YHS graduation is Sunday
The Yuma High School Class of 2025 will hold its commencement Sunday at 1 p.m. in The Pit. A total of 44 graduates will cross the stage to receive their diplomas. Yuma Middle School teacher JP Carwin will be the guest speaker. Braylynn Armstrong will give the Magna Cum LaudeContinue Reading
School board talks about lockout communication
The lockdown of the Yuma schools on April 30 was discussed during the Yuma-1 Board of Education’s regular monthly meeting, Monday night at the District Office. All five board members were in attendance — President John Deering, Terri Frame, Lindsey Galles, Heath Roundtree and Tyson Brown. It turned out toContinue Reading
Council considering a moratorium on “ADU”s
The Yuma City Council is considering putting a moratorium on certain residential modifications until updated regulations can be adopted. The discussion came during the council’s regular meeting last week. Mayor Tim McClung, Mayor Pro-tem, and council members Dan Baucke, Terri Frame, Zach Diaz and Marc Shay were in attendance. VanessaContinue Reading
Yuma baseball hosts 2A regional Saturday
Yuma High School’s baseball team hopes to have another historic Saturday this week. The Outlaws are set to host a 2A regional this weekend (https://chsaanow.com/news/2025/5/14/class-2a-baseball-regional-tournament-brackets-2025.aspx), following the conclusion of the regular season this past Tuesday against Byers. They swept past the Bulldogs in a pair of 10-run wins, after sweepingContinue Reading
Local athletes leaving their mark in 2A and 1A track
The state track championships are taking place through Saturday at Jefferson County Stadium in Lakewood. Athletes from Yuma and area 1A schools Lone Star, Otis and Arickaree, already have notched winning and placing efforts. Here is the link to all of the results — https://chsaanow.com/news/2025/5/13/track-and-field-live-results-2025-track-field-state-championships.aspx#live-resultsContinue Reading
Otis baseball season ends in regional final
The Otis Bulldogs’ baseball season came to an end last Saturday in the 1A quarterfinals. Otis came one win away from advancing to the semifinals, going 1-1 at the regional in Akron on a beautiful Saturday. The Bulldogs finished the 2025 season with a 16-7 record. They first played ninth-seedContinue Reading
Kena Serl qualifies for state golf tournament
Kena Serl will be playing in the Class 2A State Tournament, Monday and Tuesday in Pueblo. The Yuma High School sophomore qualified at the 2A Region 1 Tournament held Monday at Quail Dunes in Fort Morgan. She shot a 105 to get in as one of the 13 individual qualifiersContinue Reading
Richard Shaffer 1948-2025
Richard Lee Shaffer passed away on April 21, 2025, at the East Morgan County Hospital in Brush, Colorado. He was born on January 15, 1948, in Denver Colorado, to Roy Irvin Shaffer and Edna Robenia Strole. Richard was the youngest of fourteen children. Richard mostly grew up in Yuma, ColoradoContinue Reading
Dale Kirchenschlager 1932-2025
Born in the times of dirt storms, infestations of deadly insects, depression and diseases like influenza and pneumonia, tuberculosis, scarlet fever and diphtheria; the times when a handshake was a promise to do as spoken. When you stopped what you were doing to help neighbors and friends in need. BackContinue Reading
Gabriele Whipple 1950-2025
Gabriele Doris Whipple (Snelling) was born August 24, 1950 in Kaiserslautern, Germany. Gabi passed away May 5, 2025 in Aurora, Colorado at the age of 74. As a child, Gabi came to the United States in 1954 after her mother Hannelore Noll married Leonard Snelling of Yuma, Colorado. Leonard adoptedContinue Reading