Verna Mae Guy was born to William Rush Williams and Willie Mae Tharp, Brownsville, Texas. She left this life with her family by her side at her home May 18, 2020. She was raised on a farm and moved to Trinidad in 1945, where her father took care of aContinue Reading
Lula Irene (Babe) Scott was the youngest of three children born to Dallas William Eastin and Daisy Caroline (Brower) Eastin. She embarked on her life’s venture on December 23, 1921 in the small community of Mildred, CO. She spent her childhood attending school in Mildred. When the war broke out,Continue Reading
The State of Colorado finally approved Yuma County’s requested variance to Safer at Home rules, late Friday night. A county-wide task force including municipalities, the county and the hospitals, has been working on the plan for nearly a month, making adjustments to it at least twice before finally being approvedContinue Reading
In an email sent to Colorado High School Activities Association member schools earlier this week, Commissioner Rhonda Blanford-Green informed the membership that on June 1 the moratorium against in-person condition sessions between coaches and high school participants will be lifted. Starting on that day, any decisions regarding athletics and activitiesContinue Reading
From Yuma County Fair Board The Yuma County Fair Board realizes that uncertainty is hard on everyone, especially our FFA/4-H families and friends of fair. We want you to know that there will be a 2020 Yuma County Fair and we will make it look as normal as possible whileContinue Reading
Yuma High School did its “drive through” graduation ceremony for the Class of 2020, Sunday afternoon, and now Otis High School is going to do a semi-virtual graduation on Friday. Thirty-seven of YHS’s 42-member Class of 2020 participated in the most-unusual commencement at the football field. Each graduate remained inContinue Reading
The work has begun. It is early in Yuma School District-1’s $32 million expansion/renovation project, but on-site work has started at Yuma Middle School, where about $2 million worth of work is to be done this summer. Asbestos abatement at the Yuma Middle School kitchen was done last week. AContinue Reading
No one really knows yet how K-12 education will look when the 2020-21 school year is supposed to begin in the late fall. However, Yuma School District-1 definitely is going to be prepared if it has to go back to remote learning at any time. The Yuma-1 Board of EducationContinue Reading
From the Washington County Sheriff’s Office The Washington County Justice Center has reported to the Northeast Colorado Health Department that they have four inmates that have tested positive for COVID-19. The inmates have been isolated since the testing, and have been housed at the facility for months. The inmates thatContinue Reading
The Bank of Colorado announced its Teacher of the Year earlier this week — Heather Klein from Yuma Middle School. The bank has been honoring a Yuma teacher for several years, based on nominations from school principals. The honored teacher receives a plaque and a cash reward. Following is Klein’sContinue Reading