All Entries in the "Granada" Category
Colorado Employment Situation-March 2014
Nonfarm payroll jobs increased 3,300 over the month from February to March to 2,423,300 jobs, according to the survey of business establishments. Private sector payroll jobs increased 2,700 and government increased 600. According to the survey of households, the unemployment rate increased one tenth of a percentage point in March to 6.2 percent. The […]
Prowers County Sheriff’s Report March 2014
The Prowers County Sheriff’s Office responded to 293 calls for service this past March, 2014. Lamar posted 164 calls for which 17 were warrant arrests and 47 were jail related. The majority of those calls, 59, were to serve papers and restraining orders. Eighty-six calls came from the county with 16 related to traffic problems […]
Drought Information Statement-NWS Pueblo
Higher terrain areas of Colorado benefitted from cooler temperatures and good precipitation for March, 2014. However, warmer, drier and windy weather prevailed through the rest of the state with most of southeast Colorado experiencing below normal precipitation. Portions of the Central Mountains and Wet Mountains received at or above normal precipitation for March. With […]
Water Supply Outlook-NWS-Pueblo
As of April 1, the 2014 snowpack was below average across the Rio Grande Basin of south central Colorado. Across the Arkansas Basin of southeast Colorado, the snowpack was highly variable, ranging from above average north of highway 50 to below average south of the highway. The Arkansas Basin snowpack measured 112% of median […]
Prowers County Municipal Election Summary
Several communities in Prowers County held elections for town board positions this past Tuesday, April 1. Four candidates were running for three seats on the Wiley Town Council. Julie Esgar received 81 votes, Chuck Miller and Jack Martin each had 79 and all three will serve four year terms on the board. Leigh Ann […]
Granada Bobcats Weekly Sports Report, March 31, 2014
With the spring sport schedule a couple of weeks old, the Granada Bobcats are looking like the program that made three straight trips to the Class 1A state baseball championship game between 2007-09, winning the title in the final appearance. The Bobcats took the #6 ranking in the CHSAANow.com poll into last week’s action, and […]
Sheriff’s Candidates Narrow for June Primary
Monday, March 31 was the deadline for local candidates to submit their petitions and signatures to the Prowers County Clerk and Recorder to advance to the June 24 primary. Each candidate on the GOP ballot for Prowers County Sheriff needed to submit 156 signatures to be placed on the primary ballot and those signatures […]
Do-It-Yourself Live-Burn Training Center for Lamar Fire Dept.
The Lamar Fire Department and Emergency Response Team have been at work since this past winter, building a permanent burn training center east of the city landfill. Lamar Fire Chief Marshall Cook said he expects the two story unit will be ready to be put to use later this spring or early summer. The building […]
Concluding a Career of Service
Paul Westhoff, CDOT Resident Engineer for southeast Colorado, came to the end of the road, you might say, with his retirement party held at the Division of Parks and Wildlife headquarters in Lamar this past Friday, March 28. “I started part time in the summer of 1979 without too much of an idea of […]
Out for a Stroll on Improved Paths
With early spring temperatures moving into the warm range of 60s and 70s, more Lamar residents are starting to stretch their daily or weekend exercise walking routes. One recently improved course circles the medical campus off Memorial Drive. Emily Nieschburg of Healthy Places told the PCDI board members recently that the course was recently upgraded […]
NWS-Skywarn Weather Spotter Training Set for Lamar
WHAT: SKYWARN Weather Spotter Training by the Pueblo National Weather Service office. WHERE: Lamar, High School Auditorium, 1900 S. 11th Street. WHEN: April 2nd, 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. WHO: Current NWS Pueblo weather spotters and anyone else with an interest in volunteering. Weather spotters are volunteers who report weather conditions, such as large […]
Colorado Employment Situation-January 2014
Colorado Employment Situation-January 2014 Employers in Colorado added 7,300 nonfarm payroll jobs from December to January for a total of 2,412,200 jobs, according to the survey of business establishments. Private sector payroll jobs increased 7,600 and government decreased 300. According to the survey of households, the unemployment rate decreased one-tenth of a percentage point to […]
Marble & Cook Advance to GOP Primary, Four Sheriff Candidates Stilll in Play
The Lamar Community College, Large Lecture Hall was filled to capacity for the Prowers County Republican Assembly on Sunday, March 16. County GOP Chairwoman, Janet Marriot said 103 delegates had been allowed for the state convention following the Credential Committee report presented by Kathy Callison. Nine GOP state and national level speakers addressed the audience, including […]
Prowers County 4-H Foundation Kicks Off Annual Membership Drive
Southeast Area—The Prowers County 4-H Foundation is holding their third annual “Membership Madness” round-up. This is an opportunity for 4-H alumni, businesses or individuals to become a supporting member of Prowers County 4-H programming and Foundation is pleased to have seen support grow each year. The Prowers County 4-H Foundation is heavily invested in supporting […]
Granada Customers to Vote on SECPA Sale
Granada Trustees voted to approve a resolution during a February 26 public meeting to hold a community election on whether to sell the city’s electric power to SECPA, Southeast Colorado Power Association. The election will be held Tuesday, April 1. The negotiated purchase price is $475,000 and it will be approved or denied by […]
Granada Bobcat Weekly Sports Update, March 11, 2014
The late-season run of the Granada Bobcats came to an end last Saturday, as they fell in their Region 3 final against Holly. Granada went 5-1 in February, and went into the regional field as the #4 seed, thanks to their second place finish in the District 2 tournament. The Bobcats dominated #9 Elbert in […]
Smoke and Spokes and Cowpokes
The Santa Fe Trail Dutch Oven Cookers are sponsoring a simulation of the gathering of chuck wagons and ranch cowboys. Join us for Cowboy Up with the Chuckwagon at the End of the Line Arena at Camp Amache, Granada, CO., on June 7, 2014. “Get em” with the wagon was a term used by the […]
Rural By Choice-PCDI Annual Meeting
One Prowers County resident was elected to the Prowers County Board of Directors and three current members retained their seats on the board during the annual PCDI meeting on Wednesday, March 5. Aaron Leiker was elected as a board member-at-large and Debra Choat, John Marrin and Doug Thrall will retain their seats on the […]
Donations Sought by LPD for Replacement K9
I am Sergeant Jamison Sherrill with the Lamar Police Department K-9 Unit. I am writing to you on behalf of the Lamar Police Department and the K-9 division. The Lamar Police Department first established our K-9 unit in 2008, and the unit has been serving the City of Lamar, Prowers County, and surrounding areas […]
Industrial Hemp Registration Draws Near
CDA Urges Producers to be Aware of Challenges LAKEWOOD, Colo. – Late last year, the Colorado Department of Agriculture adopted the first industrial hemp rules in the state’s history; producers can begin to register with CDA’s industrial hemp program on March 1, 2014. However, potential registrants should be aware of uncertainties that still exist because […]