Area schools will be opening the 2020-21 school year soon. Liberty School District J-4 will begin the 2020-21 school year on Monday, August 17. There will be particular attention paid to social distancing. Increased sanitizing and disinfecting throughout the day and after school hours will be the norm for thisContinue Reading
The outlook definitely is not promising for most of dryland fields in the region. Persistently hot and dry weather have left dryland crops struggling to make it to harvest, as well as ravaging pasture land. There have been a handful of big rain events that has helped in some areas.Continue Reading
New cases of COVID-19 in the region continue to remain low as area school districts prepare to begin the 2020-21 school year with in-person learning in the coming weeks. As it stands now, schools likely will start in the Green Phase, which is the least restrictive. Yuma County’s last newContinue Reading
The Republican River Water Conservation District Board of Directors are planning on having its regular quarterly meeting in person at the Phillips County Event Center in Holyoke on Tuesday, August 18. It will be from 10 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. Public comment will be heard at 1 p.m. As aContinue Reading
A regression was expected in this day and age of the novel coronavirus pandemic, but Yuma County’s youth still came out all right at the Junior Livestock Sale, Monday night during the Yuma County Fair & Rodeos. Initial total receipts provided by Tri-State Livestock Exchange show $286,650, well below lastContinue Reading
It was back to basics for the 2020 Yuma County Fair and Rodeos, held earlier this week at the Yuma County Fairgrounds in Yuma. No carnival. No nightshow. No parade in downtown Yuma. No vendors. One food booth. All thanks to COVID-19 restrictions. However, fair organizers were able to keepContinue Reading
Yuma High School will have registration for returning students on Friday, August 7. It will be a drive-thru registration from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Staff will meet students in front of YHS with all the necessary paperwork. The paperwork may be returned any day but Tuesday the following weekContinue Reading
Government and health leaders from Yuma and Washington counties are coming together for a virtual town hall meeting, on Wednesday, August 12. It will provide community members an opportunity ask questions and get answers from a wide variety of sources. The town hall meeting has been organized by Vickie GilletteContinue Reading
The City of Yuma Water Department will be continuing their water line replacement program this month, with two blocks of water main being installed on N. Main St., between Railway Ave. and Foch Ave. The project will be completed in two phases, with Phase One set to begin on Monday,Continue Reading
The 2020 Yuma County Fair & Rodeos, which will have activities at the fairgrounds in Yuma Saturday through Wednesday, definitely is not going to be anywhere near normal during these days of the COVID-19 pandemic. County leaders are keeping the fair mostly limited to participants and their immediate family. TheContinue Reading