The Yuma County Commissioners are stepping into a more active role with the W-Y Combined Communications Center. The dispatch center has been serving Yuma and Washington counties since the early 1990s. Yuma County Commissioner Robin Wiley said rumors that the commissioners want to disband the center are completely unfounded. “ThatContinue Reading
Billy Joe Allen 1941– 2021 Billy Joe Allen was born February 10, 1941 and passed away on April 7, 2021. A Graveside Service took place on Monday, April 12, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. at the Yuma Cemetery in Yuma, Colorado. The Service was live streamed on Facebook. Baucke Funeral HomeContinue Reading
It turns out Yuma County and the whole region played a fascinating role in the settling of the Old West in the 19th Century. “The craziest part, which is almost ironic, is we didn’t learn about this stuff in school,” Matt Vincent said. “The truth is a lot of thatContinue Reading
An Easter Egg Hunt is back on the schedule this year. Yuma child care providers Jackie McCasland and Heather Medrano will be hosting the ninth annual Easter Egg Hunt at Old Threshers Grounds. It will be Saturday, April 3, at 9 a.m. Ages 0-10 are encouraged to participate. The EasterContinue Reading
It has been an uneven start to Season C for the Yuma High School volleyball team. The Indians fell to 2-5 overall, 1-3 in the Lower Platte Activities Association, after losing to Haxtun and Sedgwick County, Thursday in Haxtun. In both matches, the Indians lost the first two sets, wonContinue Reading
Due to those annoying COVID-19 circumstances, the Yuma High School boys basketball team was unable to win its fourth straight Lower Platte Activities Association title, but the Indians still got three players receiving All-LPAA honors by the league coaches. Yuma All-LPAA Clay Robinson — The junior earned himself another All-LPAAContinue Reading
Wray has dominated wrestling in the Lower Platte Activities Association, and most of 2A, for the past few years, but Yuma still was able to get two wrestlers named to the All-LPAA team by the league coaches. Senior Braden Smith was named to the All-LPAA team at 132 pounds, andContinue Reading
Gary LaVern Dutton was born to Odie and Marjorie Dutton on December 14, 1949 in Denver, CO. He lived in the Denver area with his parents first few years of life before Odie moved the family to the Dairy Farm in Anton, CO. He graduated from Arickaree High School. InContinue Reading
Linda Mardelle Norling, 65, of Cope, CO went home to the Lord on March 15, 2021. Linda was born at St. Luke’s Hospital in Denver, CO on November 15, 1955 to Odie and Marjorie Dutton. After living in Denver for the first few years of her life, her father OdieContinue Reading
Dolores Smith Hamrick was born May 30, 1928 to Carrie and Clarence, and died at her home in Harmony House in Yuma on March 26, 2021. After Clarence’s death at a construction site a month before Dolores’ birth, Carrie moved her four children to Yuma, where Dolores was born andContinue Reading