this year, but organizer Alice Swanson went ahead with a 5K to Yuma, held Saturday morning. A total of 86 registered for the race. Swanson said she was happy with the turnout. Helena Chouinard was the overall fastest female, finishing in 25Continue Reading
Superintendent Dianna Chrisman dropped the news toward the end of Monday night’s Yuma School District-1 Board of Education’s regular monthly meeting. Yuma County had been moved to Safer at Home Level 2, requiring stricter restrictions for the county during the COVID-19 pandemic, due to consistently high levels of new casesContinue Reading
First goal? Get to four games Every high school football team’s mantra right now should simply be, “Play four games.” In this weird and wacky world of 2020, Colorado’s late decision to play football in the fall meant just a six-game season. A team has to play at least fourContinue Reading
The Implementation Science Center for Cancer Control at the University of Colorado School of Medicine wants to understand what patients’ value about their health and how they go about making decisions to get screening or take other actions to prevent health problems. We are currently looking for rural community membersContinue Reading
Perhaps we will have a clearer picture of the Yuma High School football team after Friday night. The Indians have been at the extreme ends of the spectrum in their first two games — losing 40-0 at top-ranked Limon in the season opener, then returning the favor with a 43-0Continue Reading
Yuma High School’s cross country runners got a taste for what it’s like to compete at the state championships, last Saturday. The YHS girls team and one from the boys’ team competed in the Class 2A Cross Country Championships at the Norris Penrose Events Center in Colorado Springs. A totalContinue Reading
Stratton/Liberty wins big, but suffers big loss Second-ranked Stratton/Liberty will be headed to Miami Yoder on Friday for a non-conference game. The Knighted Eagles are 2-0 after last Friday’s 66-27 win over Eads. It was a bittersweet win, however, as senior Jaret Lichty suffered a serious injury early in theContinue Reading
Janice Lynn Pounds, age 78, was called home to her Heavenly Father on Sunday, October 4, 2020 in Yuma, Colorado. Janice was born April 29, 1942 in Goodland, Kansas to Ezekial Fredric and Velma Aurelia (Rice) White. A sister to Larry and Shirley, Janice developed her signature independence and stubbornnessContinue Reading