Yuma County Cattlemen’s Association will host their annual YCCA Banquet and Awards Night on Saturday June 24, at the Eckley Community Center. The evening will begin with a social time at 6:00 p.m. A steak dinner will be served at 6:30, and the business meeting will start about 7:00. IncludedContinue Reading
The Yuma-1 Board of Education covered a lot of ground during its regular monthly meeting, Monday night in the Board Room at the District Office. Board President Duane Brown and fellow board members Terri Cooper and John Deering were in attendance. Thomas Holtorf and Lyndsey Galles were absent. The boardContinue Reading
The annual Jeff Armstrong Baseball Tournament hosted by the Yuma Baseball Organization will take place this weekend at the Armstrong Ballfield Complex. There is a new twist in 2023 as an 8U bracket has been added, along with the usual 10U and 12U brackets. Yuma will have two teams inContinue Reading
Yuma School District-1 is increasing compensation for extra-duty assignments. Coaching positions make up the bulk of extra-duty positions, but there are other co-curricular positions that receive extra-duty compensation and/or reimbursement. The Yuma-1 Board of Education approved the plan during its regular meeting, Monday night at the District Office. Duane Brown,Continue Reading
Maggie Anderson definitely had an adventuresome ending to her freshman year in high School. The 15-year-old spent nearly two weeks on a hunting trip in South Africa last month, then took all her finals on May 30 after returning from the trip. Maggie is the daughter of Kristen (Snelling) Anderson.Continue Reading
The Yuma County Jail is closed for business. Sheriff Todd Combs announced late last week that the jail is permanently closed, due to an ongoing staffing shortage. “Due to the inability of the Sheriff’s Office to hire qualified jail staff, for the seven plus open positions at the Commissioners setContinue Reading
Governor Jared Polis made the trip to rural Yuma County last Saturday morning for a bill signing. Dave Blach hosted the event on Blach farm land five miles north of Yuma on Highway 59. Blach, a farmer and rancher, also is on the Colorado Agriculture Commission. Attendees stayed out ofContinue Reading
The Yuma Chamber of Commerce with the help of the City of Yuma received a grant from the Colorado Department of Transportation through its revitalizing main streets program. The program encourages physical activity, and enhances local economic vitality in towns and cities across Colorado through funding infrastructure improvements to makeContinue Reading
Ruth Catherine (Zimmerman) Stumpf, 88, passed away on May 30, 2023, at her home after a battle with Dementia/Alzheimer’s Disease. Ruth was born March 7, 1935, the daughter of David and Catherine (Groves) Zimmerman and was a teacher in the Otis, Colorado School District for 35 years and was aContinue Reading
Jean (Hassman) Shea was born June 1, 1932, in a small home on the family farm 18 miles northwest of the Town of Yuma, Colorado. She passed peacefully at the age of 90 years old surrounded by her family and friends in Collier Hospice Center, Wheat Ridge, CO November 1,Continue Reading