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PCDI Board Discusses Business Seminar Series, Wind Damage to Warehouse Roof
Prowers County Development Incorporated will co-host two different seminars for businesses and the general public in May. The first will be held May 7 at 7pm at the Cow Palace Inn and will be hosted by Jeff Tranel, a CSU Agricultural and Business Management Economist. Tranel will offer information to help family-owned farm and […]
Lamar Utilities Board Notes End of Year Financial Report
The Lamar Utility Board December 2013 Financial Report indicated that total operating revenues for the year, year to date, are $13,145,197 and total operating costs are $11,431,003. Gross operating income for the year was $1,714,194. When the non-operating revenues and expenses are considered, there is a net loss of $19,851, year to date. Light […]
Dust Storm/High Wind Warning Posted for Southeast Colorado
The National Weather Service in Pueblo has posted a Dust Storm Warning and a High Wind Warning until 7pm this evening, April 29, 2014. This affects Crowley, Otero, Kiowa, Bent, Prowers, Baca and Eastern Las Animas Counties. A wrap-around north flow around a deep storm system over the upper Midwest will continue to produce […]
City Council Discusses Airport Hangar Development, Camera System at Library
The Lamar City Council and area residents were presented with the latest concept designs for the city’s Park’s, Recreation and Trails Master Plan during a council work session, Monday, April 28, at the Cultural Events Center. Britina Design Group was commissioned by the council to develop a series of ideas for four main recreation […]
Neatest Trash in Town
Saturday, April 26, was the day for Lamar’s Spring Clean Up throughout the city. Public Works Department crews and volunteers hit the streets at 7am, mapping their course of action from years past. Sometimes residents just put all their refuse in a pile, like grass clippings and branches and limbs. This year though, […]
Regina Westhoff Receives Sheriff’s Scholarship
News Release Jim Faull, Prowers County Sheriff, is pleased to announce that Regina Westhoff is this year’s recipient of the County Sheriff’s of Colorado, CSOC, scholarship award for Prowers County. CSOC, Colorado’s state sheriff’s association, offered a total of 31 awards of $500 each this year to deserving high school and college students in Colorado […]
Five Vehicles, Two Crashes North of Springfield in Baca County
Media Release The Colorado State Patrol investigated property damage crashes involving five vehicles that occurred on Sunday, April 27, 2014 at approximately 1:10 PM. The crash occurred on Colorado Highway 287 at mile marker 45. This location is 14 miles north of Springfield. A 2007 Freightliner driven by Jimmy Cunningham of Conroe , Texas was […]
PMC Receives Annual Audit, Ruedeman & Campell Leave Hospital Board
“The past two years as a PMC board member have been one of the most rewarding periods in my 40-plus year career in the medical field,” said Prowers Medical Center Chairwoman, Candy Ruedeman. She and fellow board member, Marge Campbell, had their terms of office expire with the PMC board meeting on Wednesday, April […]
PMC Birth Announcements April 25, 2014
Claudia and Trevor Parker of Holly are the proud new parents of a baby girl. Joleen Paige Parker was born at 7:47pm pm on april 11, 2014. She weighed 8 lb 1.5 oz and measured 20 inches in length. Joleen joins her new sister Lillian. Her grandparents are Bob & Deann Parker and Pedro & […]
Commissioners Pass Resolution on Drought, Common Core
Doug Dowler, Executive Director of SCEDD, Southern Colorado Economic Development District, spoke about a three county regional economic assessment that will be conducted this fall. Dowler was meeting with the Prowers County Commissioners, Thursday, April 24. “We’re going to assess the economic strengths and weaknesses of the assets found in Prowers, Kiowa and Baca […]
New at the Lamar Public Library for the Week of April 21, 2014
Added to the Library Collection for the Week of April 21, 2014 Nonfiction The Baby Name Wizard: a magical method for finding the perfect name for your baby by Laura Wattenberg Blockhead: the life of Fibonacci by Joseph D’Agnese Kennedy’s Last Days: the assassination that defined a generation by Bill O’Reilly Shakespeare’s King Lear: Monarch […]
Canine Dante Joins the LPD Force
The Lamar Police Department would like to welcome Canine Dante to the police force. Canine Dante and his handler Officer O.J. Pierce have recently returned from a month-long training in Kansas to certify both Dante and Officer Pierce as a canine team. Canine Dante and Officer Pierce are a certified team in locating narcotics, apprehension […]
Valley National Bank Donates to New LCC Dorm
Valley National Bank in Lamar has donated $60,000 towards construction of the first of three planned residency pods for Lamar Community College. “This is an outstanding donation from the bank,” said LCC President John Marrin, Monday, April 21, at the bank’s office on South 4th Street. Marrin said the donation will go a long way […]
Lamar Police Conducts Drug Take-Back this Saturday
Media Release The Lamar Police Department will be participating in the National Drug Take-Back Initiative in cooperation with the Drug Enforcement Administration on April 26, 2014 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The program is designed for people with unwanted and unused prescription drugs to safely dispose of those medications. The collection point will be […]
Easter Bunny Hops for Friday Fun at Juniper Village
The Easter bunny came early to area children this past week, as residents of Juniper Village in Lamar hosted their 1st Annual Easter Egg hunt on Friday, April 18. Kids, six and under, were invited to participate in the hunt. About 50 children were on hand to enjoy the hunt for 15 dozen eggs, while […]
County Updated on Health, Education Developments
John Marrin, Lamar Community College President, and Deanna Siemsen, LCC Resource Counselor, commented on the turnout for the annual Career Expo hosted by the college Wednesday, April 16. Marrin provided a briefing of college activities for the Prowers County Commissioners. “We had about 50 booths focusing on six central types of career employment at […]
Telephone Talk Planned for Transportion in S.E. Colorado
Telephone Town Hall Offering Citizens Forum to Talk Transportation in Southeast Colorado LAMAR – The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) is hosting a telephone town hall next week for the residents of Baca, Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero and Prowers counties, providing an opportunity for them to ask questions and provide input about their regional transportation […]
Lamar Community College to Hold 75th Commencement Ceremony
(Lamar, Colorado; April 18, 2014) Lamar Community College will host its seventy‐fifth annual Commencement on Saturday, May 3, 2014 at the LCC Wellness Center. 270 degree or certificate‐seeking students are eligible to walk in this year’s commencement. This includes fall 2013 graduates as well as spring and summer 2014 candidates for graduation. The ceremony will […]
Lamar Community College CNA Program Holds Spring Celebration
(Lamar, Colorado, April 16, 2014) Lamar Community College’s Certified Nurse Aide (CNA) Program held their spring celebration on the evening of Thursday, April 10. 8 students successfully complete the 10-week certificate this spring. The students now qualify to take the National Nurse Aide Assessment Program (NNAAP) exam. There is no better way to start a […]
Colorado Employment Situation-March 2014
Nonfarm payroll jobs increased 3,300 over the month from February to March to 2,423,300 jobs, according to the survey of business establishments. Private sector payroll jobs increased 2,700 and government increased 600. According to the survey of households, the unemployment rate increased one tenth of a percentage point in March to 6.2 percent. The […]