Yuma High School’s volleyball team will be under the direction of a new head coach for the 2024 season. Long-time JV coach Jamie Nighswonger has stepped into the head role. However, there are not many changes to the schedule compared to last year. There are some, such as Resurrection ChristianContinue Reading
Judy Kay Kassman, age 77, gained her angel wings on July 2, 2024, surrounded by her family after a lengthy illness. She was born in Yuma, Colorado to Robert and Marjorie (Scott) Prather on June 12, 1947. She grew up in Eckley, Colorado with her three brothers Joe, Lloyd (Buddy)Continue Reading
Brent Bradley Jacobs, 50, of Colorado Springs passed away July 10, 2024. He was born December 20, 1973 in Burlington, CO to Paul Arnold and Deanna Mae (Ridder) Jacobs. At a young age, his family moved to Yuma where he attended schools. Brent worked a number of jobs including aContinue Reading
Summer Lee (Dietz) Ochoa was born in Wray, Colorado on October 7, 1977, to Delbert and Nancy Dietz. She unexpectedly passed away at the age of 46 in her family home in Windsor on April 4, 2024. Summer was raised in Kirk, Colorado and started kindergarten at Liberty School andContinue Reading
Robert L. Archer (Bob) passed away peacefully at his home in Vancouver on July 24th. He spent his early years in Yuma, in the Northeast corner of Colorado. During his long life he experienced the Dust Bowl, the Great Depression, and World War II. When Bob was a senior inContinue Reading
Garage sale Saturday, August 3, 212 W. Hoag, 8 a.m. to ? Lots of miscellaneous available at bargain prices!Continue Reading
Hungry eaters at the Yuma County Fair August 1 – 5. Begin with breakfast daily starting at 6:00 a.m. Daily specials following plus delicious fair burgers and awesome pies. See you at the Fair! St. John’s Lutheran Fair BoothContinue Reading
The family of Britani Meek has set up Britani’s Bench at Yuma City Park. The memorial bench was finished this past weekend, sitting by the playground and swimming pool. Rolinda Meek, Britani’s mother, said the granite structure was done by Baucke Monuments, which also installed it at the park. TheContinue Reading
Yuma County law enforcement agencies were sent on an on-and-off again vehicle chase, last Friday, July 5, finally apprehending the suspect in Wray. It began around 11:16 a.m. when the Yuma Police Department was alerted to a driver who had driven away from a traffic contact at Yuma County RoadContinue Reading
By Linda Langelo CSU Horticulture Specialist On July 2 CSU State Forester Carrie Tomlinson brought a group of student interns studying arboriculture and/or forestry or environmental science to Yuma. They came to help survey and inventory the trees damaged from the May 20 hailstorm. Many deciduous trees have epicormic sproutsContinue Reading