Archive for August 9th, 2013
Website Troubles
To Our Readers: We appreciate your understanding and patience in your attempts to access the website for The Prowers Journal. We are working to correct the situation in which either the website moves at a snail’s pace, or you simply cannot access it at all. Our website provider and our in-house IT staff are exploring […]
EMT Training to be Offered in Walsh
(WALSH, COLORADO) The Walsh Ambulance Service in conjunction with Southeast Colorado Hospital Ambulance Service is happy to announce that we will be having an Emergency Medical Technician Basic (EMT-B) Course in Walsh. EMTs are used to provide prompt patient care and to transport sick or injured patients to a hospital. Our EMS agency relies solely on […]
Rain and Run-off
The recent rains to the south of Lamar and Prowers County are showing up in runoff and swollen streams as indicated by this Friday morning’s water level increase in the Clay Creek. The bridge just west of the Higbee Wildlife Center and shooting range has water and debris mixed together and rushing northward, overflowing […]
Colorado Parks and Wildlife to Release Water From Two Buttes Dam
LAMAR, Colo. – After a major rain event on Wednesday initiated a dramatic rise in water levels, Colorado Parks and Wildlife is releasing water from the Two Buttes Reservoir. Many years ago, the State Engineer’s Office, now the Division of Water Resources, Office of the State Engineer, Dam Safety Branch placed a restriction on the Two Buttes […]
Hickenlooper Plans 12 Stops in Two Days in S.E. Colorado
DENVER — Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2013 — Gov. John Hickenlooper will make 12 stops over two days next week during community forums on the Eastern Plains and in Southern Colorado. These meetings will be similar to community forums held last month in Grand Junction and Glenwood Springs. The two-day tour will begin Tuesday, Aug. 13, […]
Food Vendors Needed for Pedal the Plains
The Lamar Chamber of Commerce is reminding area civic groups they have until August 30 to register to be a food vendor for the September Pedal the Plains event coming to Lamar. Chamber office manager, Bobbi Ketels, said to qualify for a vendor license, only one member of a civic group needs to attend a […]
