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City of Lamar Sales Tax Revenue Report, November, 2011
November 2011 Lamar city sales tax revenue collected in December shows only a fraction of a percent gain for the month and a slight decrease for Total taxes collected for the same period. November city sales tax was up 0.91% for a gain of $2,110.19 over the same time last year, and a drop of […]
PMC Special Board Meeting/Forum January 17 on Recall Election
NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF PROWERS COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT AND TO ALL OTHER PERSONS TO WHOM IT MAY BE OF CONCERN: NOTICE is hereby given that a special meeting of the Board of Directors of the Prowers County Hospital District d/b/a Prowers Medical Center will be held at The Lamar […]
Speedy Meeting for Lamar City Council
Only a few topics were covered during the Monday night Lamar city council meeting on January 9. Pat Mason, Public Works Director, told the council, “We’re about 95% complete on all our snow removal at this point.” Mason said the street crews have had to operate with a small, warm window of opportunity, between 11am […]
Granada–Holly Highway Chase Results in Lamar Fatality
Pursuit / Fatal Crash The Colorado State Patrol is currently investigating a three vehicle fatal crash that occurred on January 9, 2012, at approximately 9:40 P.M., on Highway 50 in the town of Holly. At approximately 9:34 PM, a Granada Police Officer attempted to contact a 1995 Camaro that was traveling eastbound, for reckless […]
RE-2 School Board Meeting Set for 6:30pm Monday
Lamar School District Re 2 Alfred R. Young Administration Building Board of Education Regular Session January 9, 2012 – 6:30 p.m. AGENDA 1. Call to Order 2. Approval of Agenda 3. Correspondence (a) Letter from CDE, Public School Finance Unit – 3:1 4. Visitors/Recognition 5. Audience with Board 6. Reports (a) Food Service for December […]
Brief City Council Meeting Set
Few items are before the Lamar City Council for their first meeting of the new year, this evening, January 9. There is no work session scheduled, and the regular meeting will begin at 7pm in council chambers. The Sales and Use Tax Report will be presented to the council by the City Clerk. A public […]
Tanks Are Out
Two, ten-thousand gallon gas tanks were pulled out of the ground at the former Ken Roe’s Gas Station on South Main Street on Thursday afternoon, January 5. Various pieces of excavation equipment dug away at the two tanks which apparently sat one on top of another. Environmental inspectors took several soil samples from the surrounding […]
ARPA Bond Rating Lowered
The following is a News Release issued by ARPA which supplies wholesale power to Holly, Lamar, Springfield, Trinidad, Las Animas and La Junta.
Lingle Faces Charges of Stalking/Violating Restraining Order
Lamar Police Department Press Release Darrell Lingle faces additional charges of stalking and restraining order violation. On 12/24/2011 the Lamar Police Department responded to the 600 Blk of W. Washington St regarding a suspicious vehicle in the area. After what officers believed to be an initial attempt to elude them, Darrell L. Lingle, W/M, […]
Snow Removal Operations, Slow and Steady
“We haven’t been using any overtime to plow the streets,” said Lamar Mayor Roger Stagner during the council’s informal monthly breakfast meeting this Wednesday, January 4. Local drivers on Lamar’s secondary streets have noted that the snow removal process is taking longer, compared to the 2006-2007 holiday blizzard. During that blizzard, the entire southeast region […]
Business of the Week – My Wholesale Products
You help your community thrive when you shop locally! Be sure to read The Prowers Journal each week when we highlight a featured Business of the Week. This week we spotlight My Wholesale Products at 105 South Main Street in Lamar, owned and operated by Shirley Smith. My Wholesale Products has been in business since2004. […]
Three Potential PMC Board of Director Candidates Named for Recall Election
Sandra Summers, Karl Clifford Nieschburg and Kathleen (Kathy) R. Henderson will have their names listed as candidates for the Prowers Medical Center Board of Directors on the February 7, 2012 recall election for current board members Candy Ruedeman and Marge Campbell. PMC board members approved a resolution to set the recall election date during […]
Positions Open on Prowers County Fair Board
The Prowers County Board of Commissioners is accepting letters of interest from persons who are residents of Prowers County to fill five (5) positions on the Prowers County Fair Board. The term for each position will expire in February 2015. Any person living in Prowers County, at least 21 years of age, and who […]
Nominations Open for Lamar Chamber Citizen of the Year
One week remains for those area residents wishing to nominate a deserving citizen for the Lamar Chamber Citizen of the Year award. The deadline for entries to the Chamber office is Noon, Tuesday, January 10. The Chamber has set these criteria for a nomination and should be outlined in the nominating letter/form. Purpose – […]
Rogelio “Roger” Andrade…November 5, 1922 – January 1, 2012
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00 AM Friday January 6, 2012 for longtime area resident, Rogelio Andrade at St. Francis de Sales/Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church with Reverend Charlie Sena as celebrant. A Rosary Service will be held prior to the Mass at 9:30AM. Deacon Alan Medina will recite the […]
Arrests Made in Mentally Disabled Mans Assault
Lamar Police Dept Press Release- Investigation concluded that Jeremy Hendricks of Granada was the victim of an Assault in Lamar on Nov. 15, 2011. The victim is a mentally disabled adult male with the mental culpability of a 4 year old according to family. On the above date he was provided intoxicants that impaired […]
Las Animas Man Charged in Prowers/Otero Counties
Press Release Prowers County Sheriff’s Office Detective John Parker received information that an Otero County Inmate being held in the Prowers County Jail for the charge of 1st Degree Murder made an attempt to have a witness in his crime murdered. Det. Parker obtained a statement from witnesses and obtained a warrant for Inmate David […]
County Wraps Up 2011 with Board Appointments
The Prowers County Board of Commissioners made several committee appointments to close out their final meeting of 2011 last week. Jim Larrick was appointed to serve a three year term on the Prowers County Planning Commission beginning January 2012. David Wagner was selected for a four year term on the East Prowers Weed Control District […]
2011 Was a Dryer Year
The National Weather Service indicates that 2010 was wetter than 2011 in southeast Colorado. The wettest month for Eads was August with 2.99 inches of rain, the driest was October with 0.15. August was the wettest month for Haswell with 2.33 inches and the driest was October with 0.08. John Martin Dam received 3.06 inches […]
NWS Forecasting Strong Winds for Saturday
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL…EAST CENTRAL…SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE…TODAY AND TONIGHT December, 31, 2011 STRONG WINDS WILL SPREAD ACROSS MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO TODAY. WINDS WILL GUST IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS…AND IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH ACROSS THE WET MOUNTAIN […]