Donald Kent Smith was born in Colorado on November 27, 1946, and died at his home in Cope on January 19, 2025 at the age of 76. Kent’s family moved to Southern California in his early youth. Kent graduated from Garey High School in Pomona, and was a member ofContinue Reading
Otis High School’s boys basketball team is the second seed in the 1A 32-team regional field. The Bulldogs, 19-2, will host a four-team regional Friday and Saturday. They will play 31st-seed Hanover at 6 p.m. Friday, followed by 15th-seed Denver Waldorf taking on 18th-seed Arickaree, which likely has the shortestContinue Reading
HELP WANTED: The Yuma Conservation District is hiring a 20 hr/wk part-time Technical Director. Starting wage $18.00/hr. Based in Yuma. The primary duties are the implementation of conservation efforts, sales, and educational programs. Agricultural background preferred but will train. We are looking for an energetic, resourceful and adaptable person toContinue Reading
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Your next utility bill from the City of Yuma will reflect the new trash rate. The monthly trash collection base rate fee has increased $3 for a 90-gallon container, $21 for residential and $26.60 for commercial. The fee increase is higher for the 300-gallon containers. The city has stated theContinue Reading
Four finalists have been named in Yuma School District-1’s search for its next superintendent. It came toward the end of the Yuma-1 Board of Education’s regular monthly meeting, Monday night at the District Office. Board members John Deering, Lindsey Galles, Heath Roundtree and Tyson Brown were in attendance, while TerriContinue Reading
The 71st annual Northeast Colorado Regional Science Fair was held on Thursday, Feb 20 at NJC in Sterling. 51 Yuma County students from Liberty, Idalia, Wray and Yuma completed research projects and presented their work to area science professionals. 23 projects were forwarded to the Colorado Science and Engineering FairContinue Reading
Colorado cattle rancher Kenny Rogers has been elected policy division vice chair of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) at the 2025 Cattle Industry Convention in San Antonio, Texas. NCBA is the oldest and largest national organization representing America’s cattle farmers and ranchers. “It is an honor to be electedContinue Reading
Yuma High School’s boys basketball team is going through a character test. “You can choose to cry about it or move forward,” coach Dave Sheffield said. “We’re still the same team that we were. We’re on a skid, so we have to rectify that.” The Outlaws entered this week onContinue Reading
The regular season comes to an end Saturday for the Yuma High School girls basketball team. The only remaining question is if the Outlaws can walk away with fifth place in the Patriot League Tournament. They headed to Strasburg on Wednesday of this week for a consolation semifinal, after Friday’sContinue Reading