On May 14, 2025 at 8 a.m., the Yuma County Board of Commissioners met in regular session. Commissioner Scott Weaver, Commissioner Mike Leerar, Chairman Adam Gates, and Administrator Brandi Ritchey were present throughout the day. The Commissioners reviewed and signed accounts payable and discussed various meetings attended throughout the priorContinue Reading
From Yuma County Sheriff’s Office Facebook On May 21, W-Y Communications Center received a 911 emergency call from an individual numerous times. The caller was located at a dead-end road residence on County Road 38 approximately where CC.5 would have been. Undersheriff Larry Gilliland tried numerous times to contact theContinue Reading
The Yuma High School Class of 2025 will hold its commencement Sunday at 1 p.m. in The Pit. A total of 44 graduates will cross the stage to receive their diplomas. Yuma Middle School teacher JP Carwin will be the guest speaker. Braylynn Armstrong will give the Magna Cum LaudeContinue Reading
The lockdown of the Yuma schools on April 30 was discussed during the Yuma-1 Board of Education’s regular monthly meeting, Monday night at the District Office. All five board members were in attendance — President John Deering, Terri Frame, Lindsey Galles, Heath Roundtree and Tyson Brown. It turned out toContinue Reading
The Yuma City Council is considering putting a moratorium on certain residential modifications until updated regulations can be adopted. The discussion came during the council’s regular meeting last week. Mayor Tim McClung, Mayor Pro-tem, and council members Dan Baucke, Terri Frame, Zach Diaz and Marc Shay were in attendance. VanessaContinue Reading
The new authentic Italian restaurant in Yuma is off to a great start. Located in downtown Yuma at 202 S. Main St., Trattoria Rossi has been attracting hungry and thirsty clients from all over the region since it opened in early March. “We have had great response,” owner and headContinue Reading
Yuma Police Chief Jerry Thompson is resigning to take a job in the private sector. “I have accepted a position with a law enforcement software development company and look forward to this next chapter,” Thompson told the Pioneer. His final day was uncertain earlier this week, but he said heContinue Reading
Medicaid is on the chopping block as Congress has returned to session after an April recess, and resumes moving forward on a budget reconciliation package. The House Energy & Commerce Committee is meeting this week to work on its part of the package. The committee has jurisdiction over Medicaid, amongContinue Reading
Marianne Goodland marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com Former state Sen. Jerry Sonnenberg has been named executive director of the Farm Service Agency for Colorado by the Trump administration. Sonnenberg served as a Logan County commissioner beginning in 2023. He resigned that seat on April 16. He starts as executive director on May 5. TheContinue Reading
Wagon Wheel Ranch of Yuma has been selected as the recipient of the 2025 Colorado Leopold Conservation Award®. The award honors ranchers, farmers and forestland owners who go above and beyond in their management of soil health, water quality and wildlife habitat on working land. The Kenny and Jody RogersContinue Reading