The Yuma City Council has two seats to fill following the resignations of Luke Goeglein and Bryson Chrismer. Both submitted their resignations shortly before the July 7 council meeting, so it was not brought up during that meeting. The council held a discussion during this past Tuesday’s meeting about movingContinue Reading
From the Yuma County Fair Board Yuma County Fair plans were finalized at the regular scheduled meeting of the Yuma County Fair Board on Monday, July 20. Final schedule and details can be found on the Yuma County website by going to www.yumacounty.net/county-fair/. With the recent mandates put out byContinue Reading
Colorado Governor Jared Polis’ executive order mandating wearing masks in all indoor public spaces has had an impact on workouts and practices at Yuma High School. It was announced over the weekend that all student/athletes going to the morning workouts in the weight room would have to wear masks forContinue Reading
Yuma High School’s sports teams and activities will remain in the same classifications for the 2020-22 two-year cycle. CHSAANow.com released the enrollment numbers and classification ranges last week. The CHSAA database has YHS’s enrollment at 232. That keeps YHS safely within the ranges for all the sports that have fiveContinue Reading
Evelyn “June” (Adams) Herron, 90, was born in Dodge City, Kansas on November 21, 1929 and passed away in Loveland, Colorado on July 15, 2020 as the result of an automobile accident. She was the oldest daughter of Ozene (Faulkner) Adams and Herbert Dean Adams. She attended Concord School inContinue Reading
Former Yuma County resident, Dale F. Stoops received his Heavenly Promotion July 10, 2020, at Sterling Living Center, having lived 88 years and 11 months. Born Aug. 10, 1931 at his maternal grandparents’ farm near Fleming, Mr. Stoops’ parents were Frank E. and Violet A. (Nelson) Stoops. He was secondContinue Reading
Billy Frank Chapman, 81 passed away May 21, 2020. He was born July 21, 1938 to William E. and Beulah Anna (Wells) Chapman in Wray, Colorado and was the sixth of eight children. He attended grade school at Wildcat School south of Eckley and graduated from the 8th grade fromContinue Reading
Sterling, Colo. – July 17, 2020: Because of an increase in COVID case rates, Governor Jared Polis announced a statewide mask order yesterday, directing Coloradans to wear a face covering while indoors. The Executive Order states that Coloradans 10 years and older must wear a face covering over their noseContinue Reading
Sterling, Colorado. – 17 de julio de 2020: debido a un aumento en las tasas de casos de COVID, el gobernador Jared Polis anunció ayer una orden del uso de máscarilla en todo el estado, ordenando a los habitantes de Colorado que se cubran la cara mientras están en elContinue Reading
There will be a Senior Good-Bye BBQ at the football field Sunday for the Yuma High School Class of 2020 and their parents. It will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Yuma School District-1 held a “drive-by” graduation on the original commencement date of May 17, Nearly all ofContinue Reading