Citizens heard at town hall meeting
A decent-sized crowd grilled the Yuma City Council and administration about budget transparency and communication, during a town hall meeting Monday night at the Yuma Community and Enrichment Center. The city organized the meeting to answer questions regarding the general fund and enterprise funds. A total of 35 were inContinue Reading
Locals clean up 2A and 1A track honors
Area high school track and field teams hauled in some major recognition in the All State selections released late last week on CHSAANow.com. Yuma High School’s Lucas Lubbers was named the Class 2A Coach of the Year after leading the boys team to its first state title in 25 years.Continue Reading
YHS volleyball has quick turnaround
Volleyball is having the quickest turnaround of all local high school sports, coming off of 2020-21’s COVID-impacted seasons. Volleyball was held during Season C, concluding in mid-May, with the Yuma Indians making another trip to the Class 2A State Tournament. Now with Colorado’s high school sports apparently returning to normalContinue Reading
YHS football will be challenged in 2021
Yuma High School’s football team will be gearing up for a “normal” nine-game schedule in the not-too-distant future. The Tribe will have four home games and five away, beginning at home on August 27. All games will be in the evening, and eight of the nine will be under theContinue Reading
Fun times planned for Yuma on Saturday
The City of Yuma and the community is gearing up for a big Third of July celebration, which this year will fall on a Saturday. The Yuma Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring a craft fair downtown on S. Main St. from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The vendors will beContinue Reading
Governor signs mascot bill
Senate Bill 21-116, aka “the mascot bill,” was signed by Governor Jared Polis, Monday afternoon. It was the final legislative step dictating that schools such as Yuma will need to eliminate Native American mascots, and any reference on anything school related, by June 2022, less than one year away. IfContinue Reading
Driver avoided serious injury in overpass wreck
The driver in a rollover accident on Highway 34 at the overpass west of Yuma apparently avoided serious injury, last Saturday afternoon. The accident occurred at approximately 3:30 p.m., June 26. A 2015 Toyota Tacoma driven by Betty Nelson, 70, of Fort Morgan, was pulling a camping trailer westbound onContinue Reading
Lake Yuma Project is underway
Work is well underway with the Lake Yuma Project. Solitude Lake Management is in charge of the $500,000 project to upgrade Yuma’s attractive stormwater runoff pond. A grant from the Department of Local Affairs is covering half the costs, with the rest being covered from the Street Department budget inContinue Reading
Yuma boys won T&F title on silver anniversary of first one
Yuma High School’s boys track and field coaches and team members knew they had a shot at a state championship heading into last week’s Class 2A Track and Field Championships at Jefferson County Stadium in Lakewood. The Indians certainly lived up to the expectations, and then some — scoring 76Continue Reading
Yuma girls score 29, look to future
Yuma High School’s girls track and field team had a great run at the Class 2A Track and Field Championships, last week at Jefferson County Stadium in Lakewood. Scoring 29 points and tying for 11th place in the classification isn’t bad at all. It’s just that it was overshadowed aContinue Reading