Yuma High School’s boys basketball team entered this week having won five straight. The boys were 8-2 overall, 4-0 in the Lower Platte, heading into this past Tuesday’s rescheduled home game against undefeated, Class 2A top-ranked Limon. Yuma entered this week No. 4 in the Class 3A RPI, and No.Continue Reading
The Yuma High School girls wrestling team will conclude the regular season Friday. The young ladies are at Platte Valley on Friday. Their next action will be next weekend at the North Regional in Broomfield, competing for state berth. Yuma had one last home appearance last Thursday in The Pit,Continue Reading
The Otis High School boys basketball team keeps climbing up the ladder. The Bulldogs, 8-3, 3-0, have won six straight heading into Friday’s YWKC League home game against neighboring rival Arickaree. They are at Hi-Plains on Saturday. Otis entered this week No. 9 in the Class 1A Rating Percentage Index,Continue Reading
The region has been covered by snow since December 13, and it likley is not all going to melt away anytime soon as daytime temperatures are supposed to stay cold. Six straight weeks with snow on the ground, and still counting, is the longest stretch in about 15 years orContinue Reading
The Yuma City Council spent the majority last week’s regular meeting discussing snow removal. And that was before about eight to nine more inches fell on Yuma. Six of the seven council members were in attendance — Mayor Ron Swehla, Mayo Pro-tem Marc Shay, Dan Baucke, Marylu Smith-Dischner, Terri Frame,Continue Reading
By Marianne Goodland State Capitol Correspondent Gov. Jared Polis, in a 70-minute State of the State address January 17, outlined his priorities for the upcoming legislative session and what he wants Colorado to look like when he finishes his second term in 2026. The item that got the governor’s longestContinue Reading
Jody Brandner of NJC emailed library staff Monday, January 16, informing them that the mold tests taken in Yuma Public Library the week prior did, in fact, come back positive. In an update on Tuesday, January 24, Tracey Knox, Director of the Physical Plant Department of NJC, shared that BelforContinue Reading
Yuma High School’s girls basketball players are working hard during their shifts. Borrowing from hockey’s practice of line shifts every 90 seconds or so, the Yuma girls keep running out waves of players. “They must like the hockey line changes,” head coach Jeremy Robinson said. “We preach to them aboutContinue Reading
A constantly-changing schedule has made it tough for the Yuma High School boys basketball team to find its consistency. “Everything is so inconsistent, it’s hard to find it,” head coach Dave Sheffield said. “We just need to have some consistency, with the kids knowing they’re having practice or be inContinue Reading
Yuma High School’s girls wrestling team gets to have another performance before the hometown crowd today, January 26. The girls grapplers will be hosting wrestlers from Fort Morgan and Sedgwick County/Fleming for dual action at 5:30 p.m. It also is Parents’ Night as it is the second, and final, scheduledContinue Reading