Yuma High School students competed in the virtual regional science fair late last week, and did very well. Pictured above are: Front (l-e) — Kinley Eyring, Shelby Blach, Fatima Duran and Alyson Gardner; back (l-r) — John Smith, Alan Paczkowski, Andre Baucke, Lars Sims and Blaze Brophy. Eyring won theContinue Reading
Braylynn Armstrong, Addasyn Struckmeyer, Torrance Cheshire, James Brandner, Miles Rutledge, and Will Noble gathered for a picture celebrating their knowledge bowl win in the BOCES sponsored tournament that took place with one virtual meet a month from November through February. For the four-meet total, Yuma led the group with aContinue Reading
On February 26, 2021 the Yuma County Board of County Commissioners convened for a regular meeting. Chairman Trent Bushner, Commissioner Robin Wiley, and Commissioner Scott Weaver were all present. The Commissioners approved a resolution declaring March 20, 2021 Yuma County Livestock Producers Day in recognition of the accomplishments and vitalContinue Reading
Yuma High School’s girls basketball team was the only game left in town Friday night, and the Indians made the most of it with a 41-37 win over the Peyton Panthers. With the rest of the YHS boys team’s regular season canceled due to a COVID-19 case — negating aContinue Reading
The Yuma City Council whipped through a fairly short regular meeting, last week. Six of the council members eventually participated in Zoom meeting — Mayor Ron Swehla, and council members Dan Baucke, Daniel Ebersole, Marc Shay, Tim McClung and Steve Hoch. Council member Marylu Smith-Dischner was absent. In fact, Smith-DischnerContinue Reading
On February 16, 2021 the Yuma County Board of County Commissioners convened for a regular meeting. Chairman Trent Bushner, Commissioner Robin Wiley, and Commissioner Scott Weaver were all present. The Board convened as the Board of Social Services to hear report from Human Services Director Kara Hoover. Child Welfare andContinue Reading
Yuma Life Care Center, a city – based provider of rehab and long term care is proud to announce that they are the recipient of Pinnacle Quality Insight’s 2021 Customer Experience Award. Qualifying for the award in the categories of Overall Satisfaction, Nursing Care, Individual Needs, Laundry Service, Dignity andContinue Reading
The deep freeze that enveloped the area for more than a week was so cold, that it actually felt kind of warm this past Tuesday when the high was just 21 degrees. Many area ranchers are calving, with the newborns in peril if not sheltered from frozen weather in shortContinue Reading
The money situation is good, so some “add alternatives” are being included with Yuma School District-1’s $32 million expansion/renovation project. The Yuma-1 Board of Education approved the four additional upgrades during its regular monthly meeting Monday night, though the approval for the YHS Commons upgrade was only a preliminary thumbs-upContinue Reading
Jason Licht is getting to stay at home throughout Super Bowl Week even though his team is in the big game. That’s because the Yuma High School graduate’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers are the first team ever that will play the Super Bowl in its home stadium — thanks to beatingContinue Reading