A regular Memorial Day weekend returns in 2021. The Yuma VFW and American Legion will be hosting Memorial Day services after taking off last year due to the COVID-19 concerns (besides a brief ceremony), and the Yuma Museum is bringing back its Cemetery Tour at the Yuma Cemetery following theContinue Reading
The Yuma Municipal Swimming Pool will open for the summer season on Wednesday, June 2. Open Swim will be Monday through Saturday each week from 1 to 4:40 p.m. Adult Swim is Monday through Saturday from 11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m., and Monday through Friday from 5:15 to 6:30 p.m.Continue Reading
Street closures are becoming all the rage in Yuma. Which is cool, because that means there are fun events coming up. The Yuma City Council dealt with four street closure requests during its regular meeting, last week. And judging from a special event permit sign located on the 100 blockContinue Reading
The Finisher Festival at the 5:10 to Yuma will not disappoint this year. Artist and performer Jonathan Moody will be the entertainment and will be singing and playing center stage on Main Street, Saturday, June 19. Jonathan has played all across the country in Chicago, Houston, Dallas, Austin, San Antonio,Continue Reading
Yuma High School’s girls golf team finally is getting plenty busy, and is finding success. The Indians won two tournament titles earlier this week. They now have some time off before looking to continue their strong play at the Holyoke Invitational on Tuesday. Yuma had a nice run at theContinue Reading
Yuma High School track and field teams have back-to-back meets this week. The Indians are at the Holyoke Invitational today, May 27, then travel west on Friday for the Weld Central meet. They will be looking to continue the strong performances they have been putting up early in the shortenedContinue Reading
Yuma High School’s baseball team needs to get offensive. The Indians have played fairly solid ball overall in Season D, but the one constant in the current six-game losing streak is the inability to string together runs. Yuma dropped both games of its home-opening doubleheader, last Saturday to Wiggins, thenContinue Reading
Lone Star, Otis, Stratton/Liberty and Arickaree/Woodlin were among the 27 schools to compete in the 57th Warren Mitchell Invitational, last Saturday in Limon. The Lone Star girls had a great day, scoring 40 points to finish fifth in the team standings. Lamar won the girls team title with 75 points.Continue Reading
The Otis High School baseball team will be getting in a lot of games in coming days. The Bulldogs were 4-3 heading into this past Tuesday’s home doubleheader against Dayspring Christian. They are at Prairie for two today, May 27, and host Eads for a twin bill on Tuesday, JuneContinue Reading
Eldon Dee “Jack” Adams was born on June 22, 1927 at his grandparents’ home in Bear River, Utah, to Delos Eldon and Angeline Marie Christensen Adams, the oldest of five children. The family lived in East Garland, Utah, moving to Tremonton, Utah when he was five years old. He graduatedContinue Reading