Shirley Furrow, 87, of Iliff, passed away peacefully on Friday, August 18, 2023 in Sterling. Private family services will be held. Shirley was born on May 5, 1936 in Sterling to George and Catherine Ebbers. On June 16, 1954 she married Dale Furrow in Fleming. Shirley worked at New MethodContinue Reading

On July 31, 2023 at 8 a.m., the Yuma County Board of Commissioners met in regular session. Chairman Scott Weaver, Commissioner Mike Leerar, 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 Yuma School District-1 Board of Education met for the first time in nearly two months, Monday night at the District Office on the Yuma High School campus. The board did not have a July meeting due to there not being much business to consider. All five members were inContinue Reading

The 2023-24 school year began this past Tuesday in Yuma. Students returned to classes early in the morning for a school year that will continue until mid-May 2024. Yuma High School students returned to school with two new teachers in the building, Brandon Newton as the YHS Vocational Instructor, andContinue Reading

Helen “Leora” Mekelburg was born on October 3, 1921 to Bill and Matilda Murrain in Yuma, Colorado. She passed away on August 6, 2023 at Harmony Home in Yuma, Colorado at the age of 101. Leora married Irvin Mekelburg in 1941. To this union were born four sons, Perry, Leo,Continue Reading

Ready or not, the Yuma High School volleyball team’s 2023 season begins Saturday. The varsity will be at the Kit Carson Fall Fling (though there still is more than one month of summer left). Yuma is in Pool A with Wiggins and Wiley, while Simla, Kit Carson and Akron areContinue Reading

The preseason has been good to the Yuma High School football team. “We’re up to 40 (players),” head coach Kelly Seward said earlier this week. “We have more than we had last year. We’ve picked up some kids who are really going to help us.” The Yuma Football Team isContinue Reading

Yuma High School’s boys golf had a strong start off the tee for the 2023 season. The varsity played three tournaments over the past week, and now the players have one week off to hone their skills before going to the Strasburg Invitational in Aurora on August 23. Yuma openedContinue Reading

Yuma County Softball got its season off to a rough start, last Friday at Rocky Ford. The YCS played again this past Tuesday at Lamar, losing 15-0. The team is in the Valley/Platte Valley Tournament, Friday and Saturday. The local girls play Valley on Friday at 11 a.m., Alamosa atContinue Reading

Glenva Charlene Eastin was born to Charles Jenison Eastin & Rosella Maxine (Dickson) Eastin on January 31, 1955. She grew up on the family farm in the Abarr community south of Yuma Colorado. She was the middle (#4) of 7 children. Glenva like the rest of her siblings learned atContinue Reading