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Yuma Hoops School of Basketball was in full activity Tuesday when everyone was sent outside as smoke filled the Yuma Middle School gymnasium. Campers in grades sixth through ninth were participating in the annual summer camp when the smell of smoke started being noticed. Eyewitnesses said that at first itContinue Reading

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Incumbent Mike Leerar held off two challengers in Tuesday’s primary election among Republican candidates for Yuma County Commissioner, District 3. The commissioner race was the only contested one on a local level in the primary. The unofficial results show that Leerar garnered 44 percent of the vote in the three-manContinue Reading

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A community celebration is coming back this year prior to the Yuma Volunteer Fire Department’s fireworks show. The first annual Third of July Fest will be at the City of Yuma’s Jeff Armstrong Ball Park complex Wednesday from 4 p.m. to dark, when the fireworks begin. It is being presentedContinue Reading

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Yuma baseball teams nearly swept the Jeff Armstrong Tournament, last weekend at the city ball park complex. The 10U team did win its division. The Outlaws went 4-0, beating Brush in the championship game Sunday afternoon. Yuma’s 12U lost a heartbreaker in extra innings to Eads in their championship game,Continue Reading

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Lewis William Thompson III was born January 21, 1956 to Lewis W. Thompson Jr and Alice (Hildebidle) Thompson in Pottstown, Pennsylvania. He passed away on April 22, 2024 at the age of 68. Lewis attended Perkiomen Valley High School in Collegeville, Pennsylvania. Lewis married Elizabeth (Krise) Thompson on July 24,Continue Reading

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Henry Joseph Strick, passed away on June 13, 2024, at his home in Joes, CO from cancer at the age of 89. He was born on June 23, 1934, at home in Kirk, CO to Joseph and Alice Strick, both of whom preceded him in death. He is survived byContinue Reading

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Dale Stoner’s Obituary written by him in 2018: On June 11, 2024, Coach V. Dale Stoner passed through the dark veil of death into the eternal light of Jesus Christ. Traveling 83 years starting from Salt Lake City, Utah to Lady Lake, Florida. Throughout these years, as with most folks,Continue Reading

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Bonnie Lee Lyon (Weeks) went to her heavenly home on February 21, 2024 at the Garden Terrace Alzheimer’s Facility in Aurora, Colorado. A graveside service will be held this summer. Bonnie was born on February 17, 1932 to Loyal and Doris Weeks in Rosston, Oklahoma. She was the eldest ofContinue Reading