The Yuma City Council voted during a special meeting on May 27 to rescind a resolution passed earlier in May stating the city would stick with the state’s Safer at Home plans. By rescinding the resolution, the city automatically came under the jurisdiction of the Yuma County variance, which hadContinue Reading
Yuma High School is working in concert with the other high schools in Yuma County to develop a plan allowing student/athletes to get in workouts this summer. YHS Athletic Director Michael Dischner said the schools are working together with the Yuma County Task Force. He said the task force hasContinue Reading
The City of Yuma still has not ruled out having some summer recreation programs. City Manager Scott Moore said Yuma staff is working with the City of Wray so both have similar plans in place to take to the Yuma County Task Force. The task force consists of local governmentContinue Reading
It is now official, there will be changes to Class 2A baseball, as well as in some other sports and classifications that impact local schools. The CHSAA Legislative Council met virtually on Friday. The council voted on more than 50 items. Among those was approval of the changes to 2AContinue Reading
Larry Q Mower, 79, of Kirk, CO passed away peacefully on the morning of May 23, 2020 in Denver, CO at the old Lowry Air Force Base, which also happened to be the first base he lived on when he was first stationed in Colorado in 1979. Larry was bornContinue Reading
Juanita Lorene McCauley, 82, of Yuma, Colorado, passed away on 05/22/2020 at the Yuma Life Center. She was born to parents Curtis “Ted” Theodore Mann and Jessie Marie DULL Mann, on 08/23/1937 in a cabin tent in the mountains outside Minturn, Colorado Where her father worked for the railroad asContinue Reading
Elida Dominguez (Meraz) 61, passed away May 25, 2020 in Wray CO. Services will be held via Zoom on June 13, 2020 at 3:00 pm. Meeting ID: 862 5669 6958 Password: 955052 Cremation was requested. Elida was born in Teporachi, Chihuahua, Mexico on May 17, 1959. She attended high schoolContinue Reading
Billy Frank Chapman, 81 passed away May 21, 2020. He was born July 21, 1938 to William E. and Beulah Anna (Wells) Chapman in Wray, Colorado and was the sixth of eight children. He attended grade school at Wildcat School south of Eckley and graduated from the 8th grade fromContinue Reading
Yuma is now part of the Yuma County variance to Safer at Home orders, following action taken by the Yuma City Council, Wednesday afternoon. The council held a brief special meeting, voting 6-0 to rescind the resolution it passed earlier in May stating the city was sticking with the state’sContinue Reading
It has been a challenging time, to say the least, for Vicki Bushner over the past few months. Not only has she been dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions like the rest of us, she also has been taking care of her elderly parents, and also has retired after aContinue Reading