Cross country running through great season
Yuma High School’s cross country runners keep working their way toward a big postseason. The harriers are at Wray today, September 29, and travel to Wiggins on Saturday, after a strong performance at the Platte Valley Invitational last Friday. Yuma’s girls finally had enough runners to post a team score,Continue Reading
YCS in Yuma again Saturday
Yuma County Softball will be back at the Yuma field on Saturday when the Yuma-Wray co-op team takes on Holyoke for two games beginning at 10 a.m. YCS is 5-12 overall, 0-2 in league play, after getting swept in Yuma by Burlington, last Saturday, 18-3 and 20-7. In the opener,Continue Reading
6-man: Otis keeps moving on up
The Otis High School football team keeps moving on up in the 6-man ranks. However, the following three weeks will determine just how high the Bulldogs can climb in the regular season. They are 5-0 after last Friday afternoon’s 63-48 home win over the La Veta Redhawks, their first lossContinue Reading
1A volleyball: Otis wins Akron tourney
The Otis High School volleyball is looking to keep the momentum going after winning the Akron Tournament, last Saturday. The Bulldogs entered this week 9-5 overall, hosting Prairie in a non-league match this past Tuesday before hosting Genoa-Hugo on Friday. They are 3-0 in the YWKC League. Otis beat HolyokeContinue Reading
Robert “Bob” John Adamson 1956-2022
Robert “Bob” John Adamson, 66, of Wray, Colorado, passed away after battling cancer the last 6 months of his life. Bob was born August 2, 1956, to Charles “Chuck” Dale and Theresa Rose (Strick) Adamson in Wray, Colorado. He passed away September 13, 2022, at Anschutz UC Health, Aurora, Colorado.Continue Reading
Donna Faye Hawkins 1958-2022
Donna Faye Hawkins was born on March 17, 1958 in Oklahoma City, OK to Don Wilson Hawkins and Rita Faye (Latham) Hawkins. She was the second child born to this union, the only girl, and would be one of seven children in this blended family. Sadly, Donna lost her fatherContinue Reading
Dorothy Ann Johnson Barchenger 1939-2022
Dorothy Ann Johnson Barchenger was born Jan 12,1939 in Pagosa Springs, CO to Joseph Johnson and Stella Franks. She was the next to the youngest of 17 children as both Joe and Stella were widows with 15 children between them before Dorothy and the youngest, JR, were born. With theirContinue Reading
Raymond William Lohr 1935-2022
Raymond William Lohr, 87, of Greeley, Colorado, was born to Edwin and Margaret (Maggie) Lohr at home 2 miles East of Galeton at the family farm on May 27, 1935. Ray accepted the Lord at Gill Christian Church under Pastor Marlow Magnus. Ray attended school in Gill, Colorado where heContinue Reading
At last, hot summer of 2022 comes to an end
The summer of 2022 has finally come to an end. Autumn officially begins today, September 22, ushering out a toasty summer. Appropriately, summer had two more days in the 90s, this past Monday and Tuesday, but then went out with a whimper on Wednesday with a high around 60 andContinue Reading
Arrests made in relation to copper theft scourge
It appears a string of copper wire thefts from electrical substations has come to an end following the arrest of two individuals last week. The arrests in the predawn hours of Tuesday, September 13, culminated a three-month investigation that spanned four counties in northeast Colorado, according to the Yuma CountyContinue Reading