Keith R. Jones was born in December, 1935, in Stratton, Nebraska to Evan and Margaret Jones. He had one beloved sister, Donna Lee who was 12 ½ years older. Music was always a part of his life, with his mother being a teacher and singer (and a poet), sister DonnaContinue Reading
Kevin Wayne Buster was born in Denver, CO on 09/15/1957. He grew up in the Joes, CO area and graduated from Liberty high school in 1976. He enjoyed time with his mother, brother and grandparents. After graduation he worked for the local farmers, ranchers and also drove truck. In 1998Continue Reading
Kathryn VanSwearing McCallister was born January 26, 1926, and went to the Lord on July 19, 2020. Kathryn was the mother of Sharon Goeglein and the Aunt of David Hanson. She came from a distinguished family. Her great grandfather was a Christian judge, her great, great grandfather and his fatherContinue Reading
The Yuma School District-1 Board of Education learned quite a bit about getting the 2020-21 school year started at the end of next month. However, there is still a vast amount of details to be nailed down in coming weeks, the board also learned during its regular monthly meeting, MondayContinue Reading
The walls are going up. Community members can now see outdoor, above-ground evidence of Yuma School District-1’s $32 million expansion/renovation project. The pre-cast panels for the auxiliary gym wall at Yuma High School were being put up by a huge crane starting Wednesday. The Yuma-1 Board of Education was informedContinue Reading
The Yuma City Council has two seats to fill following the resignations of Luke Goeglein and Bryson Chrismer. Both submitted their resignations shortly before the July 7 council meeting, so it was not brought up during that meeting. The council held a discussion during this past Tuesday’s meeting about movingContinue Reading
From the Yuma County Fair Board Yuma County Fair plans were finalized at the regular scheduled meeting of the Yuma County Fair Board on Monday, July 20. Final schedule and details can be found on the Yuma County website by going to www.yumacounty.net/county-fair/. With the recent mandates put out byContinue Reading
Colorado Governor Jared Polis’ executive order mandating wearing masks in all indoor public spaces has had an impact on workouts and practices at Yuma High School. It was announced over the weekend that all student/athletes going to the morning workouts in the weight room would have to wear masks forContinue Reading
Yuma High School’s sports teams and activities will remain in the same classifications for the 2020-22 two-year cycle. CHSAANow.com released the enrollment numbers and classification ranges last week. The CHSAA database has YHS’s enrollment at 232. That keeps YHS safely within the ranges for all the sports that have fiveContinue Reading
Evelyn “June” (Adams) Herron, 90, was born in Dodge City, Kansas on November 21, 1929 and passed away in Loveland, Colorado on July 15, 2020 as the result of an automobile accident. She was the oldest daughter of Ozene (Faulkner) Adams and Herbert Dean Adams. She attended Concord School inContinue Reading