Masked mandate sends workouts outside
Colorado Governor Jared Polis’ executive order mandating wearing masks in all indoor public spaces has had an impact on workouts and practices at Yuma High School. It was announced over the weekend that all student/athletes going to the morning workouts in the weight room would have to wear masks forContinue Reading
YHS sports will stay in same classifications for 2020-22 cycle
Yuma High School’s sports teams and activities will remain in the same classifications for the 2020-22 two-year cycle. CHSAANow.com released the enrollment numbers and classification ranges last week. The CHSAA database has YHS’s enrollment at 232. That keeps YHS safely within the ranges for all the sports that have fiveContinue Reading
Evelyn “June” (Adams) Herron 1929-2020
Evelyn “June” (Adams) Herron, 90, was born in Dodge City, Kansas on November 21, 1929 and passed away in Loveland, Colorado on July 15, 2020 as the result of an automobile accident. She was the oldest daughter of Ozene (Faulkner) Adams and Herbert Dean Adams. She attended Concord School inContinue Reading
Dale F. Stoops 1931-2020
Former Yuma County resident, Dale F. Stoops received his Heavenly Promotion July 10, 2020, at Sterling Living Center, having lived 88 years and 11 months. Born Aug. 10, 1931 at his maternal grandparents’ farm near Fleming, Mr. Stoops’ parents were Frank E. and Violet A. (Nelson) Stoops. He was secondContinue Reading
Billy Frank Chapman 1938-2020
Billy Frank Chapman, 81 passed away May 21, 2020. He was born July 21, 1938 to William E. and Beulah Anna (Wells) Chapman in Wray, Colorado and was the sixth of eight children. He attended grade school at Wildcat School south of Eckley and graduated from the 8th grade fromContinue Reading
The COVID-19 Mask Order and Little Acts of Kindness
Sterling, Colo. – July 17, 2020: Because of an increase in COVID case rates, Governor Jared Polis announced a statewide mask order yesterday, directing Coloradans to wear a face covering while indoors. The Executive Order states that Coloradans 10 years and older must wear a face covering over their noseContinue Reading
El Orden de Máscaras COVID-19 y Pequeños Actos de Bondad
Sterling, Colorado. – 17 de julio de 2020: debido a un aumento en las tasas de casos de COVID, el gobernador Jared Polis anunció ayer una orden del uso de máscarilla en todo el estado, ordenando a los habitantes de Colorado que se cubran la cara mientras están en elContinue Reading
YHS Senior BBQ on Sunday
There will be a Senior Good-Bye BBQ at the football field Sunday for the Yuma High School Class of 2020 and their parents. It will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Yuma School District-1 held a “drive-by” graduation on the original commencement date of May 17, Nearly all ofContinue Reading
Council moving toward November election
The Yuma City Council was scheduled to have a virtual workshop this past Tuesday evening to discuss dash cameras being installed in the Yuma Police Department’s patrol cars. YPD officers have been wearing body cameras for the past several years. Mayor Ron Swehla broached the subject at the end ofContinue Reading
Accident claims two lives
An area 17-year-old male and a 49-year-old woman from Benkelman, Nebraska, were both killed in a head-on crash that occurred on Highway 34 about one mile east of Otis, Tuesday, July 14, at about 8:20 p.m. Both vehicles were occupied by the drivers only. The teen, who has not beenContinue Reading