Douglas Sheldon 1931-2020
Longtime Yuma, Colorado resident, and a short time resident of Goodland KS, Douglas Lee Sheldon passed away on Feb 28, 2020 at Grace Manner in Burlington, CO. He was 88 years old. Douglas Lee Sheldon was born on December 25th, 1931 in Ogallala Nebraska to Marvel and Wallace (Slim) Sheldon.Continue Reading
Top-seed Yuma boys get Holyoke in semifinals
It is tournament time. “This is the best time of the year,” Yuma boys head coach Dave Sheffield said. “Tournaments are so cool, anyone can win.” The Indians are the favorites to win the Class 2A District 2 Tournament this week. They enter as the No. 1 seed after goingContinue Reading
Yuma girls get SedgCo in semifinals
It is time to get on a roll for the Yuma High School girls basketball team. The Indians enter the postseason as the second seed in the Class 2A District 2 Tournament. That has earned them a bye into Friday’s semifinals in Sterling, while the third through sixth seeds battledContinue Reading
Brophy led way for Yuma wrestlers at state
Yuma High School’s wrestling team came close to breaking through to the big time, last weekend at the Class 2A State Wrestling Tournament at the Pepsi Center in Denver. Yuma had its first wrestler in the championship round for the first time since 2011, when Tyler Korf won a stateContinue Reading
Sports Schedule February 26-March 4
Schedules Yuma High School Wrestling — Season concluded last weekend at the state tournament. Girls Basketball — District semifinal vs. Sedgwick County, Friday, February 28, 6 p.m., NJC Bank of Colorado Events Center, Sterling; potential game times Saturday are 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. Boys Basketball — District semifinal vs.Continue Reading
District 5 moves to WHS
The semifinal field has been set as the Class 1A District 5 Tournament now moves to Wray High School, Friday and Saturday, after top seeds hosted the quarterfinals earlier this week. The Lone Star girls are the top seed in their bracket, Haxtun is the top seed in the boysContinue Reading
Yuma has eight at state
It is the Great 8 once again for the Yuma High School wrestling team. Qualifying eight wrestlers for the state tournament is pretty dang sweet, particularly if a few, or even half, can somehow find their way to the medal stand by the end of the tourney. YHS wrestling hasContinue Reading
Yuma-1 project now past schematic design phase
The first significant phase of the Yuma School District-1’s $32 million renovation/expansion project already is completed. Yuma-1 Board of Education unanimously approved the schematic design during its regular monthly meeting, Monday night at district headquarters in downtown Yuma. Board president Dan Ross, and board members Duane Brown, Kim Langley andContinue Reading
Plan for former Bonny State Park
By Joyce Lightle The South Fork Republican River Coalition was pleased with the more than 60 people who came to the meeting on February 10 in Burlington to hear of the plans for the restoration of the Republican River in the Bonny Dam area. Early in 2018, an alliance wasContinue Reading
Museum and city wrangle over new lease
Yuma Museum and City of Yuma representatives met a few times last week ironing out a new lease as the museum moves forward with a grant application for its planned renovation project. Tempers were a bit flared after the initial meeting, last Monday, but it calmed down a bit asContinue Reading