Pheasant season opens Saturday
It’s time the birds to go scurrying for cover again. A flock of hunters is expected to converge on Yuma County, and other parts of northeastern Yuma County for the start of Colorado’s pheasant hunting season, which runs November 13 through January 31. Local hotels, motels, camper hook-ups and otherContinue Reading
User fee, budget on RRWCD meeting agenda
An increase to the Republican River Water Conservation District’s water use fee, as well as the 2022 budget are among the items on the RRWCD Board of Directors meeting’s agenda set for November 16 in Wray. The meeting will begin at 10 a.m., and will be held in the meetingContinue Reading
City selling property; hosted Town Hall
The City of Yuma is in the process of selling the rest of the 70-plus acres it purchased a few years ago. The Yuma City Council took two action items in regards to the “Church Annexation” property, located between Detroit Ave. and Indian Hills Golf Course, during its regular meetingContinue Reading
Tribe hosts Centauri in first home playoff game in eight years
The March on Strasburg definitely deserves a spot in the annals of Yuma High School football playoff history. Yuma’s epic, game-defining, 19-play, 99-1/2-yard drive not only resulted in the first score in the Class 1A first-round playoff game, it also: • Led to the program’s first playoff win, 35-20, inContinue Reading
Fowler ended Yuma volleyball’s season
Yuma High School’s volleyball season came to an end last Friday in the regional round. The Indians won their first match in five sets over Rangely, but saw their season conclude with a three-set loss to third-seed Fowler, who advanced to the Class 2A State Tournament, Thursday through Saturday inContinue Reading
Wells selected to All-LPAA softball team
The Yuma High School softball team got one player on the 2021 All-LPAA Team. A total of 12 players were selected to the First Team, and five more received honorable mention. Yuma’s Samatha Wells was named to the First Team. The senior played short stop and catcher for the Indians.Continue Reading
A/W football lost in first round
The Arickaree/Woodlin football team saw its season come to an end in the first round fo the 6-man playoffs. The 10th-seed Indian Mustangs traveled to Cheraw last Saturday, suffering a 54-22 loss to the seventh-seed Wolverines. They trailed 20-6 after the first quarter, and were outscored 34-0 over the nextContinue Reading
Otis volleyball season ends in regional
The Otis High School volleyball team picked up one win at regional, but still saw its season come to an end in Stratton. The Bulldogs opened Class 1A Region F play against the host team, losing in three sets to the Eagles, 21-25, 23-25, 17-25. Statistics were not available. However,Continue Reading
Angeline (Babanicols) Vrame 1938-2021
Angeline (Babanicols) Vrame was born September 20, 1938 in Chicago, Illinois to Harry and Diamando (Greanias) Babanicols. She grew up in Chicago, and attended Morrill Elementary, Homer Greek School at St Nicholas Church, and Lindblom Technical High School. She graduated from Northwestern University in nearby Evanston, Illinois with a degreeContinue Reading
Barbara Ann Scott 1935-2021
Barbara Ann Scott died from COVID-19 November 6, 2021, at Saint Anthony Hospital in Lakewood Colorado. She was born at home on March 9, 1935, about 11 miles northwest of Wray, Colorado on the farm where her paternal grandparents and parents lived. Barbara was the first-born child of Charles LivingstonContinue Reading