There is a big event coming to the Yuma area this weekend, and it is something that has never really been seen here before. Ronda Pletcher will be hosting the Heartstrong Classic, a stock dog competition, Saturday and Sunday, April 24-25. (The Novice competition will be Friday night.) It willContinue Reading
The Stratton/Liberty volleyball team is heading toward the Class 1A postseason. The Knighted Eagles entered the final week of the shortened Season C sitting at 11-0 overall. They hosted Hi-Plains this past Tuesday and close out the regular season with two matches later this week. They are fourth-ranked in ClassContinue Reading
It is looking like the shortened Season C definitely will be short for the Yuma High School volleyball team. The Indians, 4-8 overall, are sitting at No. 35 in the Class 2A Rating Percentage Index (as of this past Monday afternoon) heading into its final two matches of the regularContinue Reading
Ruby (Fadenrecht) Heinrichs was born on May 13, 1924 at the corner of Road K and Road 8 near Joes, Colorado to Ben Fadenrecht and Susie (Koop) Fadenrecht. Ruby was the last of five children. Her siblings were brothers, Edger and Edwin and sisters, Matilda and Alice. Ruby was aContinue Reading
Wilma Irene (Keene) Myers died on Wednesday, March 17, 2021 at the age of 78 in Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, KS. Wilma was born January 28, 1943 in Bentonville, AR to William L. “Bill” and Esther L. Keene. After living in Pea Ridge, AR for numerous years, the family movedContinue Reading
The Native American mascot bill currently in the Colorado Senate was a main topic of discussion during the Yuma School District-1 Board of Education’s regular monthly meeting, Monday night at the district office in downtown Yuma. Board members Dan Ross and Thomas Holtorf attended in-person, while Duane Brown did soContinue Reading
By Marianne Goodland State Capitol Correspondent On April 14, the General Assembly sent to the governor a bill that could establish a new state agency. House Bill 1097 contains recommendations from a behavioral health task force, including setting up the behavioral health administration, initially to be housed within the ColoradoContinue Reading
Yuma School District-1’s $32 million expansion/renovation project continues to come along on schedule and under budget. Yuma-1 Superintendent Dianna Chrisman and Chad Rayl of the owner’s representative firm Project One provided the board with an update during its regular monthly meeting, Monday night. Board members Dan Ross and Thomas HoltorfContinue Reading
The Yuma County Commissioners are stepping into a more active role with the W-Y Combined Communications Center. The dispatch center has been serving Yuma and Washington counties since the early 1990s. Yuma County Commissioner Robin Wiley said rumors that the commissioners want to disband the center are completely unfounded. “ThatContinue Reading
Billy Joe Allen 1941– 2021 Billy Joe Allen was born February 10, 1941 and passed away on April 7, 2021. A Graveside Service took place on Monday, April 12, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. at the Yuma Cemetery in Yuma, Colorado. The Service was live streamed on Facebook. Baucke Funeral HomeContinue Reading