Boys golf league championship is Tuesday
Yuma High School’s boys golf team is nearing the end of its regular season. The Indians are at Akron on Friday, and the Northeastern League Championship is Tuesday. Regional is coming up later this month. Yuma finished third in the Wray Varsity Invite, August 31. Wray won the team titleContinue Reading
6-man: A/W rebounds for win; Otis suffers first loss
The Arickree/Woodlin football team rebounded from a season-opening loss to defending 6-man champion Fleming with a 66-38 home win over Hi-Plains, last Thursday. The Indian Mustangs are at Hanover, Saturday afternoon, looking to go above .500 on the young season. Arickaree/Woodlin pulled away in the second half to claim theContinue Reading
Local 1A volleyball report
The Otis High School volleyball team was 2-5 heading into this past Tuesday’s game at Lone Star. The Bulldogs improved to 3-5 with a four-set win at their neighborhood rival, losing the first set 21-25, but then dominating the rest of the match, 25-10, 25-20, 25-12. Rowan Tribelhorn had nineContinue Reading
Dixie McKillip Warren 1954-2021
Dixie Lee McKillip Warren, 66, passed away on Monday, August 30, 2021. She was born on September 28, 1954, in Scottsbluff, Nebraska to Richard “Red” and Phyllis (Wilkinson) McKillip, the youngest of five children. She graduated from Bridgeport High School in 1972. She attended Chadron State College and graduated inContinue Reading
Jake Leroy Bigner 1938-2021
Jake Leroy Bigner was born on March 21,1938 to Jake and Louise (Tatum) Bigner. He entered eternal life on August 30, 2021, at the age of 83. Jake was born in Hawk Springs, Wyoming and lived east of Wray as a young child. He attended Wray schools graduating from WrayContinue Reading
Funeral notice
Bonnie Jean Lovitt 1943– 2021 Bonnie Jean Lovitt was born December 28, 1943, and passed away September 1, 2021. A Memorial Service will take place on Saturday, September 11, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. at the Baucke Funeral Home in Yuma, Colorado. The Service will be live streamed on Facebook. BauckeContinue Reading
YHS students and staff will shuffle around project
It will be a different kind of school year, once again, at Yuma High School. “We’re trying to believe it will not be as chaotic as last year, but it might be for different reasons,” Principal Brady Nighswonger said earlier this week. “We’ll stay positive and hope everything goes smoothly.”Continue Reading
Yuma schools open Tuesday, principal among new staff
An extended summer vacation for the Yuma schools finally is coming to an end. The 2021-22 school year begins Tuesday, September 7, following a longer-than-normal summer break due to Yuma-1’s $32 million expansion/renovation project. Yuma-1 is opening the school in “Green” meaning there are no requirements for mask wearing, beingContinue Reading
Old Settlers returns this weekend
Eckley’s Old Settlers Picnic, the oldest community celebration in Yuma County, is returning this Labor Day weekend after a 2020 hiatus. It had been held for the 131 consecutive years prior to be canceled last year thanks to COVID-19 protocols. Still, the 132nd edition will be held Saturday and SundayContinue Reading
Pfizer vaccine available at YHDC as cases keep rising
Students between 12-17 years of age in Yuma now can get a COVID-19 vaccine without having to leave town, or wait for the mobile clinic to show up periodically. That is because Yuma District Hospital & Clinics now has the Pfizer vaccine. It made the announcement last week. One canContinue Reading