There is a new member of the Yuma Police Department. Officer Rachel Billings is in her third week on the force. She came over from the Washington County Sheriff’s Office, where she worked for 2-1/2 years, doing code enforcement, animal control and patrol duties. “I am learning Yuma better andContinue Reading
A man who had barricaded himself in a rural home in Washington County eventually was taken into custody without incident, last Friday. On August 30 at approximately 9:45 a.m., the Washington County Sheriff’s Office was notified of a disturbance at a residence in the 34000 block of County Road 44.Continue Reading
YUMA, CO – August 23, 2024 — Black Hills Energy has received reports from customers in the Yuma, Colo., area regarding carbon monoxide calls stemming from a damaging May hailstorm. As a result of the storm and roof repairs that followed, Black Hills Energy has worked with first responders to assessContinue Reading
A major development in the investigation into the Britani Meek death occurred this past Monday. On July 29, 2024, Clifton Clayton Boggess, 62 was arrested by the United States Marshals Service in Florida in connection to the disappearance of Meek. Britani was initially reported missing on October 25, 2023. DuringContinue Reading
The Yuma City Council made up for lost time with an information-filled meeting last week. July’s second meeting was moved back one week due to conflicts. All six council members were present at the rescheduled gathering — Mayor Tim McClung, Mayor Pro-tem Jerome Benish, and Zach Diaz, Terri Frame, DanContinue Reading
The family of Britani Meek has set up Britani’s Bench at Yuma City Park. The memorial bench was finished this past weekend, sitting by the playground and swimming pool. Rolinda Meek, Britani’s mother, said the granite structure was done by Baucke Monuments, which also installed it at the park. TheContinue Reading
Yuma County law enforcement agencies were sent on an on-and-off again vehicle chase, last Friday, July 5, finally apprehending the suspect in Wray. It began around 11:16 a.m. when the Yuma Police Department was alerted to a driver who had driven away from a traffic contact at Yuma County RoadContinue Reading
By Linda Langelo CSU Horticulture Specialist On July 2 CSU State Forester Carrie Tomlinson brought a group of student interns studying arboriculture and/or forestry or environmental science to Yuma. They came to help survey and inventory the trees damaged from the May 20 hailstorm. Many deciduous trees have epicormic sproutsContinue Reading
Yuma Hoops School of Basketball was in full activity Tuesday when everyone was sent outside as smoke filled the Yuma Middle School gymnasium. Campers in grades sixth through ninth were participating in the annual summer camp when the smell of smoke started being noticed. Eyewitnesses said that at first itContinue Reading
Incumbent Mike Leerar held off two challengers in Tuesday’s primary election among Republican candidates for Yuma County Commissioner, District 3. The commissioner race was the only contested one on a local level in the primary. The unofficial results show that Leerar garnered 44 percent of the vote in the three-manContinue Reading
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