A new season has begun for the Yuma High School boys basketball team. The Outlaws won the Class 3A title to conclude the 2023-24 season. However, it is now the 2024-25 campaign, representing a whole new challenge for the YHS boys program, which has won four state titles in theContinue Reading
Yuma High School’s boys wrestling team opens its 2024-25 season with two events this week. The Outlaws had a dual at Wray, the preseason No. 1 team in 2A, on Thursday, December 5. It comes less than one week after Wray won the 1A football title. However, Yuma coach PresleyContinue Reading
It is a whole different time for the Yuma High School girls basketball team. The Outlaws are in a new league, have a new schedule, and have a somewhat different lineup from the team that finished third in the Class 3A Tournament last March. “The start of this season isContinue Reading
Lois Irene (Crossland) Serl 86, passed away peacefully at Harmony Home with 2 of her daughters by her side. She fought a long, hard fight with Alzheimers and finally gave up the battle on November 21, 2024. Lois was born on June 29, 1938 to Arlie and Marie (Tombaugh) Crossland,Continue Reading
Rebecca Jean Kahrs, longtime area resident, went to heaven November 19, 2024 at Sterling Regional Medical Center. She was born December 12, 1949 in Sterling to Walter and Bernice (Klein) Kahrs and baptized in Yuma at St. John’s Lutheran Church. She was later confirmed at First English Lutheran Church inContinue Reading
Debra Ann Jesse passed away at the Yuma District Hospital on Sunday, November 17, 2024. She lived in Yuma, Colorado with her husband Carl Jesse of 40 years. She was born July 12, 1955, to Carol May Smith and Alexander David Smith in Missoula, Montana. She was the fourth ofContinue Reading
Yuma High School’s girls wrestling team opens the 2024-25 season this week. Coach Brandon Newton’s squad enters the new campaign ranked No. 8 in the new Class 4A, based on the coaches’ preseason rankings released on CHSAANow.com earlier this week. Pueblo Central is ranked No. 1. The Outlaws have aContinue Reading
A wide region around Yuma received much-needed moisture from last week’s snow and rain, but it also brought plenty of hassles. The storm dumped 12 inches in Yuma last Wednesday. It could have been much more, but the area received mostly rain on Thursday, Friday and Saturday morning. Big flakesContinue Reading
The Yuma City Council has decided to not move forward with the Yuma Swimming Pool renovation due to rising costs. The decision came during the council’s regular meeting last week. All seven members were in attendance, Mayor Tim McClung, Mayor Pro-tem Jerome Benish, Terri Frame, Dan Baucke, Marc Shay, ZachContinue Reading
On October 30, 2024 at 8 a.m., the Yuma County Board of Commissioners met in regular session. Chairman Mike Leerar, Commissioner Scott Weaver, Commissioner Adam Gates, and Administrator Brandi Ritchey were present throughout the day. The Commissioners reviewed and signed accounts payable and discussed various meetings attended throughout the priorContinue Reading