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The Yuma County Sheriff’s Office presented a plan for reopening the county jail at the last Yuma County Board of Commissioners meeting. Sheriff Todd Combs has stated it is his last attempt at presenting a reopening plan. The commissioners decided at the meeting to table the jail situation until November,Continue Reading

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Yuma police made two arrests last Thursday, July 6, following an investigation after impounding a vehicle. Yuma officers contacted a vehicle they observed with fake license plates out of Nebraska. The driver was cited for fictitious plates and released, along with a male and female passenger. The vehicle was thenContinue Reading

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Clinton Dale Hansen was born in Yuma, Colorado on December 28, 1934 to Peter Christian and Mildred (Aydelott) Hansen. He passed away at his home in Greeley, Colorado July 4, 2023. He married Rosalyn Kay Wilson October 28, 1956. She proceeded him in death in 1994. Two children were bornContinue Reading

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Richard (Dick) Herzing was born on July 16, 1942 to Edith and John Herzing in Bronx, N.Y. He passed away on June 27, 2023. Growing up, Dick spent many hours playing ball in the courtyards. His brother Greg said that Dick was the biggest kid in the group and nobodyContinue Reading

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Millie W. Bracelin was born on February 7, 1933 to Hazel (Meier) and Jesse Coffman in Eckley Colorado. On June 25th, 2023, while surrounded by her husband Myron, her children Terry, Tonna and Pati, her 2 youngest grandsons Michael and Kobe Krehmeyer, she gracefully took the hand of Jesus andContinue Reading

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Kenny Criswell was born on October 30, 1944 to Robert Earl and Mildred Louise (Grauel) Criswell in Yuma, Colorado. He was the middle child and had an older brother, Max and younger brother, 
Manard. Kenny was raised southeast of Yuma with his brothers and attended school at Wild Car andContinue Reading

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Keith Eugene Jamison was born April 16, 1956, and passed into eternal life on July 6, 2023, surrounded by his family. He was born in Littleton, Colorado, which is where his father, Darrel Eugene Jamison was working at the time. Keith’s father Darrell died in a work accident on MayContinue Reading

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Alfred Emil Brophy was born to Thomas Edward and Estella Violet (Walker) Brophy on October 23, 1931at home north of Wray, Colorado He passed on to eternity surrounded by family at his home in Colorado Springs on June 28, 2023. Alfred lived north of Wray during his early years. WhenContinue Reading

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Law enforcement has made an arrest nearly 10 months following the death of Yuma native Tresa Juhl (nee Brown). The Washington County Sheriff’s Office arrested Chad Leonhardt last Wednesday, June 28, on a warrant out of Washington County for second degree murder (felony), first degree assault (felony), second degree assaultContinue Reading