Yuma County News

Yuma County deputies, with the help of Border Patrol agents, arrested a woman who had crashed her car into a canal Wednesday morning and left the scene.

After ongoing contract negotiations between the county and the Humane Society of Yuma, it appears they've come to an agreement to continue services.

Three confirmed tornadoes were reported on Friday. The first was at 2:45 p.m. south of Sedgwick along Interstate 76.

Rapper Lil Wayne has appeared in an Arizona court on drug possession and weapons charges.

A group of smugglers didn't exactly keep a low profile this week as they tried to moved nearly 300 pounds of pot from Mexico into Yuma County, the Border Patrol said.

A neighbor's concern led to the arrest of two burglary suspects Tuesday night in the Foothills, the Yuma County Sheriff's Office said.

A A A Torrential rains which started in Holyoke about 7 p.m. Monday evening, June 1, had netted 3.5 inches of precipitation by 7 a.m. Tuesday, according to National Weather Service weather observer Dan Kafka from his home southwest of Holyoke.

A A A Yuma County Conservation District invites everyone who has grass for grazing, cows that like to eat grass or both to attend a two-part Managing Grass Profitably Workshop.

The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch for Weld, Logan, Morgan, Kit Carson and Yuma counties.

Members of the Northeast Colorado Board of Health were brought up to date on the current skunk rabies situation in parts of northeast Colorado at a recent meeting.

JBS S.A. has restructured its ownership of Five Rivers Cattle Feeding. In press release from its Brazil headquarters, JBS said that when it bought the Smithfield Beef Group last October, it also purchased 100 percent of Five Rivers Cattle Feeding, which owns 10 feedlots, including two in Weld County and one in Yuma County.

A A A The Yuma County Conservation District invites everyone who has grass for grazing, or cows that like to eat grass, or both to attend a two part Managing Grass Profitably workshop.

A Yuma man was found guilty on Friday of violating a court order of protection that had been filed against him.

The Yuma County Board of Supervisors will hold a special budget session Wednesday, to discuss the fiscal year 2009-2010 budget.

A big thank you to all the tax volunteers who worked throughout Yuma County to help our citizens file their taxes.

A A A Due to the recent confirmation of two rabid skunks in Yuma County, as well as a suspected rabid raccoon in Washington County, the Northeast Colorado Health Department would like to remind residents that local regulations require every owner or keeper of a dog or cat have their animal vaccinated against rabies.

I wish to express my appreciation to the many volunteers of the Foothills who worked to clean up the desert surrounded by Hunter, Foothills Boulevard and 48th Street and 40th Street to Fortuna Boulevard.

Participants in the Yuma County Library's Free Comic Book Day spent an afternoon enjoying their favorite graphic novels.

A project that will allow hundreds of Yuma County residents to connect to the city's existing sewage system has received more funding.

The Foothills Bank announced Tuesday the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire Yuma Community Bank.