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City Water Project at PMC Underway
Excavation is underway on the north entrance of Prowers Medical Center, part of the project initiated by the City of Lamar to replace aging pipeline feeding Prowers Medical Center. Once completed, in about 90 days from an earlier estimate, the 2,200 foot long pipeline will eliminate an old 14 inch water line serving the hospital […]
Business of the Week – Healing Hands Massage Therapy
You help your community thrive when you shop locally! Be sure to read The Prowers Journal each week when the Lamar Chamber of Commerce and The Prowers Journal highlight a featured Business of the Week. This week we are proud to spotlight the Healing Hands Massage Therapy located at a201 South 4th in Lamar. Call Sherry at: 719.688.5099. Healing Hands Massage Therapy, at 201 South 4th […]
SEMHS reschedules Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for August 7th
La Junta, CO—June 1, 2012—Southeast Mental Health Services Southeast Mental Health Services announced today that an open house to celebrate the completion of their new building will take place on Tuesday, August 7th, rather than the date that had been previously announced. “Mother Nature became uncooperative during April and May with several thunderstorms, causing the […]
Big Timbers History Corner – Ford Model T Touring Car
Wouldn’t it be great to head out for a little road trip right about now? Especially if you could put the top down and enjoy the warm sun! This sales bill from Sunday’s Garage shows one of the reasons we refer to the early 20th Century as “the good old days”. A factory new Ford […]
Valley National Bank is Consolidating Main St. Branch
Valley National Bank in Lamar will close its bank at 411 South Main Street on Monday, July 2, 2012. Denise Carder, Marketing and Operations Officer for the bank said this is a consolidation move, only. With only four employees at the Main Street location, and the other bank only two blocks away at 204 South […]
PCDI Continues Efforts to Sell Washington Street Property
Randle Realty in Lamar now has the exclusive listing for the Prowers County Development Incorporated incentive property. The land and buildings was donated to PCDI by Big R when the company’s corporate headquarters was moved to Pueblo. “Once the listing with Hancock Realty expired, we put out the building out for bid to local realtors,” […]
2012 Relay for Life this Saturday
The Magic of Relay; Dream It, Hope It, Cure It The annual Lamar Relay for Life is set for this weekend at Savage Stadium, June 2 and 3. Organizers hope to raise $85,000 for this year, surpassing last year’s mark of $81,274.23. The 2010 goal was $68,000. A series of different year-long fund-raisers were also […]
Mission Villanueva is Expanding
Contractors laid the finishing touches to a concrete base, site of a future walk-in freezer/cooler at Mission Villanueva in Lamar this past Wednesday, May 23. Proprietor Roberta Masias said this past spring, the restaurant will begin alterations to develop a Cantina on the west side of the restaurant, where a small dining alcove now exists. […]
Letter to the Editor, Re: Riverside Cemetery
To Whom It May Concern: I am writing this letter because I am concerned with the choice that the City of Lamar has made to neglect Riverside Cemetery. On Mother’s Day the weeds were grown up around all of the headstones and when complaints were made about the condition of the cemetery people were told […]
Rabid Fox in Eads, Fifth Rabies Case Confirmed S.E. Case for 2012
RABIES WARNING!! SE Colorado Residents Cautioned About Wildlife with Rabies Prowers County Public Health and Environment (PCPHE) is urging all citizens of SE Colorado to avoid any unnecessary contact with wild animals, especially any that appear to be sick or behaving in an unusual manner. Since the first of the year there have been five […]
May 2012 Hydrology Report from NWS-Pueblo
The snowpack readings almost melted out completely in May. Near the end of the month, automated sensors indicated that snowpack levels were running just 12% of average in the Arkansas Basin and just 3% of average in the upper Rio Grande Basin. Streamflow was generally below average across the Arkansas and upper Rio Grande Basins […]
Out of Gas, Pilot Lands Safely on County Road FF
The pilot of a single engine airplane thought he had enough fuel to make it to the Lamar Airport for a fill-up on Wednesday, May 30, but was about a quart low and a few miles short of his goal. It was a safe landing and according to authorities, the pilot had intended to […]
PCDI Continues Efforts to Sell Washington Street Property
Randle Realty in Lamar now has the exclusive listing for the Prowers County Development Incorporated incentive property. The land and buildings was donated to PCDI by Big R when the company’s corporate headquarters was moved to Pueblo. “Once the listing with Hancock Realty expired, we put out the building out for bid to local […]
Lamar Council Authorizes Letter of Support for ARPA, New Library Van Arrives
Lamar Mayor, Roger Stagner, signed a letter of support as requested by the City of La Junta, asking the City of Trinidad, an ARPA member, to reconsider its lawsuit against Arkansas River Power Authority. The letter also asks that efforts be made by ARPA and member cities, to find mutually acceptable solutions to the […]
Lamar Police Make Holiday Drug Bust
Press Release–Lamar Police Department On Saturday, May 26, 2012 at approximately 2:45 P.M., officers from the Lamar Police Department observed a silver Tahoe in the 200 block of East Park Street. Officers recognized the driver as Paul Carrillo, 26, of Pueblo, Colorado from previous contacts. Officers were advised Carrilo’s driver’s license was revoked as a […]
Light Plant Takes $125,260 Equipment Hit from April Tornado
The April 27 tornado in Prowers County caused $125,260.33 in equipment damage for Lamar Light and Power. The figures were presented by interim Light Plant Superintendent Houssin Hourieh during the May 29 meeting of the Lamar Utilities Board. The City of Lamar’s insurance carrier, CIRSA has been given the cost of damages for reimbursement. The […]
Big Timbers History Corner #4 – 1965 Flood
This copy of the Sunday, June 20, 1965 issue of the Rocky Mountain News was recently donated to Big Timbers Museum by Clara Weber. When people think of the museum’s collection, they usually picture the items on display. But there are thousands of other treasures stored and filed, waiting to help fill in the blanks of local folks’ stories. The […]
Prowers Medical Center Annual Meeting (part 2)
Editor Note: The following is the second half of a two part article reporting on the annual Prowers Medical Center, Board of Director meeting on May 23, 2012. The first article was made available online on May 24. Improving communications among hospital staff and in the community on several levels was stressed during the annual […]
Memorial Day Observed at Fairmount Cemetery
“A man’s country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods, but it is a principle and patriotism is loyalty to that principle.” George William Curtis Memorial Day was quietly observed this past Monday by the Honor Guard from the St. George S. Creaghe Jr. Post #3261 at Fairmount Cemetery. […]
Business of the Week – DeWitt Excavating
You help your community thrive when you shop locally! Be sure to read The Prowers Journal each week when the Lamar Chamber of Commerce and The Prowers Journal highlight a featured Business of the Week. This week we are proud to spotlight the DeWitt Excavating located at 7395 US Highway in Lamar. Call them at: 719.336.8150. DeWitt Excavating, Inc. has been in business for 38 years. […]