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Northside Park Playground is Open for Business
In the span of a morning and part of an afternoon, a several month long project to build a new playground in Lamar was completed. This past Saturday, September 14, was known as ‘build day’ for about 300 volunteers who contributed their time to assemble and erect playground equipment at the Northside Park in Lamar. […]
LCC Hosting 5th Frontier History Encampment
Every two years since 2005, a time machine at Lamar Community College drops back over 200 years revealing almost a century of Western Americana between 1800 and 1890, brought to life. Visitors can enrich their understanding of how the way things were, October 4 and 5 at LCC during the bi-annual Frontier History Encampment. […]
51st Colorado State Proposed to Prowers County Commissioners
A movement is underway in Colorado to develop a 51st state. Eleven counties out of the state’s 64 are entertaining the idea of a legal separation from Colorado to develop a state which offers greater rural representation for its residents versus the high population density along the Front Range cities. The Prowers County Commissioners met […]
LCC Awarded 2014 Military Friendly Schools ® Designation
(Lamar, Colorado; September 10, 2013) Victory Media, the premier media entity for military personnel transitioning into civilian life, has named Lamar Community College to the coveted Military Friendly Schools® list. The 2014 Military Friendly Schools® list honors the top 20 percent of colleges, universities and trade schools in the country that are doing the most […]
1,342 Arrested for Impaired Driving During Heightened Labor Day Enforcement
STATEWIDE— Labor Day marked the unofficial close of summer, and for the many arrested for driving impaired on Colorado roadways the end-of-summer celebrations came to an abrupt finish. The Colorado Department of Transportation’s (CDOT) The Heat Is On campaign along with the Colorado State Patrol (CSP) and law enforcement agencies across the state have reported that 1,342 people […]
Health Co-Op President to Visit Prowers County
Lindy Wallace, Board President of the Colorado Healthop, will, along with High Plains Community Health Center, host a community coffee on Tuesday, September 17, from 2 – 4 p.m. at the Lamar Community Building. Community members are encouraged to attend the free meeting to find out more about Colorado’s only non-profit health insurance cooperative. Discussion […]
What Ever Happened to Cathay Williams (A.K.A. William Cathey): Buffalo Soldier?
While it is known that African-American troops were among the first soldiers to serve at Fort Lyons, few people know that America’s only documented female Buffalo Soldier also lived in Colorado. Catharine Williams was born on a plantation near Independence, MO. Although her father was a free man, because William’s mother was a slave, so […]
Archery Clinic in Lamar September 11
Interested in learning more about the sport of archery? Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) will hold a free archery clinic, Wednesday, September 11 from 6-8 p.m. at the indoor archery range at the CPW Office at 2500 S. Main in Lamar. Archery is fun and safe and can be a life long skill enjoyed by […]
Colorado Calls Attention to Suicide Prevention
Denver — Friday, Sept. 6, 2013 — State government is working to raise awareness of suicide and suicide prevention resources across Colorado during Suicide Prevention Week, Sept. 8-14. The Colorado State Employee Assistance Program (C-SEAP), which is part of the Department of Personnel & Administration, along with the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment’s Office […]
John Ketcham Memorial Scholarship Awarded to Dylan Wahlert
(Lamar, Colorado; August 30, 2013) The second annual John Ketcham Memorial Scholarship has been awarded to Dylan Wahlert from Kim, CO. Dylan graduated from La Junta High School in May of 2012. During high school, he was a rodeo team member and a three-time Colorado State High School Rodeo Champion Bareback Rider. Wahlert also qualified for the […]
Lamar Workforce Center Holding Customer Appreciation Day Sept 6
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT MONTH TO OFFER EVENTS AND INITIATIVES TO MOVE COLORADO FORWARD (DENVER) — Governor John Hickenlooper has declared September as Workforce Development Month in Colorado. During the next four weeks, state and county run employment offices called Workforce Centers will partner with the Department of Labor and Employment to spotlight a variety of […]
CDOT Smartphone APP Provides Realtime Road Reports
Enhancement Designed to Better Inform Travelers DENVER – Tomorrow CDOT and its partner The Hub Companies, LLC, the organization responsible for the development of the CDOT Mobile Smartphone application, will begin providing real-time push notifications to users of the CDOT Mobile application. The notifications will appear in the notification bar of those devices and […]
Lamar Elks Lodge Donates Athletic Equipment to the Partners for Hope Center
Lamar Elks Lodge #1319 donated $900.00 of athletic equipment to the Partners for Hope Teen Center. Items donated were basketballs, footballs and flag football equipment, soccer balls, volleyballs, baseball and softball mitts and bats, pool cues, an electronic dart set and ping pong equipment. The money for this donation came from an Elk’s National Foundation […]
OJC and LCC Partner to Meet Area Business Needs
(Lamar, Colorado; August 27, 2013) Lamar Community College and Otero Junior College are partnering to provide services to Southeastern Colorado’s businesses, farms and ranches. OJC will be expanding its Agri-Business Management program into LCC’s service area, while LCC will take on the Small Business Management program in OJC’s service area. Providing services on a regional […]
Senator Bennet Discusses Farm Bill, Drought and Education
U.S. Senator Michael Bennet fielded questions focusing on the bipartisan immigration and farm bills, as well as how our national school system is not performing up to expectations. The senator was concluding a three day visit to eastern Colorado constituents this past Wednesday, August 28. Bennet and former Colorado Governor Roy Romer made an early […]
High Safety Ranking for LCC
(Lamar, Colorado; August 21, 2013) Lamar Community College is proud to announce it’s 4th place ranking on the “Highest Safest Colleges and Universities, Four-Year or Above” for the State of Colorado. Each college is ranked by the number of incidents per 100 students. Both local and campus crime are factors in the results with campus […]
Nominations Sought for Noxious Weed Advisory Committee
LAKEWOOD, Colo. – Two positions within the State Noxious Weed Advisory Committee will become vacant in December 2013. Nominations are now being sought to fill these important positions. The primary responsibility of the committee is to discuss Colorado’s weed management problems and craft solutions that best reflect public and private interests. The committee then […]
Tossing and Kicking on a Thursday Afternoon
Lots of youngsters dream of becoming a sports star and making the winning play. The best teachers and coaches foster a spirit of dedication for these youngsters that develop into a concept of practice, practice, practice. Of course, it also helps to have a lot of fun when you’re in the game. That was […]
McClave Enjoys New Park/Pavilion Improvements
McClave residents turned out this past Thursday, August 22, to enjoy their ice cream social at the park and make use of the new pavilion and playground improvements in the community. GoCO funds, along with matching funds from Bent County and the Bent County Recreation District, financed the $161,377 project. Numerous local contractors were […]
The Madonna of the Trail Gets a Facelift
The Daughters of the American Revolution, using grant funding helped secure an overhaul for Lamar’s Madonna of the Trail last week, beginning Wednesday, August 14. Earlier this summer, the DAR informed the Lamar City Council they would be in town for several days in either late August or early September, repairing some cracks and giving the […]