The Yuma City Council was presented the 2025 preliminary budget during its regular meeting last week. Mayor Tim McClung was in attendance along with Mayor Pro-tem Jerome Benish, Dan Baucke, Marc Shay, Zach Diaz and Vanessa Dischner. Terri Frame was absent. The preliminary budget was described as a “turn theContinue Reading
The Yuma District Hospital and Clinics Community Health Fair will be held Saturday at First Southern Baptist Church. It will be from 7 to 10:30 a.m. Those who attend can enter to win a free television and other exciting giveaways. There will be flu shots available at the health fair,Continue Reading
Halloween already is one week or less away (depending on when you are reading this). The Yuma Chamber of Commerce, Chamber businesses and other local businesses will be hosting the traditional Trick or Treat Street, on October 31, from 4 to 6 p.m. It will be held on S. MainContinue Reading
Registered electors should have received their November 5 General Elections ballots by now. If not, contact the Yuma County Clerk and Recorder’s Office at 970-332-5809, or drop by the office at the courthouse in Wray. If wanting to mail back the ballot, please use two first-class stamps and get itContinue Reading
Homecoming Week events continue through Saturday in Yuma. They have been taking place since Monday, when Powder Puff football was held, followed by Casino Night on Tuesday and Class Volleyball on Wednesday. There will be a community bonfire tonight, October 17, at 7 in the sports complex parking lot. TheContinue Reading
The City of Yuma once again is asking voters to approve a lodging tax Area communities such as Wray, Holyoke and Burlington have had a lodging tax in place for years. However, Yuma voters have rejected a lodging tax question at least twice in the past decade. The current proposalContinue Reading
Yuma School District-1 is experiencing a continual trend of lower student enrollment. The figures from the October count show an estimated enrollment of 760 students in grades K-12. That is 25 less than the 2023 October count of 785. It the lowest since 2016. Yuma-1’s enrollment was above 800 asContinue Reading
The Yuma School District-1 Board of Education is seeking community input as it begins the search for a new superintendent. The board is working with McPherson & Jacobson, LLC, Executive Recruitment and Development, to assist in selecting candidates for the board to interview. A community meeting will be held Monday,Continue Reading
The west playground at the Yuma Children’s Academy has been off-limits to its youngsters since the May 20 hail storm. The storm also messed with YCA’s annual fund-raising golf tournament, which was rescheduled from June to this past Saturday. However, it had to be canceled due to a lack ofContinue Reading
The City of Yuma is in the process of patching pot holes all over town. One might have noticed big chunks of street cut out and dug down several inches, even resulting in temporary street closures at some locations. City crews are cutting out around the pot holes. Street SupervisorContinue Reading