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Book outlines great history of Yuma County, region
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State launches more robust Spanish COVID website
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has created a more robust website for COVID-19 in Spanish, covid19.colorado.gov/espanol.
The entrance to Phillips County Fairgrounds is pictured around 1920. The fair manager for several years in the 1920s was R.N. White. In 1921, a grandstand was built. Baseball games, fireworks, parades, and horse and auto races were popular events at the fair at that time. — Source: Phillips County Museum
Peekin' into the Past
Five Years Ago — April 7, 2016
Yuma among schools that could face fines for unapproved Indian mascots
A bill to impose heavy fines on Colorado schools that use unapproved Indian mascots won approval on April 1 from the Senate Education Committee.
COVID-19 Numbers Update
Positive COVID-19 cases were reported Monday, April 5, as follows: