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Are Your Finances Ready for an Emergency?
Financial Emergency Preparedness Have you ever thought of financial emergency preparedness? We are often told to be prepared for a storm or an electrical outage, but finances are not mentioned. What happens if there is a fire, a theft or maybe a death? In a natural disaster your important documents could […]
Local Students Compete in Livestock Quiz Bowl at Nat West Round-Up
Southeast Area—District VI is sending a livestock quiz bowl team and a grand champion artistic clothing model to the 2014 National Western Round-Up Competition January 9 through 12 in Denver, Colo. Rhett Larsen, Chad Russell, Blake Muller and Joel Souders make up the livestock quiz bowl team and Kylee Holden will compete in the […]
Fire Department Incident Reports January 3, 2014
Friday, December 20 At 12:28pm on December 20, fire personnel were dispatched to 501 North 9th Street in Lamar on report of a gas leak. Upon arrival at the location, fire personnel found a 100 lb propane tank that was venting. The cap was still on the tank and it was wretched strapped to the […]
CDOT says Drugs and Driving Don’t Mix
Recreational Marijuana Legal, Impaired Driving Not Colorado DUI Laws Include Marijuana Impaired Driving STATEWIDE—As marijuana becomes available for recreational use throughout Colorado, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) and the Colorado State Patrol (CSP) remind motorists that it is illegal to drive while impaired by marijuana. Similar to alcohol, there is an established impairment […]
PMC Birth Announcements January 2, 2014
Abby and Brett Pettinger of Walsh are proud to announce the birth of their daughter Adalyn Ambrose Pettinger. Adalyn was born at 6:31 am on December 23, 2013. She weighed 7 lb 12 oz and measured 20 inches in length. Adalyn will join siblings Anabelle and Lynley. Grandparents Marilyn Pettinger, Perry Ambrose, and Cas Rifkin […]
LPD Makes Local Counterfeit Currency Arrest
On Wednesday, January 1, 2014, the Lamar Police Department received calls concerning counterfeit currency being passed at local businesses in Lamar. Officers were able to identify a suspect from witnesses information and video surveillance as Billi Jo Rider, W/F age 35, of Wiley. Officers made application for and were granted a search warrant to search […]
Dougherty Announces for Prowers County Sheriff
To my fellow citizens of Prowers County, I, David W. Dougherty would like to announce my candidacy for the Office of Prowers County Sheriff. If you choose to elect me as your next Prowers County Sheriff, I am ready and willing to roll up my sleeves and put all of my work ethics, training and […]
Deputy Fire Chief Leonard Retirement Party Friday, Jan 3
Deputy Fire Chief Pat Leonard has served the citizens of Lamar and Prowers County for thirty-nine years as both a firefighter and an Emergency Medical Technician. He has decided that it is now time to close this chapter in his life and move on to other adventures. We have arranged a retirement party for him […]
Lincoln School HOPE Center Meets The Code of the West
The Hope Center meets the Code of the West By Lacey Mann, CSU 4-H Extension Agent, Bent & Prowers Counties Southeast Area—Prowers County 4-H and The Hope Center have partnered to deliver Code of the West Happy Trails curriculum to third, through sixth graders. The first principle the Hope Center youth have […]
CDOT Eyes Lamar Main Street Improvements
The Lamar Reliever Route and CDOT plans for Lamar’s Main Street were presented to Prowers County Development Incorporated board members by Paul Westhoff, CDOT Resident Engineer this past Tuesday, December 31. Although financing for the by-pass around Lamar is still a future issue at this time, Westhoff said CDOT is still concerned about safety issues […]
2013 Year in Review for Prowers County: November & December
The Prowers Journal has Highlighted the Top News Events of 2013 November 2013 Year in Review Mail-in ballots were used exclusively for the General Election on the 5th, a development which incorporated the entire state for future elections. Most of the local election balloting was for school board positions for Wiley and Granada as […]
Lamar Police Make Two Drug Arrests
Friday, December 27, 2013 at approximately 2:30 pm, Officers of the Lamar Police Department served a search warrant in the 500 block of West Washington Street. The search warrant was in regards to information concerning the sales of narcotics. Officers arrested Camilla Grey (26) of Lamar for Child Abuse, Possession of Methamphetamine, Possession of […]
Tumbleweeds and Dust for Christmas Eve
Who cares if Rudolph’s nose glows cherry red in fog. How well does that thing work in dust? Around 3:30pm the horizon north and west of Lamar, past the riverbed up on the far ridges, showed a line of wind driven dust. The rolling clouds stretched along a wide path as it gathered steam […]
Heat is On for New Year’s Celebrations
STATEWIDE—Once again, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) and the Colorado State Patrol (CSP) will team up with 76 law enforcement agencies throughout Colorado to increase DUI enforcement from Friday, Dec. 27 through Thursday, Jan. 2. During last year’s New Year’s Eve enforcement period, 501 people were arrested on Colorado roadways for DUI and there […]
Library Shredding Party Highlights Early Improvement Bond Paydown
Lamar residents, city council members, county commissioners, library employees, volunteers, Friends of the Lamar Library and the Library Board gathered for a party to retire a finance bond ahead of schedule. The document shredding was held at the Cultural Events Center in Lamar, Monday evening, December 23. Board President, Jack Van Hook and Chris […]
Start the New Year by Recycling your E-Waste
Did you receive a new TV, computer, microwave or any other electronic item for Christmas? If so, now what do you do with the old equipment that you’re replacing? Don’t throw it away in the trash! Studies have shown that accumulated components of some electronic equipment are harmful to the land. A state statute […]
Donation for Lamar Area Hospice
The Lamar Area Hospice received a timely donation of $14,000 from members of the association that raises funds each year through the Angels Open golf tournament and the summer dance and auction. The funds are used by the Lamar Area Hospice organization throughout the year to assist families in need for their loved ones. The […]
Toys for Tots Completes Busy Season
The Lamar Middle School Cafeteria was fairly quiet and empty around 11am on December 24. Those who volunteered to deliver gifts throughout the county had either completed their rounds, or were still on the road. “We had from 30 to 40 people show up to help us out today,” said Darlene Lopez, organizer of the […]
Colorado Revenue Forecast Shows Modest Increase
DENVER — Friday, Dec. 20, 2013 — The State’s general fund budget forecast for the current budget year (FY 2013-14) as well as for FY 2014-15 is 1 percent higher than the September forecast, the Governor’s Office of State Planning and Budgeting (OSPB) announced today. General fund revenue comes mostly from income and sales taxes. […]
Prowers County 2014 Election Deadlines
FROM THE PROWERS COUNTY CLERK’S OFFICE The last day to affiliate with a Major Party in order to run as a party candidate in the Primary Election (June 24, 2014) is January 2, 2014, and last day to register as Unaffiliated, in order to be placed in nomination (by petition) as an Unaffiliated candidate. The […]