Weathers wins two titles, sets record, Jefferson wins two
Lone Star graduate Alivia Weathers concluded her outstanding high school track and field career in style, this past week at the Class 1A Track and Field Championships at Jefferson County Stadium in Lakewood. Weathers won all four of her events last year, and followed that up with two championships andContinue Reading
Yuma baseball bows out at regional
A down, and up, and down season for the Yuma High School baseball team came to a conclusion last Friday in Peyton. Yuma opened the season 0-5, then won nine of 12 to climb above .500, only to lose its last six, bowing out in the first round of regional,Continue Reading
Girls golf ends at regional
Yuma High School’s girls golfers gave it their best shot but came up a little short in their bids for state tournament berths. Jailyn Mekelburg and Aspen Chadwick competed for the Indians in the Class 3A regional, Monday at Marianna Butte Golf Course in Loveland. Coach Jenny Noble said thereContinue Reading
Larry Jack McCracken 1944-2022
Larry Jack McCracken was born on October 8, 1944, to Alva (Buck) McCracken and Audrey Kinnison McCracken in Greeley Colorado. He passed away on May 4, 2022 at the Hillcrest Care Center in Wray, Colorado. The family lived in Evans, Colorado until Jack was two or three when they movedContinue Reading
Larry Eugene Murphy 1962-2022
Larry Eugene Murphy was born on February 8, 1962 and left this earth on May 12, 2022. He was 60 years old. He was born in Denver to Danny Murphy and Helen (Heideman) Murphy. He had one brother, Bob Murphy and four sisters, Sharon Wheeler, Diane Copp, Connie Leach, andContinue Reading
Delores Pillard Barker 1934-2022
Delores Pillard Barker passed away on May 17, 2022, surrounded by her children. Delores was born at the family home in Paoli, Colorado June 7, 1934. She joined six brothers and two sisters. She attended elementary school in Paoli, played summer softball and moved to Holyoke to live with herContinue Reading
Robert Charles Robinson 1939-2022
Robert Charles Robinson, Sr. was born in Larned, Kansas to Merne F and Lola Belle (Hagar) Robinson on August 8, 1939, at the family farm home. Bob was the 10th child of a family of 12 children, six girls and six boys, and three adopted children: Betty Jane, Terri(deceased), andContinue Reading
Yuma Ambulance Service in need of a revenue lift
Keeping the Yuma Ambulance Service in operation is proving to be more and more challenging financially. “We can’t sustain what it costs with what we get in revenue,” City Manager Scott Moore said. Keriann Josh, a paramedic with the Yuma Ambulance Service, said the number of calls are increasing, requiringContinue Reading
Darcy honored twice last week
Tribute was paid to the late Darcy Stallings in two different events in the Denver area, late last week. Stallings was killed in a vehicle accident last October northeast of Yuma while responding to a fire call, which turned out to be a controlled burn east of town. State Rep.Continue Reading
Beer garden gets initial approval
On April 29, 2022 the Yuma County Board of County Commissioners convened for a regular meeting. Chairman Robin Wiley, Commissioner Trent Bushner, and Commissioner Scott Weaver were present. Micah Seyler and Dave Blach of the Yuma County Fair Board met with the Commissioners to present the proposal for the beerContinue Reading