Eckley’s Old Settlers Picnic, the oldest community celebration in Yuma County, is returning this Labor Day weekend after a 2020 hiatus. It had been held for the 131 consecutive years prior to be canceled last year thanks to COVID-19 protocols. Still, the 132nd edition will be held Saturday and SundayContinue Reading
Students between 12-17 years of age in Yuma now can get a COVID-19 vaccine without having to leave town, or wait for the mobile clinic to show up periodically. That is because Yuma District Hospital & Clinics now has the Pfizer vaccine. It made the announcement last week. One canContinue Reading
Yuma District Hospital and Clinics, and The Harmony Home, are among the facilities now required to have all their employees vaccinated, per a new state order. The State Board of Health this past Monday, August 30, approved emergency rules requiring vaccination for staff in licensed healthcare settings. The Board metContinue Reading
The first step is out of the way, but the climb gets considerably steeper now for the Yuma High School football team. The Tribe is 1-0 after dismantling Burns, Wyoming, 41-6, last Friday in the 2021 season opener in Yuma. However, it now goes on the road for a non-conferenceContinue Reading
The schedule is slowing a bit for the Yuma High School boys golf team. The Indians have gotten in most of their season prior to the September 7 start to the 2021-22 school year. They were at Strasburg this past Tuesday, and will be at Sterling on Friday. Yuma’s golfersContinue Reading
Yuma High School’s cross country runners head west again after competing last weekend in Greeley. The Indians are at the Lightning Invitational at Broomfield Country Commons, Friday afternoon. Coach Ron Zahller and assistant Ben Inouye took a crew to the Andy Myers Invitational, at Monfort Park in Greeley, last Saturday.Continue Reading
Otis High School’s volleyball team will be looking to pick up some wins this week after a challenging start to its season. The Bulldogs hosted Wray this past Tuesday in its home opener, and hosts Idalia on Friday, before traveling to neighboring Lone Star on Tuesday, September 7. They openedContinue Reading
The Otis High School football team had a very encouraging start to its season, last Friday. Now the Bulldogs host fifth-ranked Idalia in their home opener, Friday at 7:30 p.m. Otis opened its season last Friday afternoon with a 67-18 win at Weldon Valley. The Bulldogs raced out to aContinue Reading
Steven Ray Cullen was born on February 7, 1954, to Leon and Grace (Lohmeyer) Cullen in Ulysses, Kansas. He passed away on August 24, 2021, in Oberlin, Kansas, of complications related to a recent surgery. Steve was 67 years old. He began school in the small Colorado community of KirkContinue Reading
Eris Salvador, 81, passed away August 6, 2021 at her home in Yuma, Colorado. Born June 22, 1940 in Fort Morgan, Colorado to Walter and Ruby Yearous, Eris graduated from Fort Morgan High School in 1957 and went to Northeastern Junior College. Eris met her future husband, Marvin Salvador, inContinue Reading