By Kelly Rayl There are 7.8 billion people in the world and in 2016, 3.4 billion of those people were using the Internet (World Wide Web). On June 30, 2019 the number for internet users jumped to 4,536,248,808. When the Internet first made an appearance on computer screens, I wasContinue Reading
By Greg Hill After several weeks of unexplained and inexplicable drone sightings in and around Yuma County, Michael Spicer, founder of “ArchAngel RECON” presented the Yuma Pioneer with a press-release that claimed to be an explanation for the drone sightings that have been worrying folks in this region for theContinue Reading
There will be enough candidates for a Yuma City Council race in the April 7 municipal election. Daniel Ebersole turned in his “cured” nomination petition by this past Monday’s deadline, resulting in five candidates for four council seats up for election. The other candidates are current council members Dan BauckeContinue Reading
Yuma High School’s girls wrestling team got the job done at the Colorado Girls High School Wrestling Region 1, last weekend in Fort Lupton. The Indians qualified four grapplers for the state tournament, Friday and Saturday at Thornton High School, while scoring 73.5 points to finish seventh in the 20-schoolContinue Reading
After one of the most thrilling evenings in the venerable gymnasium’s long history last week, the Yuma High School wrestlers get one more competition in The Pit. The Indians will close out the regular season tonight, February 6, with a dual against Wiggins on the home mat, which was theContinue Reading
Yuma High School’s girls basketball team has another challenging game this weekend. The Indians have a Lower Platte Activities Association game at Merino, Saturday afternoon. The Rams are in Class 1A, and thus will drop down for the postseason, but enter this week 3-1 in LPAA play, 9-3 overall, secondContinue Reading
It’s February and things are looking good for the Yuma High School boys basketball team. “District-wise, we’re No. 1, but we still have work to do to win league again this year,” head coach Dave Sheffield said. The Indians entered this week 5-0 in Lower Platte Activities Association play, 12-1Continue Reading
Otis boys The Otis Bulldogs are still practicing hard trying to change their season, but it just hasn’t happened yet. The Bulldogs hosted the Briggsdale Falcons on Friday January 31st. Otis tried hard, but just didn’t drop the balls through the net enough to change the outcome of the game.Continue Reading
The City of Yuma will conduct its first round of trapping, spaying and neutering feral cats at the end of February. It will be done with assistance from Denver Metro Cat and Animal Assistance Foundation. Local veterinarians Tom Parks and Callie Kuntz will provide the medical services, along with aContinue Reading
The Yuma City Council received an update and a request for more possible funding for the Yuma Museum renovation project, last week during its regular meeting. Monica King of the Yuma Museum Board of Directors made the presentation. She reported that she had spoken with the historical fund representatives inContinue Reading