Yuma High School’s football team will be gearing up for a “normal” nine-game schedule in the not-too-distant future. The Tribe will have four home games and five away, beginning at home on August 27. All games will be in the evening, and eight of the nine will be under theContinue Reading
The City of Yuma and the community is gearing up for a big Third of July celebration, which this year will fall on a Saturday. The Yuma Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring a craft fair downtown on S. Main St. from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The vendors will beContinue Reading
Senate Bill 21-116, aka “the mascot bill,” was signed by Governor Jared Polis, Monday afternoon. It was the final legislative step dictating that schools such as Yuma will need to eliminate Native American mascots, and any reference on anything school related, by June 2022, less than one year away. IfContinue Reading
The driver in a rollover accident on Highway 34 at the overpass west of Yuma apparently avoided serious injury, last Saturday afternoon. The accident occurred at approximately 3:30 p.m., June 26. A 2015 Toyota Tacoma driven by Betty Nelson, 70, of Fort Morgan, was pulling a camping trailer westbound onContinue Reading
Work is well underway with the Lake Yuma Project. Solitude Lake Management is in charge of the $500,000 project to upgrade Yuma’s attractive stormwater runoff pond. A grant from the Department of Local Affairs is covering half the costs, with the rest being covered from the Street Department budget inContinue Reading
Yuma High School’s boys track and field coaches and team members knew they had a shot at a state championship heading into last week’s Class 2A Track and Field Championships at Jefferson County Stadium in Lakewood. The Indians certainly lived up to the expectations, and then some — scoring 76Continue Reading
Yuma High School’s girls track and field team had a great run at the Class 2A Track and Field Championships, last week at Jefferson County Stadium in Lakewood. Scoring 29 points and tying for 11th place in the classification isn’t bad at all. It’s just that it was overshadowed aContinue Reading
There were some pretty amazing performances by area athletes in the Class 1A Track and Field Championships, last week at Jefferson County Stadium in Lakewood. Lone Star junior Alivia Weathers swept all four of her events, powering the Longhorns to a third-place team finish with 52 points. Arickaree/Woodlin’s Jacob JeffersonContinue Reading
Sterling, Colo – June 24, 2021: In April, 2020, the Northeast Colorado Health Department (NCHD) Board of Health signed a resolution declaring a local public health emergency for the special district of the Northeast Colorado Health Department. During their board meeting on June 23, 2021, the board rescinded the resolution.Continue Reading
The thunderstorm that blew through the area last Saturday afternoon included damaging straight-line winds that wreaked havoc along Yuma County roads 47 and 48. Pictured left is a “H structure” power pole obliterated by the wind, and right is beat-down wheat. Yuma County Emergency Manager Roger Brown said Tri-State hasContinue Reading