Archive for June 16th, 2011
Prowers Commissioners Meet with Xcel and Tri State Representatives
Representatives from Tri State Generation and Transmission and Xcel Energy requested a resolution of support from the Prowers County Commissioners for a joint Lamar-Front Range Transmission Line Project. Fourteen counties in eastern Colorado, including the six in southeast Colorado, will be impacted by the 400 mile long power line project. Exact figures weren’t available, but […]
Fireworks Ban Enacted for Unincorporated Prowers County
The Prowers County Sheriff and Prowers County Board of Commissioners issued a press release today, June 16, stating, “During this high fire danger time posed by extreme dry conditions, we greatly appreciate the public’s partnership and assistance in keeping the fire hazard to a minimum and thereby our County a safer place. Due to the […]
P3, Partners for Hope Receives Needed Grant Funding
There was good news and not so good news for P3 last Friday. Meg Day and Lori Hammer were awaiting word on a grant application for funding to take them through the approaching school year. The good news is the Justice Assistance Grant was awarded to them, but not in the amount they had hoped. […]
As Real as It Can Get
Photos by Russ Baldwin – Click on a picture to see a bigger version. There’s nothing like the real thing. Lamar firefighters and Prowers County Rural fire department members were put through their paces in a training exercise this past Wednesday night, June 15, at the former Big R warehouses on Washington Street. A reality-oriented […]
