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PCDI Hosts Prowers County Economy Review
Southern Colorado Economic Development District is hosting a series of town hall meetings across a 12 county region of southern Colorado. The Prowers County meeting will be held Thursday, May 19 at 6:00 p.m. in the Mezzanine Room at the Prowers County Annex. This meeting is being co-sponsored by Prowers County Development, Inc. The town […]
Granada Water Restrictions Continue
Granada residents will be on water use restrictions for about two more weeks, according to the update given to the town board Wednesday, May 11. Several booster pumps short-circuited due to a water leak from a rusted flange submerging them in the pump pit. Water is now being provided through a gravity feed from the […]
Extreme to Severe Drought Continues in Southeast Colorado
The National Weather Service reports that April brought some needed precipitation to portions of the eastern mountains and adjacent plains, drought conditions continue to advance in the far southeast plains and San Luis Valley. The current U.S. Drought monitor for early May, indicates extreme drought conditions across Baca County as well as extreme eastern […]
Lamar Stays with Five Day School Week
The Lamar RE-2 school district will maintain its current five-day school week. Before a standing room audience that extended into the outer foyer, all but two members of the school board voted in favor of keeping the five-day week, with Allan Medina and Nancy Winsor voting to change to four days. Winsor asked if there […]
Lamar Honkers Visit Becky’s Restaurant
The Lamar Chamber of Commerce Honkers visited Becky’s Restaurant on April 29th. The Honkers and Chamber Board members Jill Tinnes and Axel Thurner presented Becky’s Restaurant Owner, Becky Licano, with her ‘dollar of profit’ plaque, and spoke to Becky about becoming a member of the Lamar Chamber of Commerce. Becky and her daughters operate the […]
Decision on Four Day School Week Due May 9
The RE-2 school board of directors will hold a work session Thursday, May 5 and a general meeting on May 9, at which time a vote on a four day school week will be taken. Parents, students and concerned citizens attended a public forum on the matter this past Tuesday, and the public had an […]
Drought Expanding Across Southeast Colorado
La Nina conditions are expected to weaken into June, which is expected to bring dry conditions for the eastern plains and southern Colorado. The National Weather Service out of Pueblo reports the current U.S. Drought Monitor now indicates extreme drought conditions across Baca County as well as extreme eastern Las Animas County, extreme southeastern Bent […]
HITECH HEALTH CARE SYMPOSIUM TO BE HOSTED BY LCC
A day-long HITECH Health Care Symposium will be hosted by LCC on Saturday, April 30, 2011, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. in the Betz Building Atrium and Computer and Nursing Lab classrooms. The HITECH Act is a big portion of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), and has a great deal to do […]
March Employment Figures for S.E. Colorado
Employers in Colorado added 500 non-farm payroll jobs from February to March for a total of 2,228,200 jobs, according to the survey of establishments. Government increased by 1,100 payroll jobs and the private sector declined by 600. The national unemployment rate dropped from 8.9 to 8.8 percent over the same period. The unemployment rate decreased one-tenth of a percentage […]
RE-2 School Board Closes Lincoln, Ponders 4 Day School Week
The Lamar RE-2 District school board, faced with an $860,000 budget shortfall for next year, took several steps during Monday night’s meeting to close the financial gap. One step was to close Lincoln school for next year. Director Elizabeth Whitham cast the lone no vote to close the school which was estimated to account […]
Lamar Social Security Visit Cancelled
There will be no Social Security representatives visiting the Senior Center in Lamar on Wednesday, April 20, 2011, due to budget cutbacks. The next scheduled visit from Social Security representatives will be Wednesday, May 18, 2011. All other business with Social Security must be taken to the La Junta office. Please call 1-888-221-0429 for […]
State Reduces Unemployment Claims/Layoffs with Work Share Program
If you are an employer faced with laying off one or more employees due to economic setbacks, the State of Colorado offers an alternative through the Work-Share program. This voluntary 18 week program provides an alternative to layoffs. Under the program, you may reduce the number of hours of a single employee, or a group […]
February 2011 Unemployment Figures for Colorado
The state Labor and Employment Board released the most recent numbers for employment in Colorado. As of February, Colorado had 2,670,939 eligible workers with 259,400 unemployed. That number rose for last month to 263,646 for January and was lower last February at this time with 253,381 for February, 2010. The percentages for counties in southeast […]
Economic Survey Seminars Underway in Prowers County
Initial results from, “Bottom Up”, a citizen’s economic survey of needs, strengths and weaknesses in Prowers County, were discussed during an open forum held at the Cultural Events Center in Lamar Monday evening, March 21. PCDI, Prowers County Development Incorporated, and the Prowers County Commissioners are hosting similar meetings in Granada, Wiley and Holly this […]
Southeast Colorado November Employment Figures Climb
Colorado’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate increased two-tenths of one percentage point to 8.6 percent in November, according to Donald J. Mares, Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment. “For the first time in three years we’ve now had three consecutive months of wage and salary job growth,” Mares said. “While the unemployment […]