The Yuma girls basketball team held off Colorado Springs Christian 31-27, Thursday morning in the Class 3A Great 8 in Hamilton Gym on the University of Denver campus. The Outlaws, 20-6, advance to the 1 p.m. semifinal on Friday against the winner of the Resurrection Christian-Wiggins quarterfinal, which will beContinue Reading
The Washington–Yuma Combined Communications Center (WYCC) announces that Communications Director Lonnie Knudsen will be stepping down from his position effective March 6, 2026. During his tenure, Knudsen led the organization through a period of operational strengthening and strategic development. Under his leadership, WYCC enhanced staffing stability, advanced training programs, modernizedContinue Reading
The Yuma Hospital District Board of Directors held its regular monthly meeting last week in the Pearse Board Room at Yuma District Hospital. All five board members were in attendance, President Mitch Korf, Delaina Klein, Mark Werts, Monica King and Liz Hickman. The district is looking for a chief financialContinue Reading
Yuma County, Colorado – The Yuma County Economic Development Corporation and The Retail Coach are proud to announce the continuation of their retail recruitment partnership for a second year, building on the momentum and measurable success achieved during the initial year of collaboration. Since launching the partnership, the focus hasContinue Reading
The “interim” tag has been removed from the front of Curtis Witte’s job title. The Yuma City Council appointed Witte as the “permanent” chief of police during its regular meeting last week. Witte had been the interim chief since last May, following Jerry Thompson’s resignation. (Thompson now is on theContinue Reading
The Yuma City Council heard from the public during last week’s regular meeting. All seven members were in attendance at City Hall — Mayor Tim McClung Mayor Pro-tem Nathan O’Neal, Dan Baucke, Marc Shay, Jerry Thompson, Michael Fitzsimons and Jene Rutz. Charlotte Parks addressed the council during public comment. SheContinue Reading
It has been a long time in the making, but the renovation of three street blocks off of S. Main St. will begin Tuesday. Two blocks of Fourth Ave. are going to be torn up and replaced, as well as one block of Third Ave. The impetus was a newContinue Reading
Hiring a new chief of police appears to be getting closer to reality. The Yuma Police Department has been without a “permanent” chief since Jerry Thompson resigned last spring. Curtis Witte has filled in as interim chief since, but does not have an interest in taking over the role fullContinue Reading
The City of Yuma has retaken the lead in selling and developing the property between Detroit Ave. (Highway 59) and Indian Hills Golf Course. The city purchased the 71.06 acres of farm land about 10 years ago for $738,910. It has been leased out for farming in most of theContinue Reading
A couple of major personal milestones were achieved last week by Yuma High School athletes. Brody Sheffield set the single-game scoring record for YHS boys basketball with 41 points at Merino. Daden Beauprez earned his 100th wrestling win on Friday. Both are seniors. Sheffield became the program’s career scoring leaderContinue Reading