All Entries in the "Wiley" Category
Blizzard Recovery
It didn’t take very long for blizzard-like conditions to affect highway travel in southeast Colorado and Lamar. The weather service made the call late Saturday, early enough to give some folk time to make preparations. Springfield, Colorado reported that by 9:30am Monday, they had a half hour’s head start on the snowfall on Lamar, […]
Final Days Drive for Toys for Tots
Darlene Lopez, organizer of Toys for Tots in Prowers County, said close to 375 families, including some 650 children from toddlers to mid teens will be served for the Christmas holiday by the efforts of donations and volunteers again this year. Lopez and her crew have been quietly assembling, cleaning and categorizing toys and assorted […]
Lodging Panel Approves Events to Close Year of Funding
All three requests received funding during the last meeting of the year by Lodging Tax Panel Board members, although not all votes were unanimous. Mary Breslin, Lamar Ledger publisher, requested funding for a full page ad in the paper’s tourism publication, Discover Magazine. The board voted to approve a half page advertisement at $350 focusing […]
November Hydrology Report from NWS, Pueblo
Fall storms have brought limited relief in drought conditions over portions of southeast Colorado. However, it has not been sufficient to totally overcome the extremely dry 2010-2011 fall and winter seasons, especially on the southeast Colorado Plains. The current U.S. Drought Monitor now confines exceptional (D4) Drought Conditions to extreme southeastern Baca County with extreme […]
Prowers County Sheriff’s Report, November 2011
The Prowers County Sheriff’s Department made 300 service calls for November, 2011. Of those, 146 calls were in Lamar, 27 in Holly, Wiley had 14 and there were 109 calls made in the County. Forty-three calls in Lamar were jail related and 19 warrant arrests were issues. There were two calls for fraud or forgery […]
Walsh Boys, Eads Girls Win 48th Annual Holiday Tournament
The 48th Annual Lamar Chamber of Commerce, Holiday Basketball Tournament will be played this Thursday through Saturday, December 15-17 at the Lamar Community Building. Friday’s games begin at 10am and the Saturday championship games are scheduled for 8pm for the Girls Tournament and 9:30 for the Boys. The Consolation Championships will be played at […]
Election Information from The Prowers County Clerk’s Office
The last day to affiliate with the Republican Party is December 7, 2011, in order to vote in the February 7th Republican Party Precinct Caucus. (C.R.S. 1-3-101 (1)) The last day to affiliate with the Democratic Party and the ACP Party is January 6, 2012 , in order to vote in the March 6th Democratic […]
435 Arrests during Thanksgiving DUI Crackdown
December 2, 2011 – / – Heat is on Holiday Crackdown Continues through Jan. 2nd. Denver, CO – Heavy DUI enforcement in Colorado over Thanksgiving week netted 435 drivers suspected of drinking and driving. The arrest numbers are up this holiday season, compared with the same time period last year when 363 drivers were arrested for […]
Southeast Colorado CASA Ending Services
This announcement about the status of Southeastern Colorado CASA is a very difficult one to make. Due to a combination of unfortunate conditions, the Colorado CASA board of directors has made the decision to close Southeastern Colorado CASA effective December 15, 2011. I want to take this opportunity to personally thank each and every one […]
Positions Open on Prowers Lodging Tax Panel
The Prowers County Board of Commissioners is accepting letters of interest from persons who are residents of Prowers County to fill three (3) positions on the nine-member Prowers County Lodging Tax Tourism Panel. The Lodging Tax Tourism Panel was established in December 2005 to administer the funds created by the 2% lodging tax which was […]
November Precipitation Report from NWS
November 2011 wasn’t as dry as the previous year, but still one of the driest months of the year. Few counties in southeast Colorado registered precipitation levels above one inch for the month. Year to Date precipitation levels were rarely above ten inches for the past eleven months. A sampling shows […]
PCDI Developing Balanced 2012 Budget
The 2012 Prowers County Development Incorporated budget needs trimming, about $23,000 to be balanced for the approaching year. Board members believe $15,000 could be eliminated by taking that Community Partnership line item out of the budget, and the balance could be trimmed from various remaining expenditures. Community Partnerships brought in only $725 so far this […]
Colorado Employment Situation – October 2011
Nonfarm payroll jobs in Colorado increased by 8,800 from September to October to 2,254,700 jobs, according to the survey of business establishments. Government added 900 payroll jobs and the private sector added 7,900. According to the survey of households, the unemployment rate decreased two-tenths of a percentage point to 8.1 percent. The number of people […]
Election 2011: Haggard & Medina Win
Prowers County election judges sifted through 1007 ballots that were delivered to the county courthouse (yesterday) Monday. The day before, they processed 1,500 total. The last-minute ballots resulted in an almost three-hour wait after the polls closed before the results were known for Prowers County. Prowers County Clerk and Recorder, Jana Coen, noted that because […]
PCDI Reviews 2012 Budget, Voices Concerns for Eastern Colorado Economic Representation
Prowers County Development Incorporated, the county economic development organization, will be funded by both the city of Lamar and the county for 2012. Both contribute $50,000 to help maintain operating funds. The county had pledged its share during a joint meeting between the city and county earlier this fall, and the city announced they would […]
Election Deadlines are Drawing Near
October 25, (today) is the last day area residents can apply for a Mail-In ballot which will be sent by mail to a voter. This Friday will be the last chance to apply for a Mail-in ballot, but the voter must pick it up in person from the Prowers County Clerk and Recorder Office at […]
Congressional Update from Cory Gardner
Jobs and the national economy still top the list of congressional discussions, according to U.S. Congressman Cory Gardner, speaking to a gathering at the Community Center this Tuesday in Wiley. “This is the 31st consecutive month that our national unemployment rate has been above 8%,” he said. Gardner noted that he’s conducting his 53rd Town […]
Fire Safety is All the Time, Not Just October
October is National Fire Prevention Month, and the Lamar Fire Department has been spreading the message, visiting schools and pre-schools last week, conducting fire prevention activities, describing their equipment and offering safety information that is geared to the student’s age. This past Wednesday, firemen visited Little People’s Preschool, Melvin Hendrickson Pre-school, Wiley Preschool and later […]
Local Flu Shot Clinics Scheduled
Lamar, CO‐Prowers County Public Health & Environment would like to announce their annual flu shot clinics. Vaccine is plentiful and there are no anticipated shortages this year. Prowers County Public Health & Environment has received all of their vaccine for the season and will also offer nasal vaccine for children and adults ages 3‐ 49 […]
August 2011 Report from the Prowers County Sheriff’s Office
The Prowers County Sheriff’s Office responded to 340 calls for the month of August, 2011. Of those, 156 calls for service were from Lamar and 122 were from the county. Holly had 32 service calls and Wiley had 21 calls for service. There were 40 jail related calls for Lamar and 15 were for warrant […]