The Yuma City Council had a long visit with Yuma District Hospital & Clinics representatives during last week’s regular meeting, which again was held virtually using Zoom. CEO Beth Saxton and Family Nurse Practitioner Heath Horton joined the council to discussion the local situation in regards to the COVID-19 pandemic.Continue Reading
The Yuma Police Department is nearly back to a full staff. The YPD has been short-staffed for more than one year. However, three officers have joined the department in recent weeks, and one more currently is at the police academy and will join the YPD in the near future toContinue Reading
The State of Colorado finally approved Yuma County’s requested variance to Safer at Home rules, late Friday night. A county-wide task force including municipalities, the county and the hospitals, has been working on the plan for nearly a month, making adjustments to it at least twice before finally being approvedContinue Reading
From Yuma County Fair Board The Yuma County Fair Board realizes that uncertainty is hard on everyone, especially our FFA/4-H families and friends of fair. We want you to know that there will be a 2020 Yuma County Fair and we will make it look as normal as possible whileContinue Reading
Yuma High School did its “drive through” graduation ceremony for the Class of 2020, Sunday afternoon, and now Otis High School is going to do a semi-virtual graduation on Friday. Thirty-seven of YHS’s 42-member Class of 2020 participated in the most-unusual commencement at the football field. Each graduate remained inContinue Reading
The work has begun. It is early in Yuma School District-1’s $32 million expansion/renovation project, but on-site work has started at Yuma Middle School, where about $2 million worth of work is to be done this summer. Asbestos abatement at the Yuma Middle School kitchen was done last week. AContinue Reading
No one really knows yet how K-12 education will look when the 2020-21 school year is supposed to begin in the late fall. However, Yuma School District-1 definitely is going to be prepared if it has to go back to remote learning at any time. The Yuma-1 Board of EducationContinue Reading
From the Washington County Sheriff’s Office The Washington County Justice Center has reported to the Northeast Colorado Health Department that they have four inmates that have tested positive for COVID-19. The inmates have been isolated since the testing, and have been housed at the facility for months. The inmates thatContinue Reading
The Bank of Colorado announced its Teacher of the Year earlier this week — Heather Klein from Yuma Middle School. The bank has been honoring a Yuma teacher for several years, based on nominations from school principals. The honored teacher receives a plaque and a cash reward. Following is Klein’sContinue Reading
Yuma County’s own plan for “Safer-at-Home” orders still was awaiting approval from the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment as of Tuesday, May 5. Representatives of the Yuma County government, as well as Yuma, Wray, Eckley and the county’s two hospitals had finalized a plan specific for the countyContinue Reading