Yuma sending four to girls state wrestling
Yuma High School will be sending a group of four to the Girls State Wrestling Tournament, Friday and Saturday at Thornton High School. “The whole girls group is fun to be around, and they aver very competitive and prepare themselves very well,” coach Rory Lynch said. “We’re pretty happy toContinue Reading
Weaver throws hat into commissioners race
Scott Weaver of Wray is announcing his candidacy for Yuma County Commissioner District No. 2 in the upcoming 2020 elections. He is running for the Republican nomination. He is the third to throw his hat into the ring for the District No. 2 seat, the others being Democrat incumbent DeanContinue Reading
Yuma man seriously injured, another arrested
During the early morning hours of Saturday, February 1, officers with the Yuma Police Department were called to the 200 block of East Petain for a possible assault that had just occurred. Upon arrival a male victim was located and an initial investigation was completed. The male victim was transportedContinue Reading
Changing my political party affiliation and hoping for a wise old owl
By Tom Westfall An elderly couple was taking a country drive one autumn afternoon. The gray-haired woman looked at her husband and with a twinkle in her eyes said, “Do you remember 60 years ago when we were first courting? I used to sit right beside you there on theContinue Reading
The Internet, Oy!
By Kelly Rayl There are 7.8 billion people in the world and in 2016, 3.4 billion of those people were using the Internet (World Wide Web). On June 30, 2019 the number for internet users jumped to 4,536,248,808. When the Internet first made an appearance on computer screens, I wasContinue Reading
What the heck was that?
By Greg Hill After several weeks of unexplained and inexplicable drone sightings in and around Yuma County, Michael Spicer, founder of “ArchAngel RECON” presented the Yuma Pioneer with a press-release that claimed to be an explanation for the drone sightings that have been worrying folks in this region for theContinue Reading
Yuma election includes council race, lodging tax question
There will be enough candidates for a Yuma City Council race in the April 7 municipal election. Daniel Ebersole turned in his “cured” nomination petition by this past Monday’s deadline, resulting in five candidates for four council seats up for election. The other candidates are current council members Dan BauckeContinue Reading
Yuma girls got job done at regional
Yuma High School’s girls wrestling team got the job done at the Colorado Girls High School Wrestling Region 1, last weekend in Fort Lupton. The Indians qualified four grapplers for the state tournament, Friday and Saturday at Thornton High School, while scoring 73.5 points to finish seventh in the 20-schoolContinue Reading
Wrestlers have one more home dual after last week’s thriller
After one of the most thrilling evenings in the venerable gymnasium’s long history last week, the Yuma High School wrestlers get one more competition in The Pit. The Indians will close out the regular season tonight, February 6, with a dual against Wiggins on the home mat, which was theContinue Reading
Yuma girls have another challenge Saturday
Yuma High School’s girls basketball team has another challenging game this weekend. The Indians have a Lower Platte Activities Association game at Merino, Saturday afternoon. The Rams are in Class 1A, and thus will drop down for the postseason, but enter this week 3-1 in LPAA play, 9-3 overall, secondContinue Reading