Thomas Edward Brophy (1914 – 1983) was the paternal grandson and maternal son of three Irish immigrants, one of 12 kids, veteran of WWII, farmer, rancher, one-term Yuma County Commissioner, all around delightful man and bachelor. There is not anyone alive who is able to confirm the year ‘Uncle Tom’Continue Reading
A large swath of northeast Yuma County has been devastated by two major hail storms over the course of about 10 days. The first storm visited during the evening of Wednesday, June 28, hours before a violent storm rolled through Yuma in the early morning of June 29. The hailContinue Reading
The Yuma County Sheriff’s Office presented a plan for reopening the county jail at the last Yuma County Board of Commissioners meeting. Sheriff Todd Combs has stated it is his last attempt at presenting a reopening plan. The commissioners decided at the meeting to table the jail situation until November,Continue Reading
Yuma police made two arrests last Thursday, July 6, following an investigation after impounding a vehicle. Yuma officers contacted a vehicle they observed with fake license plates out of Nebraska. The driver was cited for fictitious plates and released, along with a male and female passenger. The vehicle was thenContinue Reading
Law enforcement has made an arrest nearly 10 months following the death of Yuma native Tresa Juhl (nee Brown). The Washington County Sheriff’s Office arrested Chad Leonhardt last Wednesday, June 28, on a warrant out of Washington County for second degree murder (felony), first degree assault (felony), second degree assaultContinue Reading
Yuma County, and the whole region, has experienced a rare prolonged stretch of rainy weather. Yuma itself received 10.54 inches of rain from May 7 through June 30. That covers eight weeks in which the community received an average of 1.32 inches per week. There was 27 days of measurableContinue Reading
The Yuma Chamber of Commerce’s First Friday Art Walk will be taking place July 7. Work from local artists will be on display downtown at Lu Ella, Mexsu, The Orphanage, Tumbleweed/Red Willow, and Wildlee, as well as at Lu’s Gallery at 701 S. Buffalo St. The display at Lu’s GalleryContinue Reading
The City of Yuma and High Plains Recreation Association have reached a settlement in regards to the situation in which the city leased some property to Smithfield that actually was part of HPRA’s leased property. The Yuma City Council approved a settlement agreement during its regular meeting, last week, toContinue Reading
There will not be any organized activities on the Third of July at the Jeff Armstrong Ballfield Complex. The Yuma Volunteer Fire Department will present the traditional fireworks show at dusk, just east of the ball fields. For the past several years, the city also helped organize a community celebrationContinue Reading
The Yuma City Council heard a clean audit report during its regular meeting, last week in Council Chambers at Yuma City Hall. All seven members were at last week’s meeting — Mayor Ron Swehla, Mayor Pro-tem Marc Shay, Terri Frame, Marylu Smith-Dischner, Jerome Benish, Tim McClung and Dan Baucke. MattContinue Reading