On July 31, 2023 at 8 a.m., the Yuma County Board of Commissioners met in regular session. Chairman Scott Weaver, Commissioner Mike Leerar, Commissioner Adam Gates, and Administrator Brandi Ritchey were present throughout the day. The Commissioners reviewed and signed accounts payable and discussed various meetings attended throughout the priorContinue Reading
The Yuma School District-1 Board of Education met for the first time in nearly two months, Monday night at the District Office on the Yuma High School campus. The board did not have a July meeting due to there not being much business to consider. All five members were inContinue Reading
The 2023-24 school year began this past Tuesday in Yuma. Students returned to classes early in the morning for a school year that will continue until mid-May 2024. Yuma High School students returned to school with two new teachers in the building, Brandon Newton as the YHS Vocational Instructor, andContinue Reading
An EF3 tornado skirted past about one-half mile west of Yuma, but the rural home of Clint and Amanda Monk was not spared from the twister, Tuesday afternoon. There was significant damage to the residence, located about 1-1/2 miles south of Yuma on County Road E. Multiple power lines wereContinue Reading
From the Yuma County Commissioners (Scott Weaver, Adam Gates, Mike Leerar) There have been many conversations circulating about the closure of the Yuma County Jail over the past several months, and as Commissioners we would like to set the record straight. Yuma County citizens should know that your County CommissionersContinue Reading
To be Queen for a year is full of tiaras, glitter, hair dips and adventure. Of course most of the glitter and fancy hair dips were for a horse named Rocky, but Queen Shyla did get to wear a tiara as a hat band to many rodeo parades and functionsContinue Reading
From the Yuma County Commissioners This summer, we would like to remind producers of the importance of preventing your pivot’s end guns from spraying onto County roads. Excess water on roads is a safety concern. When driving down a dry road, hitting a sudden wet patch from an end gunContinue Reading
Yuma County Rodeo Manager Cassidee Rogers has revealed the announcer and rodeo clown that will perform at the PRCA rodeos during the fair, August 6 and August 7. Anthony Lucia is returning to Yuma for the second year as announcer. Lucia, from Weatherford, Texas, is a highly sought after announcer,Continue Reading
Thomas Edward Brophy (1914 – 1983) was the paternal grandson and maternal son of three Irish immigrants, one of 12 kids, veteran of WWII, farmer, rancher, one-term Yuma County Commissioner, all around delightful man and bachelor. There is not anyone alive who is able to confirm the year ‘Uncle Tom’Continue Reading
A large swath of northeast Yuma County has been devastated by two major hail storms over the course of about 10 days. The first storm visited during the evening of Wednesday, June 28, hours before a violent storm rolled through Yuma in the early morning of June 29. The hailContinue Reading