The Yuma District Hospital Board of Directors is back to being whole again. Liz Hickman took the oath of office and was sworn in during last week’s regular meeting. The board unanimously approved her appointment. Hickman fills the opening created by Dee Ann Sewell’s resignation last month. The other boardContinue Reading
The situation surrounding Yuma’s city manager position remained unresolved as of earlier this week. The Yuma City Council put Scott Moore on unpaid administrative leave on a unanimous vote in October. A buyout offer was presented to Moore the next day. Moore had 21 days after that to decide whetherContinue Reading
A wide region around Yuma received much-needed moisture from last week’s snow and rain, but it also brought plenty of hassles. The storm dumped 12 inches in Yuma last Wednesday. It could have been much more, but the area received mostly rain on Thursday, Friday and Saturday morning. Big flakesContinue Reading
The Yuma City Council has decided to not move forward with the Yuma Swimming Pool renovation due to rising costs. The decision came during the council’s regular meeting last week. All seven members were in attendance, Mayor Tim McClung, Mayor Pro-tem Jerome Benish, Terri Frame, Dan Baucke, Marc Shay, ZachContinue Reading
On October 30, 2024 at 8 a.m., the Yuma County Board of Commissioners met in regular session. Chairman Mike Leerar, Commissioner Scott Weaver, 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 pheasants were bunched up for the hunters who could at least make it to the fields. Last weekend’s opener was slower than usual in regards to hunters, thanks to the heavy snow and rains in the region. That made it difficult for hunters from the Front Range to makeContinue Reading
The Yuma City Council went ahead an approved a bid for the swimming pool renovation project despite it being more than $500,000 over budget. The action came during a special meeting for the bid opening earlier last week, following a budget workshop. All seven board members were in attendance —Continue Reading
Direction in the superintendent search was given by the Yuma School District-1 Board of Education, Monday during a workshop. All five board members were in attendance — President John Deering, and Lindsey Galles, Terri Cooper, Heath Roundtree and Tyson Brown. Randy Zila with the consultant firm McPherson & Jacobsen, LLC,Continue Reading
The Yuma District Hospital Board of Directors welcomed a new member during its regular monthly meeting last week, then had to deal with another board vacancy. Mark Werts was officially appointed by the other board members present — Monica King, Delaina Klein and Mitch Korf — and then took hisContinue Reading
The Yuma City Council put City Manager Scott Moore on unpaid administrative leave, Thursday night during a special meeting. The council met in executive session for more than one hour, with City Attorney Kathryn Sellars participating remotely. When the council reconvened in open meeting, a motion was made to putContinue Reading