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A Good Day Starts with Breakfast
The traditional Wake Up Lamar Breakfast was held at the Lamar Eagles this year, a prelude to Lamar Days activities for Friday and Saturday, May 15 and 16. The Lamar Chamber Board of Directors were busy the night before, preparing the soufflé breakfast that came out of the oven by 6:45am Friday, in time for […]
BBQ Results Update: Wild West BBQ & Fiesta Celebrated Food, Diversity and Wheels
The skies over Lamar cleared by mid-morning Saturday, May 9th, for the 11th Annual Wild West BBQ Cook Off at Willow Creek Park and the 3rd Annual Fiesta on the Plains. There had been sufficient rainfall on Friday and early Saturday morning to warrant some concern about how the rest of the day would pan […]
ARPA/LUB Scholarships Announced; Exploration of New Power Source Continues
The Lamar Utility Board held a brief general meeting before moving into executive session regarding the assets of the Lamar Repowering Project. Prior to that, the December 2014 Financial Report was delivered which showed that cash was up $159,533 from November and accounts receivable increased by $155,456. There was a gross operating loss for the […]
ARPA Board Signs Sales Agency Agreement for the Lamar Repowering Project
The Arkansas River Power Authority (ARPA) has entered into an agreement with International Process Plants (IPP) to assist with the marketing and sale of the Lamar Repowering Project power plant. IPP is a global asset recovery firm based in Princeton, New Jersey with offices and infrastructure in seventeen different countries. The contract with IPP follows […]
Turnaround Noted in Lamar City Sales Tax Revenue
Tax Revenues collected by the City of Lamar for this past March have shown an overall increase. City sales tax is up 9.52% for a $26,935 gain over the same time last year. Use Tax and Other Tax collections, while traditionally smaller, noted a drop of about $14,000 combined, over the same period. Totaled, the […]
Lamar Council Okays Funding to Support Southwest Chief Route
Lamar Police Chief Kyle Miller gave the oath of office to the city’s newest officer, Thomas Dunagan, who recently graduated from the Otero Junior College Law Enforcement Agency. He began his orientation training in Lamar on April 30 of this year. “With Officer Dunagan’s hiring, we’re now at our budgeted strength of 20 officers for […]
Plea Agreement Reached in Abling – Alba Murder Case
First degree murder charges against 49 year old Marla Abling of Lamar have been reduced to Manslaughter/Reckless, a Class 4 Felony that brings with it a recommended sentence of ten years and three years parole. Judge Stan Brinkley presided over the plea agreement hearing in the 15th Judicial Prowers County Court in Lamar Tuesday morning, […]
Added to the Lamar Library Collection – Week of May 11, 2015
ADDED TO THE LIBRARY COLLECTION WEEK OF MAY 11, 2015 ADULT FICTION Into the Shadows #2: Agenda 21 series by Glenn Beck Endangered #15: a Joe Pickett novel by C. J. Box The Forgers by Bradford Morrow Willful Child by Steven Erikson Supreme Justice by Phillip Margolin Deception on Sable Hill by Shelley […]
Las Brisas Upgrades Considered by Urban Renewal Authority, Taco Johns to Re-Open
The Lamar Redevelopment Authority Board considered a request from Alfred Bergquist and Armando Bieza for funding to help remodel their restaurant, Las Brisas, at 300-302 South Main Street in Lamar this past Monday, May 11th. Bergquist wants to continue to make improvements to the property which he purchased in 2013. Funds from the Urban […]
End in Sight for Abling Murder Trial?
Prowers County Combined Courts issued a news release, Friday, May 8, stating the Court will open the record in the case regarding Marla Abling at 10am this Tuesday, May 12, 2015, for “Purposes of the announcement of a plea by the Defendant.” Abling was arrested by the Lamar Police Department in January 2013 in […]
Area Elementary Students Attend CSU AgFest at LCC
(Lamar, Colorado; May 8, 2015) On April 22, approximately 335 fifth and sixth graders attended AgFest in the Lamar Community College Wellness Center. Area schools in attendance included McClave, Holly, Alta Vista, Wiley, Vilas, Campo, Springfield, Plainview, and Las Animas. Colorado State University Extension agents and the Colorado Department of Education taught ten stations […]
The Pettys Make a Pit Stop in Lamar
Over 100 motorcycles, riders and support staff and vehicles from the Kyle Petty Charity Ride, rolled into Lamar for a fill-up at the Pit Stop on North Main Street Thursday morning. Kyle and Richard Petty, plus Matt Kenseth, Donnie Allison and Rutledge Wood from the racing world, coupled with Herschel Walker of NFL fame, were […]
George Gotto Selected as PCDI Interim Executive Director
GEORGE GOTTO TO SERVE AS INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF PCDI (LAMAR, COLORADO) – “Focus your attention on what you are building.” The words of Nikki Rowe hold very true to what the board of directors of Prowers County Development, Incorporated (PCDI) is dedicated to doing. The organization is determined to bring about a new focus […]
Rainy Season
Quite a few local residents will tell you our region gets most of its moisture around April and May with spring rains. That has been the case so far, as over the past several days, coupled with the brief showers from last night, the first week in May has seen more rain than the past […]
City Clean Up Completed
Saturday was a perfect day for getting out the trash in Lamar. City crews and volunteers gathered at the Public Works office on South Second Saturday morning, got their assignments and last minute reminders about what and what not to take, and they were on their way. A brief drive around the city streets showed […]
Lamar Police Seek Info on Weekend Hit and Run
On Saturday, May 2, 2015 at approximately 1:30 pm in the area of Lee Ave and Main Street a pedestrian was walking northbound crossing Lee Ave and was struck by a late model blue in color sedan driven by a male subject. The vehicle left the scene and the Lamar Police Department is asking […]
Nine Students Receive Prowers County 4-H Foundation Awards
Southeast Area—Each year the Prowers County 4-H Foundation awards scholarships to qualifying graduating seniors. This year the Foundation was able to award nine scholarships in the amount of $500 each. Recipients include Callie Bennett, Amber Comer, Dalton Harris, Jericka Melgoza, Koy Palmer, Mason Pierce, Halie Schenck, Joel Souders, and Sheyenne Spady. Bennett will attend […]
Kyle Petty Charity Ride Coming to Lamar May 7
CHARLOTTE, N.C. March 2, 2015 – The Kyle Petty Charity Ride Across America has announced the route for its 21st Anniversary motorcycle trek, taking place May 2-8, 2015. NBC Sports NASCAR analyst and former NASCAR driver Kyle Petty will lead 200 motorcyclists along the 2,500 mile-route, stretching from Santa Cruz, Calif. to Branson, Mo., to […]
Donations Benefit Strainhurst Green Thumbs
It’s just a small sized plot of land at the Strainhurst Apartment Complex along East Cedar Street in Lamar, but it means a lot to many of the residents. Using $300 in funds from a past yard sale, coupled with $2,000 in donations of materials, the residents there have built an above-ground vegetable garden. […]
Kites Are Fun!
A sunny Saturday in late April brought around 100 youngsters and parents to Escondido Park in Lamar for the HOPE Center’s Kite Flying day and free BBQ, sponsored by Healthy Places. It was nice to see so many kids, on the early side of their teen years, to be without a cell phone for a […]