The Yuma County Government announced late Wednesday afternoon that all county facilities would be closed to the public effect Thursday, March 19. Following is the statement: YUMA COUNTY OPERATIONS DURING COVID-19 Dateline: WRAY, CO, March, 2020 — The Yuma County Commissioners have been closely monitoring the COVID-19 situation and, atContinue Reading
COVID-19 is here. The first case in all of northeast Colorado was confirmed in a Yuma County resident, announced the Northeast Colorado Health Department, late Wednesday morning. The release from the NCHD stated: “At this time the person is not hospitalized but in appropriate isolation and is recovering at home.Continue Reading
A lodging tax will be among the questions before City of Yuma voters when they receive their ballots in the mail. April 7 is the official City of Yuma Municipal Election date, which also includes a race for the Yuma City Council. However, the city has gone to a mail-inContinue Reading
The Yuma City Council approved an order declaring a local emergency in and for the City of Yuma, Tuesday night during its regular meeting at City Hall — just in case. The Northeast Colorado Health Department then announced Wednesday morning confirmation of the first COVID-19 case in Yuma County. TheContinue Reading
At first local spring sports were on hiatus until at least April 6, following the announcement last Thursday by the Colorado High School Activities Association. However, CHSAA followed up this past Tuesday with an announcement that high school spring sports will be delayed until at least April 18. The ColoradoContinue Reading
Erika Miller was born June 20, 1939, in Illeschesti, Romania in what was once part of the old Austro-Hungarian Empire. She was the third of four children of Else and Franz Huber. Her forefathers came to the area in 1782 from the Rhineland area in Southwest Germany. She was baptizedContinue Reading
Carol Jean (Starnes) Shafer was born on January 26th, 1933 to Ina G. and Ernest R. Starnes at their home six miles southeast of Wray, Colorado. She attended the Glendale school near Vernon, Colorado through the 5th grade, the 6th -12th grades were in the Wray School System. She graduatedContinue Reading
Chuck Keller, age 79, passed away at the Hamilton County Hospital on Wednesday, March 11, 2020. He was born on June 6, 1940 in Flagler, Colorado the son of Lester Burr Keller, and Alice May (Short) Keller. Chuck grew up on the ranch south of Kit Carson and attended schoolContinue Reading
Theresa Pearl Brophy 1948– 2020 Theresa Pearl Brophy was born July 16, 1948 and passed away on March 4, 2020. A private Family Mass of Christian Burial will take place on Friday, March 20, 2020 at 3:00 p.m. at the St. John’s Catholic Church in Yuma, Colorado. Private Family InurnmentContinue Reading
The pregame and postgame definitely were different. There was definitely a more intimate feeling with so few fans in the stands. However, the competition taking place on the court felt like any other tightly-contested state basketball tournament game. The Yuma Indians got to run their 2A tourney winning streak toContinue Reading