Author Archive for Russ Baldwin
Counties Receive Funds for New Voting Systems
FORT COLLINS, Colo., Jan. 21, 2016 — Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams announced Wednesday that he will provide $850,000 to help counties that are purchasing new voting equipment this year and next. Williams told the Colorado County Clerks Association that the state will use federal Help America Vote Act funds to cover 50 […]
Lodging Panel Considering Caps on Funding for Events
The Prowers County Lodging Tax Panel is giving thought to adjusting the amount of funding for some county events through a cap and if it’s worthwhile to continue to try to determine how many people spend the night in the county to attend those events. The cap will be aimed specifically at a one day […]
Santos Gonzales….January 21, 2016
Santos Gonzales passed away on January 21, 2016 in Las Animas, Colorado. Funeral Services for Santos will be held on Tuesday, January 26, 2016 at 10 a.m. at Horber Funeral Chapel in Las Animas, Colorado. Interment will follow in the Bent/Las Animas Cemetery in Las Animas, Colorado. Full obituary to follow at a later […]
Lodging Panel Entertains Requests from Two New Events
Two of the five presentations made to the Prowers County Lodging Tax Panel are first-time events. The Panel met for the first time this year, January 19th and introduced a new board member, Chad Hart, the Executive Director of Canyons and Plains tourism group, which serves the southeast Colorado area. The two new events […]
Colorado 4th Quarter Economic Report
Williams Releases Fourth Quarter Economic Indicators Report DENVER, January 21, 2016 – Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams today released the Quarterly Business and Economic Indicators Report for the fourth quarter of 2015. The fourth quarter saw a modest decline in quarterly new business filings. Existing entity renewals decreased from the previous quarter but […]
Colorado Cattlemen’s Association Hold Mid-Winter Conference
Arvada, CO, January 21 – Members of the Colorado Cattlemen’s’ Association gather twice a year to gain knowledge about their industry, create policy that drives their trade association, and present awards to those who have served the state’s beef industry in an exemplary fashion. This week’s Mid-Winter Conference, held in Denver, focused on the […]
Birth Announcements: Wollert-/-Lucero-/-Ricketson-/-Brossett
Moriama Gameros and Seton Wollert of Lamar, Colorado announce the birth of their son, Bash Taylor Wollert at Prowers Medical Center at 2:59am on Thursday, January 14, 2016 with Sharon Hendricks attending. Bash weighed six pounds and 14 ounces and was 20 inches in length at birth. Brothers/sisters: Khalia Wollert. Grandparents: Maria and Filiberto […]
Half a Century of History to Celebrate
The Prowers County Historical Society has begun planning events for their 50th anniversary. Their recent newsletter states that the Society officially began in 1966 with the donation of a building from the phone company. Prior to that point, there had been an informal historical organization. The Society said a logical date would be this September when […]
PATS Provides 2015 Ridership Figures for the County
The majority of riders use Prowers Area Transit Service for either medical appointments or to go to and from various shopping sites in the Lamar area. Darren Glover, Operations Director for PATS and Facility Coordinator for the Senior Center, provided an end-of-year numbers update for the Prowers County Commissioners recently. Glover’s figures show 24,642 riders […]
Carlene Crawford…September 19, 1947 – January 16, 2016
A celebration of life for longtime Lamar resident, Carlene Crawford will be held at 2:00PM on Monday, January 25, 2016 at the Peacock Family Chapel with Galan Burnett officiating. Interment will follow at Fairmount Cemetery. Visitation for Carlene will be held from 1:00PM until 7:00PM on Friday, January 22, 2016 at the Peacock Family […]
Colorado Traffic Fatalities Surge in 2015
CDOT Doubles Down on Outreach to Drivers STATEWIDE — Preliminary data from the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) indicates that traffic fatalities rose by 10% in 2015. In 2015 there were 545 traffic fatalities in Colorado, compared to the 488 fatalities in 2014. “Every fatality is one too many, which is why we are […]
Need a Charge? Give Your Car a Boost in Lamar
Electric powered car owners will be able to charge up in Lamar in the near future, according to Stephanie Gonzales, Executive Director of SECED, Southeast Colorado Enterprise Development. She told the Prowers County Commissioners recently, a grant application to Colorado Charge Ahead from November has been approved. “We don’t have any charge units for electric […]
Commissioners Focus on Annex & Courthouse Upgrades
Kirk Powers, Prowers County Building Operations Supervisor, reviewed some current and future upgrades planned for the Annex on East Cedar Street in Lamar. The building now features new stairs to the rear as Powers explained, “We’re very pleased with the way they turned out. We made them flatter and longer and added an extra step […]
Thomas W. Clark…May 12, 1940 – January 17, 2016
Funeral services for Thomas Clark will be held at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, January 20, 2016 at Valley Memorial Funeral Chapel in Holly, Colorado. Private family interment will take place on Thursday. Public may sign the book from 1:00-5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 19, 2016 at Valley Memorial Funeral Chapel in Lamar and in Holly […]
Holly Body Remains a Mystery
Prowers County Coroner, Joe Giadone, said recent efforts to identify the body of a man found in a seep ditch east of Holly on December 12th have come up empty. “We’re trying to identify this person through DNA. We recently thought we had a lead from a missing person report from Missouri, but the identifications […]
Eloise Cornelius…April 2, 1944 – January 17, 2016
A Memorial Service for longtime Lamar resident Anna Eloise Cornelius affectionately known as Eloise by her family and friends will be held at 10:00 AM Saturday, January 23, 2016 at the Peacock Funeral Home with Ian Blacker officiating. A private family interment will be held at a later date. For those attending the services, […]
Danette E. Von Hemel…July 5, 1962 – January 12, 2016
Memorial services for Holly, Colorado resident, Danette Von Hemel will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, January 20, 2016 at Valley Memorial Funeral Chapel in Holly, CO. Interment will follow at Holly Cemetery. Danette Elaine Von Hemel was born on July 5, 1962 to Ross Von Hemel and Rosie (Osborn) Vana. Danette […]
9/11 Tribute Memorial, from Drawing Board to Planning Stages
Although the concept of a 9/11 Tribute Memorial has been worked out on paper, the best place to situate the memorial in Lamar is still up for consideration. Doug Harbour, from the Tribute Committee, presented the Prowers County Commissioners with an artist’s representation of the memorial and discussed options with them. Two choices are the […]
USDA Grain Stocks Report– DECEMBER 1, 2015
COLORADO All corn stocks in Colorado on December 1, 2015 were 90.31 million bushels, down 12 percent from December 1, 2014, according to the Mountain Regional Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA. All corn stocks stored on farms amounted to 49.00 million bushels, down 22 percent from a year ago. […]
Republicans Pay Tribute to Veterans with Senate Bill One
DENVER – As a combat veteran, Colorado State Senator Larry Crowder (R-Alamosa) knows all too well the challenges facing his fellow military veterans. That’s why the first bill he offered in the 2016 legislative session, SB-001 — which is also the first bill being introduced by the Senate — aims at eliminating current caps on […]