Yuma hoops in 3A Metro district
Yuma High School’s basketball teams have been put in the Class 3A Metro district when its comes to the postseason, beginning with the 2022-23 campaign. YHS still will play in the Lower Platte Activities Association. All the other LPAA schools will be in 2A basketball, including Merino, Haxtun and Caliche,Continue Reading
1A sports report
Lone Star’s girls track and field team scored 22 points at the windswept Wray Dick Evans Invitational, last Thursday. Alivia Weathers placed second in the 100-meter hurdles in 17.25 seconds, and second in the 300 hurdles in 49.66 seconds. Lamya Kuntz cleared 8-foot-7 for third in the pole vault. TheContinue Reading
Jason Meier 1973-2022
Jason Lee Meier passed away unexpectedly on April 11, 2022 at the age of 48. Jason was born on December 13, 1973 in Denver, CO. He was blessed to be adopted 3 weeks later to Robert and Isabell Meier of Yuma, CO. Jason graduated from Yuma High School in 1992.Continue Reading
Thomas Tuell 1937-2022
Thomas Tuell, formerly of Holyoke, died peacefully on April 22, 2022 in Grand Junction surrounded by his children and grandchildren. Tom was born March 9, 1937 in Wray, CO to William and Edna Tuell. He was the second of six sons. Tom was active in 4-H and FFA and graduatedContinue Reading
Leslie Joan Crosby
On Tuesday April 12, 2022, at the age of 69, Leslie Joan Crosby passed away in a hospice in Fort Collins, CO. She went peacefully after a courageous struggle with fast-moving, inoperable brain cancer. Beloved wife of Harold Crosby, mother of Andrew Crosby, Katherine Call, and the late Mark CrosbyContinue Reading
Three incumbents, one challenger, elected to city council
Unofficial results show that three incumbents and one challenger have been elected to terms on the Yuma City Council. The mail-in ballot municipal election season came to end this past Tuesday, April 5, at 7 p.m. The unofficial results were posted in the front window of City Hall by aboutContinue Reading
Annexation first step is approved
A requested annexation will make the City of Yuma limits whole along the western stretch of Highway 34. It turns out the one-block wide, two-blocks deep plot, between Harvest Motel and the old bowling alley, and from Eighth Ave. (Highway 34) to 10th Ave., is outside the city limits, whileContinue Reading
Commissioners met last week
On March 31, 2022 the Yuma County Board of County Commissioners convened for a regular meeting. Chairman Robin Wiley, Commissioner Trent Bushner, and Commissioner Scott Weaver were present. Road & Bridge Supervisor Tom Andersen, Blade Foreman Justin Lorimer, and Truck Foreman Jeremy Lund met with the Commissioners to provide updatesContinue Reading
Track and Field keeps cruising
The Yuma High School track and field teams will look to keep the good times rolling in two meets in the coming days. Yuma’s boys and girls teams both finished second in the team standings at the Weld Central Rebel Round Up, last Friday in Keenesburg. The Indians now areContinue Reading
YHS baseball home again Saturday
There is still plenty of baseball left to be played, but the Yuma High School squad needs to find a winning formula soon. The Indians fell to 0-5 overall, 0-4 in the Lower Platte Activities Association this past Tuesday in a bitterly cold and windy doubleheader against Merino, following aContinue Reading