Author Archive for Russ Baldwin
PATS Prepares for New Year’s Riders
Prowers Area Transit will provide rides for New Year’s Eve partiers from 7pm to 2am on December 31st this year. Although the rides are free of charge, any donations will be welcome to defray expenses for the bus and drivers. If you’re partying with a large group that evening, it’s advisable to make reservations at […]
Letter to the Editor: Sam Zordel
To the Editor, I appreciate all who voted for me, in this election. I will work hard to do the best for Prowers County, knowing I have support within the Sheriff’s Office and the community to reach the goals I have set. I will do my best to represent the citizens and build […]
February Opening Hoped for Tractor Supply
BRENTWOOD, Tenn. (Nov. 12, 2014) – Tractor Supply Company (NASDAQ: TSCO), the largest rural lifestyle retail store chain in the United States, today announced that construction is underway on a new location in Lamar, the Company’s 15th location in Colorado. The Lamar Tractor Supply store will be located at 300 Savage Ave., and will employ […]
Willhite Resigns as Holly Town Administrator
Editor’s Note: Holly Mayor Brad Simon said the Board of Trustees held an executive session earlier this week regarding the Administrator’s resignation. “We discussed her absence and what direction we’d take to find a replacement,” he said, adding, “There had been a little talk with her about stepping down at some point, and I […]
Bristol Resident Injured in I-25 Crash
The Colorado State Patrol investigated a two-vehicle crash resulting in one minor injury and one life threating injury that occurred on Colorado 25, 10 miles north of Pueblo. A 2002 Chevrolet Camaro was traveling northbound on Colorado 25. A 2007 International, pulling a trailer, was traveling southbound on Colorado 25. The driver of the Chevrolet […]
City September Sales Tax Revenue Takes a Drop
Total Sales and Use Tax Collections for the City of Lamar fell to 5.73% below last year’s Year to Date for a drop of $167,038 compared to 2013. City Sales Tax collections for the same period were off 5.68% for a decline of $150,912 Year to Date collections on all taxes for 2014 is $2,748,983.49 […]
Holly Commercial Club Elects New President, Donates to Ambulance Service
The Holly Commercial Club met in regular session the first Wednesday of the month at the Holly Methodist Church. As the executive committee had no volunteers to serve as officers in 2015, the floor ws opened for nominations with Ralph Plummer stating that he is stepping down as president after having served for seven […]
Doing Their Part for Veteran’s Day
Banks and some civic offices were closed Tuesday, November 11, for Veteran’s Day throughout Lamar, and American flags were observed lining Main Street. Several groups were doing their part to observe a salute to area veterans and active military members in Lamar for their service to their country. The Lamar Eagles Lodge offered a free […]
Kim Verhoeff Appointed Lamar Municipal Court Judge
Attorney Kim Verhoeff was the lone applicant to show interest in replacing Larry Stutler as the Municipal Court Judge for the City of Lamar. Stutler has tendered his resignation from the office effective December 31, 2014. He has been the Municipal Court Judge since 2008 and following the November General Election, was set for […]
Dust In and Warmth Out
By now, the view of dust clouds moving into our area from over the plains is a familiar sight. This past Monday, November 10, was especially significant as it also marked the end of the warm temperatures southeast Colorado has enjoyed for a period through the fall. The term Polar Vortex was not as […]
Crop Production – November 2014 – Colorado Highlights
Based on November 1 conditions, corn production in Colorado is forecast at 140.16 million bushels, up 8 percent from last year’s 129.69 million bushels, according to the Mountain Regional Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA. The 960,000 acres expected to be harvested for grain this year is down 30,000 acres from […]
Little Caesar’s Robbers Sought
Press Release On Sunday, November 2, 2014, at approximately 9pm, Lamar Police Department officers were dispatched to a robbery in the 1200 block of South Main Street, Little Caesar’s Pizza. The suspects took money and the DVR system and existed the establishment. Suspects were described as two male parties, around 5’9″ tall, wearing dark colored […]
National Weather Service Drought Update
October 2014 was a very warm and mainly dry month across southeast Colorado, except for portions of the eastern mountains and plains which saw above normal to well above normal precipitation for the month as a whole, due to the remnants of Hurricane Simon moving across eastern Colorado on October 9 and 10. The US […]
HOPE Center Sports a Student-run Bicycle Repair Class
Take four bicycles in various stages of repair, four boys with somewhat greasy fingers, an instructor and a Friday morning at the Project HOPE Center at Lincoln School is underway. For the past four or five weeks, on Friday mornings and Monday evenings, youngsters, mostly middle school age boys, will cover the floor in their […]
Gov. Hickelooper Proclaims November as “Hire a Veteran Month”
(DENVER) Governor John Hickenlooper has issued a proclamation declaring November as “Hire A Veteran Month” and during the next four weeks, the Department of Labor and Employment will be spotlighting the full spectrum of services the agency makes available to veterans. Workshops and special hiring events will take place statewide (for a full list, […]
Holly Trustees Approve 2015 Budget
The Holly Trustees approved the 2015 budget following a hearing that preceded the regular monthly meeting this past Wednesday, November 5. Total General Fund expenditures for 2015 are projected at $354,442, only slightly below the current year estimate of $355,216 Revenue for 2015 from other than property taxes is $283,653. The mill levy is expected […]
Tyler L. Brummett…December 20, 1980 – November 5, 2014
Memorial services for Syracuse, KS resident, Tyler L. Brummett will be held at 10:30 a.m. MST on Saturday, November 8, 2014 at the Syracuse Wesleyan Church in Syracuse, KS. Pastor James Helton will officiate. Inurnment will be at a later date. Tyler Lindsey Brummett was born December 20, 1980 in Garden City, Kansas to […]
CPW Conducts Poacher Check Point in Lamar
The eastbound Port of Entry along Highway 50 in Lamar was the site of a poacher checkpoint in Lamar this past Wednesday, as approximately two dozen Department of Parks and Wildlife and law enforcement officials checked vehicles for hunting violations. Orange cones were set up ahead of the Entry and two officials conducted a brief […]
Search Will Begin for New City Councilman
Lamar City Councilman, Ron Cook, will become Prowers County Commissioner Ron Cook representing District Two on January 13, 2015. He will replace Commission Chairman Joe Marble at that time, having won a run-off Republican party caucus in the county this past summer. Cook will have to relinquish his seat on the city council and the […]
Camino de Santa Fe and Main Street Projects Discussed
Lamar City Administrator, John Sutherland, is optimistic the city will be granted a full access road construction permit which will help complete the remaining gap between Camino de Santa Fe and East Highway 50. Asphalting and curb and gutter work was performed earlier this fall by the street department crews between Dollar General and Wal-Mart, […]