Wanda June (Bullard) Hunter 1930-2020
Wanda June (Bullard) Hunter, 89 of Wray, Colorado passed away peacefully June 7, 2020 at North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley, Colorado. Wanda was born to George Alfred Lawrence and Ruby Pearl (Whomble) Bullard on October 12, 1930 in Wray, Colorado. She was a longtime resident of Wray, Colorado. SheContinue Reading
Shirley Faye Marshall 1936-2020
Shirley Faye Marshall, Age 83, passed away June 1st, 2020 in St Louis Park MN. Shirley Faye Rollenhagen was born July 8th, 1936 in Julesburg Colorado to Carl and Ella (Kolterman) Rollenhagen. She completed her elementary education in rural schools south of Julesburg and graduated from Sedgwick County high schoolContinue Reading
Dale Harold Hershey 1930 – 2019
Dale Harold Hershey, 89, of DeRidder, LA, passed from this life on Wednesday, September 25, 2019. Those left to cherish his memory are his sons, Patrick Dale Hershey of Merryville, LA, James Brent Hershey of Otis, CO, brothers Dee Hershey and Pat of Williams, AZ, Jimmie Hershey and Gay ofContinue Reading
Yuma-1 has groundbreaking
The rain went away, and the sun broke through just a bit, though the wind gusts were still around, when Yuma School District-1 held a brief groundbreaking ceremony for the $32 million renovation/expansion project, Tuesday afternoon. Yuma High School athletic director Michael Dischner broadcast it live on the Yuma IndiansContinue Reading
Yuma County variance moves to Phase II
The Yuma County Task Force voted late last week to move to the next phase of the Yuma County Variance. Phase II keeps the 50-percent occupancy but allows gatherings up to 100 for those with a high-enough occupancy rate. If things progress in a positive manner, the Task Force canContinue Reading
City buildings, pool, reopening
City of Yuma buildings and facilities are opening back up with COVID-19 restrictions in place. There also will be summer recreation games at the Jeff Armstrong Ball Park Complex, beginning next week. See Sports section for more on that. City Hall reopened to the public on Monday for the firstContinue Reading
Wild weather leaves its mark
From high 90s over the weekend, to the 50s and heavy rain on Tuesday, the one constant was damaging winds that pummeled the area for most of four days. Yuma luckily avoided any major damage. However, neighboring towns to the west and north of Yuma were not so lucky. AkronContinue Reading
Council discusses moving municipal election to November
The Yuma City Council rambled through a variety of topics during yet another remote version of its regular meeting, last week. The meeting lasted more than one hour, despite a fairly short agenda, though there was plenty of discussion. It appears the city is moving toward asking the voters inContinue Reading
Increasing the Resolution — Yuma dodges destruction
By Greg Hill Early last week, the editor of this paper shared on the Pioneer’s Facebook page an invitation from Pastor Jamie Fiorino to join her in a gathering to express solidarity for the Black Lives Matter movement. In an impressive demonstration of the efficacy of years of indoctrination viaContinue Reading
Tom’s World — We all broke the dam
Although the majority of young people in my parenting classes find it unfathomable that an old guy like me would watch the television show, “South Park,” I will confess that it is one of my guilty pleasures. I believe that I’ve watched every episode and quite frequently, my son andContinue Reading