Alice Munoz Castillo was born in Scottsbluff, Nebraska on June 11, 1956 to Martin Torres Munoz and Juanita Hernandez Munoz. She was the first of 8 children they had. She graduated from Gering High School and entered the work force to help her family. She got married to Daniel CastilloContinue Reading
The Yuma City Council held its last meeting of 2021, last week in the Council Chambers at Yuma City Hall. All seven members were in attendance — Mayor Ron Swehla, Mayor Pro-tem Marc Shay, and council members Marylu Smith-Dischner, Tim McClung, Dan Baucke, Daniel Ebersole, and Terri Frame. The councilContinue Reading
Yuma County’s 2022 budget will be nearly $4 million more than in 2021, but it is not the case of spending more of the local taxpayers’ hard-earned money. The county’s 2022 budget received final approval recently the Yuma County Commissioners. The total budget is set at $26.36 million, compared toContinue Reading
(Editor’s Note: Presented below is from the minutes of last week’s meeting of the Yuma County Board of Commissioners. The Pioneer has added some of its own wording.) The Yuma County Commissioners and local law enforcement met with 13th Judicial District Attorney Travis Sides to discuss the 2022 budget requestContinue Reading
Yuma High School’s boys basketball team is one long-range shot away from having a perfect Christmas. As it stands, the Indians still are in great shape for the holiday break, going 5-1 in December — their lone loss coming in a double-overtime loss to Eaton on a last-second 3-pointer lastContinue Reading
It will be a very Merry Christmas for the Yuma High School girls basketball team. The Indians gave themselves a nice present with an encouraging December, during which they went 4-2 against stiff competition. The schedule does not get any easier when the season resumes in 2022, but head coachContinue Reading
Yuma High School’s boys wrestling team has been short-handed in December, but should be rearing to go when the season resumes in 2022. “Hopefully after Christmas we’ll be close to a full team,” head coach Kyle Newton said. Injuries and sickness, and some other factors, have limited the number ofContinue Reading
Yuma High School’s girls wrestling team closed out December with a solid showing at the Jimmy John’s NCCT on the University of Northern Colorado campus in Greeley. Yuma finished 17th in the 40-team field with 40 points. Chatfield won the team title with 136 points, while Loveland had 105, DiscoveryContinue Reading
Yuma School District-1’s effort to change its Indians mascot is becoming an exercise in frustration for district leaders. District leaders had hoped to receive some feedback from the Colorado Commission of Indian Affairs during a special meeting it held last Thursday, December 9. Superintendent Dianna Chrisman and board members DuaneContinue Reading