John and Roberta Schaffner love Yuma County, and Yuma County loves them. “Yuma County has been very good to us,” John said earlier this week. “Almost immediately when we came into Yuma County we were accepted as part of the county.” The Schaffners have been selected to serve as theContinue Reading
Prairie Sea Projects is happy to announce the 4th year of the Switchgrass Teen Film Workshop taking place in Yuma County this summer July 26 – 28; free for middle and high school students. Erin Harper, professional film maker from Yuma, returns with Erin Greenwell, also a professional filmmaker andContinue Reading
The first of the 2025 Yuma County Fair events is almost here. The 4-H Fashion Revue is at Wray High School on Tuesday. There will be a bit of a break after that with other “pre-fair” activities taking place Tuesday and Wednesday July 29-30 before the fair kicks into highContinue Reading
From Sara Vance Many of you throughout Yuma County have gotten to know me while I have been happily working for the Clerk and Recorders office over the course of the last eight years. For those of you that don’t know me, my name is Sara Vance. I was bornContinue Reading
Sandhills Energy’s solar energy project on the City of Yuma wastewater treatment facility property continues to progress. Mechanical completion and commercial operation of the project are anticipated to occur in September, according to Raphael Martinez, director of business relations for Sandhills Energy. The solar panels are being installed on 15Continue Reading
The local wheat harvest keeps plugging along in between rain storms, but the white combine finally reared its ugly head late Monday afternoon. Yuma, and most of the region, has been receiving rain on a consistent basis since the Memorial Day weekend, but luckily the hail has been minimal. ThereContinue Reading
The Yuma City Council approved the conditional use request for the former nursing home facility during its regular meeting last week. Mayor Tim McClung, Mayor Pro-tem Jerome Benish, Terri Frame, Zach Diaz, Vanessa Dischner and Marc Shay were in attendance. Dan Baucke was absent. The public hearing on the proposedContinue Reading
Yuma District Hospital & Clinics is among 29 rural facilities being asked to give back money to the State of Colorado. It stems from UCHealth recently winning a lawsuit against Colorado’s Department of Health Care Policy and Financing. UC Health sued the department over the classification of Memorial Hospital inContinue Reading
Jim Fraley is focused on giving youth the best chance to succeed no matter what path they want to take in life. “I want to help the kids reach their potential,” he said. “It’s all about the kids.” Yuma School District-1’s new superintendent took time to visit with the PioneerContinue Reading
A suspect is facing multiple felony charges after leading local law enforcement on a chase on Highway 34, last Friday, June 20. Ethan Cory Dudash, also known as Cody Crow, is facing the following charges: five felony counts of attempted murder, extreme indifference; five felony counts of menacing; two felonyContinue Reading