Ballots for the upcoming election are being mailed out next week to all active eligible voters. There are a few local issues on the ballot. Adam Gates and Dwain Weinrich are running for Yuma County Commissioner District 1. Look for articles about the two candidates in next week’s edition. SeveralContinue Reading
The Yuma City Council spent about another hour last Thursday evening discussing the 2023 budget. The council and city administration are looking at ways to cut back next year’s budget if the 1.5-percent sales tax increase ballot question does not pass in the upcoming mail-in election. The new sales taxContinue Reading
It is Homecoming Week at Yuma High School. The festivities began Monday night with a bonfire in the sports complex parking lot. Tuesday was PJ Day, and there was a free movie that evening in the Commons. Wednesday was Tourist Day for dress-up. There was a class sidewalk decorating contestContinue Reading
Community members touched on a wide variety of topics at the Yuma School District-1 Board of Education’s regular monthly meeting, Monday night in downtown Yuma. Approximately 30 people crowded into the board room, with several signing up for visitors comments. All five board members were in attendance, Duane Brown, LindseyContinue Reading
The Yuma Art Association will open the doors to its annual Art Show and Sale Friday morning, Oct. 7, at 8 a.m. to accept entries. If you are an artist of any age or skill level in any medium, bring your recent work to the First Presbyterian Church, 110 W.Continue Reading
The Yuma Museum Board has received a donation of $200 from a previous board member. She then challenged the board to find 50 people to meet or exceed her donation. With that amount of money, the museum will have enough to meet the expense of a new heating and coolingContinue Reading
The Yuma City Council held its regular meeting, last week in Council Chambers at Yuma City Hall in downtown Yuma. The meeting began with Councilman Dan Baucke explaining why he recused himself from the executive session held during the previous meeting. The purpose of the executive session was to discussContinue Reading
The summer of 2022 has finally come to an end. Autumn officially begins today, September 22, ushering out a toasty summer. Appropriately, summer had two more days in the 90s, this past Monday and Tuesday, but then went out with a whimper on Wednesday with a high around 60 andContinue Reading
It appears a string of copper wire thefts from electrical substations has come to an end following the arrest of two individuals last week. The arrests in the predawn hours of Tuesday, September 13, culminated a three-month investigation that spanned four counties in northeast Colorado, according to the Yuma CountyContinue Reading
The Yuma County Sheriff’s Office keeps arresting individuals who come to Yuma County expecting a sexual encounter with a minor. The most recent occurred last Thursday, September 15, at approximately 4:30 a.m. in Yuma. A 30-year-old male had driven from the Front Range area expecting to meet a 13-year-old girl.Continue Reading