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Chamber Hosts Small Business Saturday & Holiday Festivities
Lamar, CO – The Lamar Chamber Merchants are kicking off the holiday shopping season with “Small Business Saturday”. Area merchants will be offering specials that day to encourage residents to shop locally and take advantage of what Lamar has to offer. “We really have a lot of opportunities for finding unique gifts right here […]
Clare Dunn Signs with Universal Music Group
Universal Music Group Nashville has signed singer/songwriter/guitarist Clare Dunn. She has opened for Keith Urban, Florida Georgia Line, Dierks Bentley, and Luke Bryan, and this week Dunn will open for Bob Seger. Dunn, a native of southeast Colorado, grew up working on a farm from a young age. While attending Nashville’s Belmont University, she added […]
USDA Reports 55.3 Million Acres of Irrigated U.S. Farmland
2013 Farm and Ranch Irrigation Data Now Available Lakewood, CO – There were 229,237 farms with 55.3 million irrigated acres in the United Sates, according to the 2013 Farm and Ranch Irrigation Survey results, published today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). According to the 2008 […]
Salazar Stepping Down as Colorado Ag Commissioner
Gov. Hickenlooper announces retirement of Agriculture Commissioner John Salazar DENVER — Friday, Nov. 14, 2014 — Gov. John Hickenlooper announced today that Colorado’s Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar will retire at the beginning of January 2015. He has served in the role since 2011. “For the last twelve years, Colorado has benefitted from the generous, […]
CDOT Installs 80 “Live-View” Cameras Throughout Colorado
ENHANCED TRAVELER INFORMATION CDOT Upgrades Traffic/Weather Cameras throughout State STATEWIDE – The Colorado Department of Transportation has installed a new traffic and weather camera at the T-junction of US 24 and US 285 at Johnson Village (just south of Buena Vista) today, as part of a $1.01 million project to upgrade the Department’s traveler […]
February Opening Hoped for Tractor Supply
BRENTWOOD, Tenn. (Nov. 12, 2014) – Tractor Supply Company (NASDAQ: TSCO), the largest rural lifestyle retail store chain in the United States, today announced that construction is underway on a new location in Lamar, the Company’s 15th location in Colorado. The Lamar Tractor Supply store will be located at 300 Savage Ave., and will employ […]
Willhite Resigns as Holly Town Administrator
Editor’s Note: Holly Mayor Brad Simon said the Board of Trustees held an executive session earlier this week regarding the Administrator’s resignation. “We discussed her absence and what direction we’d take to find a replacement,” he said, adding, “There had been a little talk with her about stepping down at some point, and I […]
Bristol Resident Injured in I-25 Crash
The Colorado State Patrol investigated a two-vehicle crash resulting in one minor injury and one life threating injury that occurred on Colorado 25, 10 miles north of Pueblo. A 2002 Chevrolet Camaro was traveling northbound on Colorado 25. A 2007 International, pulling a trailer, was traveling southbound on Colorado 25. The driver of the Chevrolet […]
Crop Production – November 2014 – Colorado Highlights
Based on November 1 conditions, corn production in Colorado is forecast at 140.16 million bushels, up 8 percent from last year’s 129.69 million bushels, according to the Mountain Regional Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA. The 960,000 acres expected to be harvested for grain this year is down 30,000 acres from […]
The Sand Creek Massacre
This article is part of a series by the National Park Service concerning the 150th Anniversary of the Sand Creek Massacre. The Sand Creek Massacre, tragic and unnecessary, impacted Federal-Indian relations and created the circumstances for years of warfare. With the events of November 29, 1864 fixed in their minds, Plains Indian nations faced an […]
Little Caesar’s Robbers Sought
Press Release On Sunday, November 2, 2014, at approximately 9pm, Lamar Police Department officers were dispatched to a robbery in the 1200 block of South Main Street, Little Caesar’s Pizza. The suspects took money and the DVR system and existed the establishment. Suspects were described as two male parties, around 5’9″ tall, wearing dark colored […]
National Weather Service Drought Update
October 2014 was a very warm and mainly dry month across southeast Colorado, except for portions of the eastern mountains and plains which saw above normal to well above normal precipitation for the month as a whole, due to the remnants of Hurricane Simon moving across eastern Colorado on October 9 and 10. The US […]
Gov. Hickelooper Proclaims November as “Hire a Veteran Month”
(DENVER) Governor John Hickenlooper has issued a proclamation declaring November as “Hire A Veteran Month” and during the next four weeks, the Department of Labor and Employment will be spotlighting the full spectrum of services the agency makes available to veterans. Workshops and special hiring events will take place statewide (for a full list, […]
Information Media Release from the Prowers County Clerk’s Office
The County Clerk & Recorder’s Office will be closed on Tuesday, November 4th for any Motor Vehicle Transactions and will only be open for Election business. We would like to remind everyone that all ballots must be delivered to the Clerk’s Office by November 4th, 7:00 p.m., in order to be counted. Post mark dates […]
Lamar PD Investigating Car Break-Ins
Media Release The Lamar Police Department is working on several cases involving vehicles being broken into between the hours of 11pm on 10/29/2014 to approximately 3am on 10/30/14 in the 1000 Blk of 10th, 11th and 12th Streets. If anyone has any information or saw anything suspicious in the area during these times they […]
CATTLE ON FEED – USDA Reports
COLORADO The number of cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in Colorado feedlots with a capacity of 1,000 head or larger was estimated at 840,000 head as of October 1, 2014. The latest inventory was 5 percent above last month’s inventory but 3 percent below October 1, 2013 inventory. The inventory included […]
Election News Update for Prowers County
ELECTION NEWS: Ballots have now been sent out to all active registered voters. If you have not received your ballot or you are not sure about your voter registration information, contact our office at 719-336-8011. You can also check your voter registration information online at: www.govotecolorado.com. If you have moved and didn’t update your […]
150th Sand Creek Massacre Remembrance Event at the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site
November 29, 2014 marks the 150th year since the Sand Creek Massacre. On that fateful morning one hundred and fifty years ago, Regiments of Colorado (U.S.) Volunteer Cavalry attacked a peaceful Cheyenne and Arapaho village along the Big Sandy Creek. The surprise attack resulted in the deaths of approximately 200 men, women and children. Those […]
Linked in Pink Activities Round Out October
Local medical providers are sponsoring several information seminars and outdoor events to highlight the annual Linked in Pink, Breast Cancer Awareness Campaigns held in local settings across the country. Women and their families are invited to the LCC Wellness Center, Saturday, October 25 from 9am to 1pm, for a ‘Git Fit and Relax’ event. A […]
Colorado Employment Situation, September 2014
Nonfarm payroll jobs increased 14,600 over the month from August to September, to 2,464,500 jobs, according to the survey of business establishments. Private sector payroll jobs increased 14,700 and government decreased 100 over the month. Colorado has had 35 consecutive months of payroll job gains. According to the survey of households, the unemployment rate […]