Editor’s Note: The YHS boys basketball team could not have a team banquet after the season this year, for obvious reasons, so Dave Sheffield decided to have it in the newspaper. Season summary Coming off back to back State Championships, the 2019/2020 Yuma Indians came into the season with veryContinue Reading
LaVern Alfred Hansen was born on March 20, 1925 in Otis, Colorado to Alfred and Jennie (Aydelott) Hansen. He passed away on April 28, 2020, at the age of 95, at the Washington County Nursing Home in Akron, Colorado. LaVern attended School through the twelfth grade at the Lone StarContinue Reading
Jennifer R. Baetz, 47 of Yuma, Colorado was reunited with her Dad, Dewey Chandler Sr. on April 1, 2020. Jennifer past away due to complications of cancer at the Pathways Hospice in Loveland, Colorado. If you knew Jennifer, then you were considered a friend. She was extremely passionate and lovedContinue Reading
It was out with the old and in with the new when the Yuma City Council finally met last week for its first meeting since the April 7 municipal election. It also was the first meeting since March 17, the day before the City of Yuma closed all of itsContinue Reading
The Wray hospital has been designated as a drive-thru testing site for COVID-19, beginning this week. There are 50 free tests per week. Once those tests are gone, there will be another 50 tests available the following week. Once tests run out, it will be posted on the Wray hospital’sContinue Reading
Yuma County’s hospitals and clinics have seen a severe drop in business since restrictions took hold in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in early March. Voluntary and elective surgical procedures were recommended not to be done, and people also became less likely to visit the doctor like normal. Governor JaredContinue Reading
Governor Jared Polis’ Safer-at-Home executive order outlines options to local governments. Reportedly, Yuma County’s governmental entities are taking advantage of that to come up with a Yuma County plan. Yuma County Administrator Andrea Calhoon told the Pioneer the county, the cities of Yuma and Wray, the town of Eckley, andContinue Reading
The City of Yuma will continue to keep its buildings and programs closed for the time being, despite Colorado transitioning from Stay-at-Home to Safer-at-Home. “We will evaluate conditions over the next two weeks as more data becomes available,” City Manager Scott Moore told the Pioneer in an email. “At thatContinue Reading
The delayed spring turkey hunting season in Yuma County will begin Saturday, May 2. Yuma County has a split season for turkeys. The first is May 2-24, with the second overlapping the first May 9-31. Turkey hunting season began elsewhere in Colorado on April 11, despite the state’s stay-at-home orderContinue Reading
Shannon Brent Edwards was born on February 7, 1974 in Yuma, Colorado to Laverne Dee Edwards and Pamela Kay Edwards. Shannon entered into his eternal life April 16, 2020 in Sterling, Colorado very suddenly. Shortly after Shannon was born he was diagnosed with HED (Hypohidrotic Ectodermal Dysplasia) as well asContinue Reading