The proposed Niyol Solar Project will be back before the public and Yuma County Commissioners on Monday. The commissioners will hold a hearing to accept pubic comment at 1 p.m. on October 30. (It had been scheduled for September 29, but moved to October.) It will be in the commissionersContinue Reading
Y.A.A. recorded 102 entries in the adult division on Friday, Oct. 20. Of those, 66 were entered to be judged on Saturday morning. The judge named the following top awards in these three main categories: Best of Show Professional Category: First, “Study in Color” by Monica King; Second, “Scallyway” byContinue Reading
The original granite design will go back up at the Welcome to Yuma clock structure on S. Main St. near Highway 34. It was first installed in August 2017 as part of the Main Street Project. It was knocked over in October 2022 by a utility truck backing out ofContinue Reading
It is going to be a cold ending to the regular season for the Yuma High School football team. The Outlaws host perennial power Limon, once again ranked No. 1 in Class 1A, Friday at 7 p.m. The forecasted high for Friday is 46 degrees, as of earlier this week,Continue Reading
Yuma High School’s volleyball team likely will be traveling a good distance for regional next week. The Outlaws enter the regular season finale Saturday at Northridge in Greeley with a 12-10 record. They entered this week No. 16 in the Class 2A CHSAA Selection & Seeding Index. The top 36Continue Reading
Registered electors living within Yuma School District-1 get choose from among four candidates for two seats up for election on board of education. The top vote-getters after all the ballots are counted on November 7 will join the board later this year, as current members Duane Brown’s and Thomas Holtorf’sContinue Reading
Yuma High School’s cross country season came to an end last Friday at the Class 2A Region 2 Meet at Monument Valley Park in Colorado Springs. The runners all gave it a good shot, but no one qualified. The boys had enough runners to post a team score, but didContinue Reading
The Otis High School football team will have its work cut out in maintaining a top-three seed for the 6-man playoffs. The Bulldogs had last weekend off as Flagler did not field a team this season. They now close out the regular season Friday at Peetz. Otis, 7-1, is No.Continue Reading
Ida Lea (Forbes) Whittenburg was born December 20, 1921 to Willard A. and Permelia O. (Ross) Forbes on the homestead west of Springfield, Colorado. She was the Sixth of fifteen children – six brothers and eight sisters. She passed away on October 5, 2023 at the Yuma District Hospital. WhenContinue Reading
Mildred Joy (Chrismer) Harris was born on January 17, 1935 to Harold Kenneth and Helen Marie (Tyson) Chrismer in Yuma, Colorado. She passed away on October 18, 2023 at the Harmony Home in Yuma, Colorado at the age of 88. Mildred grew up in Yuma, Colorado and attended the YumaContinue Reading