A realigned Yuma City Council was sworn in and seated during the council’s regular meeting last week. Ron Swehla stepped down after a total of 14 years on the council in two different stretches, the last six as mayor. Sworn in to new terms were councilmen Dan Baucke, Zach DiazContinue Reading
The Yuma City Council will take on a little bit of a different look following this past Tuesday’s election. There were four candidates for three seats as council member. The unofficial results show Zach Diaz and Daniel Baucke each received 289 votes, and Marc Shay 271. Write-in candidate Daniel EbersoleContinue Reading
The Yuma Volunteer Fire Department is in need of a few good men and women. The YVFD currently has about 25 members, but has the ability to include many more. It is no longer required to live in town. One must live within the Yuma Fire District and within aContinue Reading
Yuma Police Chief Jerry Thompson walked the council through the challenges facing today’s police departments during a Yuma City Council workshop held this past Monday. The title of the presentation was “Keeping Current: The 411 on the Five-O – A Workshop on Daily Functions, Duties, and Requirements for Modern PoliceContinue Reading
The Old Threshers Group of Yuma is going to be growing crops the old-school way. Old Threshers is planting spring wheat, corn and summer fallow at the north end of the parking lot located west of the Old Threshers Grounds. Several of the Old Threshers members gathered last Saturday afternoonContinue Reading
Yuma Hospital District might have an agreement with a new CEO sometime this week. A search update as presented by YDH Board of Directors Mitch Korf, last week during the board’s regular monthly meeting. Also at the meeting were Monica King, Delaina Klein and De Ann Sewell. Robert Dorothy wasContinue Reading
Yuma teenager Miles Clark is in the Medical Center of the Rockies in Loveland dealing with multiple serious injuries following a two-vehicle accident south of town last Thursday night. A GoFundMe page has been set up online to help Miles and his family with the medical bills and associated costsContinue Reading
Spring training is nearly over, but the fun will continue for Mallory Noble. The 2016 Yuma High School graduate, and daughter of former Yuma residents Rich and Jen Noble, is the assistant director of field operations at Cacti Park of the Palm Beaches in West Palm Beach, Florida. “I loveContinue Reading
The Yuma Outlaws don’t have a good image, at least not yet. Yuma School District-1 is turning to the public to help come up with the proper imagery. That was the direction the Y-1 Board of Education gave Superintendent Dianna Chrisman during its regular monthly meeting, Monday night at theContinue Reading
It is Holy Week, so it is time for a rundown of Easter weekend services in the area, including sunrise services. Pleasant Valley Church will have its sunrise service again on Old Baldy, the highest point in Yuma County and throughout the area. Anyone wanting to attend is asked toContinue Reading