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A wide region around Yuma received much-needed moisture from last week’s snow and rain, but it also brought plenty of hassles. The storm dumped 12 inches in Yuma last Wednesday. It could have been much more, but the area received mostly rain on Thursday, Friday and Saturday morning. Big flakesContinue Reading

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The Yuma City Council has decided to not move forward with the Yuma Swimming Pool renovation due to rising costs. The decision came during the council’s regular meeting last week. All seven members were in attendance, Mayor Tim McClung, Mayor Pro-tem Jerome Benish, Terri Frame, Dan Baucke, Marc Shay, ZachContinue Reading

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On October 30, 2024 at 8 a.m., the Yuma County Board of Commissioners met in regular session. Chairman Mike Leerar, Commissioner Scott Weaver, Commissioner Adam Gates, and Administrator Brandi Ritchey were present throughout the day. The Commissioners reviewed and signed accounts payable and discussed various meetings attended throughout the priorContinue Reading

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The pheasants were bunched up for the hunters who could at least make it to the fields. Last weekend’s opener was slower than usual in regards to hunters, thanks to the heavy snow and rains in the region. That made it difficult for hunters from the Front Range to makeContinue Reading

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Yuma High School’s football team made a quick exit from the Class 1A playoffs on a cold night in Arvada, Saturday. The 42-0 loss to the second-seed Forge Christian Fury ended the Outlaws’ season with a 4-6 record. It is the second straight losing season for the program, which hasContinue Reading

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Third-seed Otis is in the 6-man football quarterfinals. The Bulldogs’ opponent was determined Monday when sixth-seed Sierra Grande beat 11th-seed Eads 50-42. Otis will host Sierra Grande on Saturday at 1 p.m. Otis’s first-round game with 14th-seed Cheraw was delayed from Saturday afternoon to Sunday, and moved to Prairie thanksContinue Reading

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Otis High School’s volleyball team is headed back to the big show. The Bulldogs will be competing in the Class 1A State Tournament, Thursday through Saturday, at the Denver Coliseum. They were able to get in their regional match last Saturday as scheduled, beating South Baca in straight sets. However,Continue Reading

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Doris Marie (McCall) Smith was born on April 19, 1940, in Yuma, Colorado to Arthur Virgil McCall and Alice Capitola (Chandler) McCall. She passed away after a lengthy illness on November 9, 2024, surrounded by her family. Doris married the love of her life, Eugene Alfred Smith on June 23,Continue Reading

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Cecelia “Denise” Axsom passed away on November 3, 2024 at the age of 71. She was born September 1, 1953 in Canton, Texas. Her family moved from Texas to Fort Morgan, Colorado in 1955. She graduated from Fort Morgan High School in 1971. She then attended a semester of collegeContinue Reading