Local News (Page 16)

A major development in the investigation into the Britani Meek death occurred this past Monday. On July 29, 2024, Clifton Clayton Boggess, 62 was arrested by the United States Marshals Service in Florida in connection to the disappearance of Meek. Britani was initially reported missing on October 25, 2023. DuringContinue Reading

The Yuma City Council made up for lost time with an information-filled meeting last week. July’s second meeting was moved back one week due to conflicts. All six council members were present at the rescheduled gathering — Mayor Tim McClung, Mayor Pro-tem Jerome Benish, and Zach Diaz, Terri Frame, DanContinue Reading

The family of Britani Meek has set up Britani’s Bench at Yuma City Park. The memorial bench was finished this past weekend, sitting by the playground and swimming pool. Rolinda Meek, Britani’s mother, said the granite structure was done by Baucke Monuments, which also installed it at the park. TheContinue Reading

Yuma County law enforcement agencies were sent on an on-and-off again vehicle chase, last Friday, July 5, finally apprehending the suspect in Wray. It began around 11:16 a.m. when the Yuma Police Department was alerted to a driver who had driven away from a traffic contact at Yuma County RoadContinue Reading

By Linda Langelo CSU Horticulture Specialist On July 2 CSU State Forester Carrie Tomlinson brought a group of student interns studying arboriculture and/or forestry or environmental science to Yuma. They came to help survey and inventory the trees damaged from the May 20 hailstorm. Many deciduous trees have epicormic sproutsContinue Reading

Yuma Hoops School of Basketball was in full activity Tuesday when everyone was sent outside as smoke filled the Yuma Middle School gymnasium. Campers in grades sixth through ninth were participating in the annual summer camp when the smell of smoke started being noticed. Eyewitnesses said that at first itContinue Reading

Incumbent Mike Leerar held off two challengers in Tuesday’s primary election among Republican candidates for Yuma County Commissioner, District 3. The commissioner race was the only contested one on a local level in the primary. The unofficial results show that Leerar garnered 44 percent of the vote in the three-manContinue Reading

A community celebration is coming back this year prior to the Yuma Volunteer Fire Department’s fireworks show. The first annual Third of July Fest will be at the City of Yuma’s Jeff Armstrong Ball Park complex Wednesday from 4 p.m. to dark, when the fireworks begin. It is being presentedContinue Reading

The status of the Yuma Post Office remains a fluid situation to say the least — with its closure now lasting at least 90 days, likely longer. The post office operated on a limited basis following the May 20 hail storm, due to significant water damage. It finally was announcedContinue Reading