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Jim Fraley is focused on giving youth the best chance to succeed no matter what path they want to take in life. “I want to help the kids reach their potential,” he said. “It’s all about the kids.” Yuma School District-1’s new superintendent took time to visit with the PioneerContinue Reading

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By Taylor Vollin The Team Roping Journal Tate Kirchenschlager and Almost LostMy Ticket pocketed the largest single check of their careers, winning the 2025 ARHFA Old West Futurity Heading for $100,000 June 20. Kirchenschlager and the 2020 gelding by Roo Star out of Ticket Out Of Here came from secondContinue Reading

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Yuma High School’s football team will spend most of their time at home in the first six weeks, then finish the regular season with three straight road games. That was to be expected as the 2025 schedule is the second in the two-year cycle, meaning game locations are flip-flopped fromContinue Reading

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A suspect is facing multiple felony charges after leading local law enforcement on a chase on Highway 34, last Friday, June 20. Ethan Cory Dudash, also known as Cody Crow, is facing the following charges: five felony counts of attempted murder, extreme indifference; five felony counts of menacing; two felonyContinue Reading

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Yuma’s Drayden Black competed at the New Balance Outdoor Nationals track meet last week at the famous Franklin Field at Penn University in Philadelphia. He competed in the Middle School Boys Division in the 100 and 200 dashes. Drayden placed 16th out of 146 boys in the 100 (only 20Continue Reading

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Carolin (Randa) Dreher of rural Kirk, Colorado went to be with the Lord on June 23, 2025 surrounded by family at Wray Community Hospital in Wray, Colorado. Carolin was born on April 11, 1947, to Edwin and Marilda (Werth) Randa in Hays, Kansas. When Carolin was a young child, theContinue Reading