The Outlaws stole the show in Yuma School District-1’s Mascot Madness. Yuma’s new mascot was made official last Friday morning. The Yuma-1 Board of Education held a brief meeting at 7:45, unanimously passing a motion declaring Outlaws as the new mascot. An assembly then was held in The Pit atContinue Reading
A Cat Rescue Out in the Sticks, will have a grand opening garage donation sale on Saturday in Eckley. It will be on the corner of 423 SE Porter and Washington Street. Founders Susan Couch and Cheryl Rogers invites everyone to come by and check out the shelter and theContinue Reading
The City of Yuma’s water-line replacement project for 2023 has now moved to N. Main St. The Concrete Specialties crew wrapped up the first phase on W. Second Ave. last week. The final touch came Tuesday morning as the impacted stretch was repaved. Now it is on to N. MainContinue Reading
Erik Tribelhorn continues to make his mark in the disc golf world. The Yuma-area resident won the Mixed Amateur 50+ division at the Colorado State Disc Golf Championships, September 22-24. Tribelhorn shot 14-under par over 54 holes. The first and third rounds were played at Adams Hollow, located near theContinue Reading
Maybe some home cooking, especially during Homecoming Week, will do the trick for the Yuma High School football team. The newly-christened Outlaws host the Burlington Cougars on Friday at 7 p.m. It will be just the second home game of the season to date, and first since the Outlaws beatContinue Reading
The regular season came to an end, October 5, for the Yuma County Softball team, but the squad likely will play at least one more week. YCS hosted Limon in a doubleheader in Wray, and swept the Badgers 9-5 and 12-8. YCS finished the regular season 11-11 overall, and 4-2Continue Reading
Yuma High School’s volleyball team is hoping for a happy Homecoming Week. The newly-christened Outlaws have two matches before the home fans this week. The official homecoming match will be Friday against Burlington, with the varsity match beginning around 5 p.m. The Outlaws also host Byers on Saturday starting atContinue Reading
The Yuma Middle School football team concluded an undefeated season last Saturday with a 24-0 win over Burlington in the league championship game held in Yuma. It is the first time in a very long time that Yuma has won the junior high football championship. Head coach Joe Oss saidContinue Reading
There is a huge 6-man football showdown in Stratton tonight, October 5. Otis, 6-0, travels southeast to Stratton, 6-0, for a 7 p.m. kickoff, in a rare Thursday game. Stratton is ranked No. 1 in the MaxPreps Rankings and No. 1 in the CHSAA Rating Percentage Index. Otis is No.Continue Reading
Alan Greg Pappenheim was born on June 12, 1963 to Richard and Beverly (Anderson) Pappenheim in Greeley, Colorado. He passed away on September 24, 2023, at the age of 60, at the Washington County Nursing Home after losing his battle to cancer. Alan graduated from Yuma High School with theContinue Reading