News from neighbors
Rain wreaks havoc
HAXTUN-FLEMING HERALD, May 5 — Heavy rainfall Tuesday evening, April 27, caused major damage south of Haxtun as some residents reported totals between 5-8 inches overnight.
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Run from cops ends up in pig pile
YUMA PIONEER, May 6 — Someone who ran from law enforcement ended up in a pile of dead pigs Wednesday, April 28.
According to the Yuma County Sheriff’s Office, it was around 9 p.m. when a vehicle attempted to elude members of the Colorado State Patrol and the YCSO. The vehicle was traveling at a high rate of speed.
A Yuma County deputy observed the vehicle on Yuma County Road H and followed it to County Road M. The vehicle turned east onto private property and shut off its lights. It then ran into a pit with numerous decomposing dead pigs and was stuck. The driver and passenger fled on foot.
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State Supreme Court rules in feedlot’s favor in 6-year-old case
STERLING JOURNAL-ADVOCATE, May 5 — The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday upheld an appeals court decision absolving a Yuma County feedlot of liability in a 2015 incident that allegedly resulted in a fish kill in the Republican River.
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CHSAA Council adds Class 6A basketball
DENVER POST, May 5 — The Colorado High School Activities Association Legislative Council added Class 6A basketball from 2022 through 2024 but declined to do the same for football, whose highest classification will remain 5A. Colorado previously had a Class 6A in basketball from 1990-94.
With football, the committee voted to bypass the Classification and League Organizing Committee’s recommendation that an eighth classification be added in the sport via a Class 6A. Instead, there will still be seven classifications.
The argument against a Class 6A in football is that it puts the number of teams in each classification between 34 and 38, which is about 60% of what most other team sports have per classification. And, 6A opponents say the proposed new class wouldn’t fix the inequity in big-school football, where a handful of the same programs — headlined by Cherry Creek and Valor Christian — dominate 5A every year.
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