Yuma Hospital and Clinics received delivery of its new MRI unit Monday, marking the next major step in the imaging suite project. The installation team is putting the finishing touches on the project, including reinstalling the tilt panel, completing wall shielding, and finalizing cabinetry around the unit. Once construction wrapsContinue Reading
Back on the winning track, the Yuma High School football team now needs to stay there if they want a chance at hosting a first-round playoff game. The Outlaws are 4-2, 1-1 in the North Central Conference, and No. 8 in the CHSAA 1A Selection & Seeding Index. They snappedContinue Reading
Yuma High School’s volleyball team keeps moving on up the CHSAA 2A Selection & Seeding Index. The Outlaws currently are in good shape to qualify for regional. They entered this week 8-11 overall and 23rd in the Index after being as low as 51st earlier in the season. However, theyContinue Reading
Yuma County Softball is headed to the postseason for the third consecutive year. YCS reached the 3A 32-team state tournament as the 26th seed, finishing the regular season 13-10 and winning the 3A Lower Platte with a 6-0 record. The Yuma County girls are at Site 7 on Saturday. TheyContinue Reading
Yuma High School’s cross country runners have one more meet in the regular season. The Outlaws picked up a meet today, October 16, in Hoxie, Kansas, as regional is not until next Saturday, October 25. They ran in the Wiggins Cross Country Invitational last Saturday, which also served as theContinue Reading
The Otis football team’s gauntlet to end the regular season began with a painfully-close 22-16 loss at Stratton last Friday. The Bulldogs now host Idalia, No. 1 in the CHSAA 6-Man Selection & Seeding Index, Friday at 7 p.m. Otis, 6-1 overall, is No. 6 this week in the Index.Continue Reading
Renea Susanne (Heltenberg) Mathies was born on October 25,1949 in Yuma, Colorado to Roy and Grace (Turnbull) Heltenberg. She was the fourth of eight children. She attended grade school in Hyde, Colorado until it was closed and then attended Otis. She later finished by receiving her GED. Renea married herContinue Reading
Carmen Christine Witte, age 60, of Wray Colorado, passed away peacefully on September 23rd surrounded by her family. She was born on April 2, 1965, in Wray Colorado, to Clifford and Opal Miller (Roberts). Carmen grew up in Wray and attended Wray Schools. She spent 13 years working at theContinue Reading
Born on March 20, 1950 to parents Opal and Oakley Anderson. Shirley was born and raised in Saratoga, Wyoming and like any true Wyoming native, she went to the University of Wyoming for college. She was a cheerleader, in a sorority, and a downhill ski racer in her youth. ShirleyContinue Reading
Jackie Casillas and Julie Weaver, daughters of Delores “Dee” Pixler, would like to express their sincere gratitude to everyone who reached out following their mother’s sudden passing last month. We are especially thankful to the Yuma ambulance response team and the police officers for their swift and compassionate action, andContinue Reading