After a long start to the year 2020, Harold “Red” Lee Blazer went to be with the Lord at the age of 86 on Friday, September 25, 2020. He passed peacefully in his home surrounded by family. Red was born in Vernon, Colorado on December 20, 1933. He was theContinue Reading
Carol Rose Krehmeyer was born on Feb 11th 1947 to Lila and Gerald Forsythe in Saint Francis, Kansas. Lila divorced and married Jim Foster who became Carol’s stepfather. Carol passed away on Sept 24th 2020 in Yuma, Co. Carol was raised in Wray and went to Wray for school. SheContinue Reading
O.D. Crowl was born August 14, 1932 to Ila Pearl (Gregory) and David Othal Crowl in Butler, OK. He departed his earthly life on September 27, 2020 at the age of 88, in the presence of his loving family. In 1952, he married the love of his life, Carole JoyContinue Reading
Gary Lane Seifert, 80, passed away August 30, 2020 at his home in Harrisburg, NC. Gary was born on June 20,1940 in La Junta, Colorado to the late Gloyd Loyal Seifert of Yuma, and Norine Elder of Cheyenne, Wyoming. He is survived by his wife of 60 years Catherine, sonContinue Reading
Bruce Harold Morgan, 89, passed away at his home in Arlee, Montana on August 28, 2020. He was born in Eckley, Colorado on August 1, 1931 to Earl Morgan and Rema Rogers Morgan. He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Ole Page Morgan; daughters, Debbie Ruth (John) Lapeer,Continue Reading
Typocrisy By Tom Westfall As a sophomore in high school, I was fairly sheltered and quite naïve. As the son of a minister, our family prayed, attended church and focused a lot of our energies on trying to be good people and making our corner of the world a betterContinue Reading
Remotely Remote By Tony Rayl So here we are, sitting around with a kid on quarantine, maybe two, just not sure. We made it a little more than two weeks into the school year, then boom. Really thought it would be a little longer, but it doesn’t take much forContinue Reading
COVID-19 cases have continued to rise in Yuma County over the past week, including hitting the Yuma schools, and a Yuma County department to a lesser extent. Yuma County had 33 active cases as of Thursday’s update on the Northeast Colorado Health Department’s new COVID-19 dashboard on its website, nchd.org.Continue Reading
As of last report, there were eight confirmed cases of COVID-19 within the Yuma schools, and approximately 280 students and staff under 14-day quarantine. And probably at least 100 more have joined them in remote learning, as all of YHS, which had 172 in quarantine as of Tuesday, is closedContinue Reading
Grants of up to $5,000 are being made available to small businesses in Yuma County that have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Yuma County government and the municipalities of Yuma, Wray and Eckley have established the Small Business Relief Program. It is part of CARES Act funding theContinue Reading