It was a mixed bag of results for Yuma merchants on the official first weekend of the Christmas shopping season. Winterfest/Small Business Saturday — sponsored by the Yuma Chamber of Commerce, participating businesses and organizations — definitely was a big hit. Vehicles lined both sides of downtown for three blocksContinue Reading
Yuma School District-1 office personnel, Transportation and Maintenance have moved into their new home on the Yuma High School campus. This past Tuesday was the first official day working out of the renovated former YHS ag building, though there still were some odds and ends to complete, such as settingContinue Reading
Yuma High School’s boys basketball team will open the 2022-23 season with three straight Top 10 clashes. Or at least it was going to until Friday’s season opener against Manual was canceled due to the wind and road conditions. It will be rescheduled. “Our pre-Christmas is a very strong schedule,”Continue Reading
It is a new beginning of sorts for the Yuma High School girls basketball team. Yuma still has a lot of familiarity to it in regards to coaching and the players. However, the program will be entering a new era of being a Class 3A team Friday in The PitContinue Reading
It is time to get going for the Yuma High School girls wrestling team. “Almost everybody is going to be able to wrestle this weekend,” head coach Brandon Newton said. “We should fill every weight except heavyweight.” Yuma opens the 2022-23 season Friday with a dual at Fort Morgan, thenContinue Reading
The Yuma High School boys wrestling team finally has its full complement in the practice room. Head coach Kyle Newton said there are 16 on the team, now that all the players from the Yuma football team that reached the 1A quarterfinals, as well as a handful from the OtisContinue Reading
Yuma High School had five players named to the 2022 1A League 4 All-Conference team, and one honorable mention, following the past season. Yuma All-Conference Cesar Varela — The senior was named as a lineman. He was a key player on an offensive line that helped lead the team toContinue Reading
On November 8, 2022 at around 11:00 PM, Officers with the Yuma Police Department attempted to conduct a traffic stop on a vehicle that was traveling at 70 miles per hour through the City of Yuma. Upon initiating the traffic stop, the vehicle continued at high rate of speed. AtContinue Reading
Adam Gates cruised to victory for the Yuma County Commissioner District 1 seat, and Yuma voters again rejected a sales tax increase, in the mid-term election that came to an end this past Tuesday, November 8. Unofficial results Tuesday night showed a total of 2,978 ballots cast in Yuma County,Continue Reading
It could be a rough pheasant hunting season this year. The season opens Saturday, November 12, and runs through January. However, there might not be much to hunt. “It’s going to be a little rough this year,” Josh Melby, the local wildlife officer for the Colorado Division of Parks andContinue Reading