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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 […]
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 […]
Fire Department Incident Reports – April 23, 2014
Friday, April 11 At 7:20 am on April 11, fire personnel were dispatched to an animal rescue at 606 South 11th Street in Lamar. They were called by the pet owner to remove a cat that had gotten stuck in a swamp cooler. The animal had not been accounted for in over twelve hours and […]
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 […]
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 […]
State Officials Caution the Public About Responsible Marijuana Use During 4/20 Celebrations
STATEWIDE—April 20 is the unofficial holiday of marijuana enthusiasts. If Coloradans and tourists choose to attend any of the events throughout the state, patrons are strongly encouraged to be informed about the laws and partake responsibly. “State agencies, local governments, the marijuana industry and others have worked hard since the passage of Amendment 64 to ensure that […]
Lamar Council Opens Willow Creek Park for Lamar Days/Cinco de Mayo
Mary Moore and Connie Gangwish from Lightkeepers Ministries outlined their plans to the Lamar City Council, to create a non-profit women’s homeless shelter at the former Troy Apartments on South Main Street in Lamar. Moore has researched various, similar shelters in Pueblo to learn the logistics of their operation. Gangwish has said she’ll provide […]
Beware: Telephone Scam on Utility Bills
Citizens, In an effort to protect citizens the City of Lamar Police Department and Lamar Light and Power want to inform you of scam information. A person or company has been calling citizens and businesses to inform them that they needed to pay a light bill over the telephone in order to keep their […]
Lightkeepers Ministries Developing Women’s Shelter
Mary Moore and Connie Gangwish are taking steps to provide a temporary shelter in Lamar for homeless women. They’re just getting started on their long term goal, converting the former Troy Apartments on South Main Street into a shelter which will be known as Lightkeepers Inn. “We’re working on our non-profit 501c3 status using a […]
Protect Colorado Horses—Three Important Updates
EHV-1, Biosecurity, Brand Inspection LAKEWOOD, Colo. – This time of year typically kicks off horseback riding, jackpots, horse shows, and a number of other horse events and the Colorado Department of Agriculture reminds horse owners that there are a number of steps to protect their horses this season. Equine Herpesvirus (EHV-1) On March 26, […]
Do-It-Yourself Live-Burn Training Center for Lamar Fire Dept.
The Lamar Fire Department and Emergency Response Team have been at work since this past winter, building a permanent burn training center east of the city landfill. Lamar Fire Chief Marshall Cook said he expects the two story unit will be ready to be put to use later this spring or early summer. The building […]
Concluding a Career of Service
Paul Westhoff, CDOT Resident Engineer for southeast Colorado, came to the end of the road, you might say, with his retirement party held at the Division of Parks and Wildlife headquarters in Lamar this past Friday, March 28. “I started part time in the summer of 1979 without too much of an idea of […]
CDOT Launches New Campaign to Target Marijuana Impaired Driving
CDOT Launches New Campaign to Target Marijuana Impaired Driving Drive High, Get a DUI STATEWIDE—Colorado made history this year by becoming the first state to sell marijuana to anyone over the age of 21. At a press conference this afternoon, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) made history again by announcing the launch of an […]
Out for a Stroll on Improved Paths
With early spring temperatures moving into the warm range of 60s and 70s, more Lamar residents are starting to stretch their daily or weekend exercise walking routes. One recently improved course circles the medical campus off Memorial Drive. Emily Nieschburg of Healthy Places told the PCDI board members recently that the course was recently upgraded […]
Redevelopment Board Approves Beech Street Property Purchase
The Lamar City Council, meeting as the Lamar Redevelopment Authority Board on Monday, March 24, discussed the merits of purchasing the vacant lots in downtown Lamar that adjoin the City’s existing municipal parking lot on the north and abuts Beech Street on the lot’s south edge. Shawna Hodge, Lamar Main Street Coordinator, and City Administrator, John […]
NWS-Skywarn Weather Spotter Training Set for Lamar
WHAT: SKYWARN Weather Spotter Training by the Pueblo National Weather Service office. WHERE: Lamar, High School Auditorium, 1900 S. 11th Street. WHEN: April 2nd, 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. WHO: Current NWS Pueblo weather spotters and anyone else with an interest in volunteering. Weather spotters are volunteers who report weather conditions, such as large […]
Healthy Places Week for Lamar, March 29-April 5
Everybody in Lamar is encouraged to voice their ideas about health oriented improvements in the community during “Wellness Week”, March 29 through April 5 at various locations around the town. Each day will focus on a segment of community improvement ideas from the public that will be incorporated into a Parks, Trails and Recreation […]
Fire Department Incident Reports March 17, 2014
Thursday, March 13 At 2:40 pm on March 13, fire personnel were dispatched to an alarm system sounding at 1104 South 4th Street in Lamar. Upon arrival, fire crew spoke with an employee who stated that the alarm had activated two times that day but this was the first time that it sent a request […]
Wildfire in Colorado, Where do you get your Information
The names roll off the tongue, the 2000s have been rough years for fire in Colorado…Hayman, Four Mile, High Park, Missionary Ridge, West Fork Complex, Waldo Canyon, Black Forest, East Peak, and Royal Gorge. These are but a few of the fires we have seen in the past 10 to 15 years. Drought, pine […]
Fire Department Incident Reports March 11, 2014
March 10, 2014 At 1:01 pm on March 10, fire personnel were dispatched to CR 8.5 and CR DD.8 in Lamar on report of an authorized controlled burn. The fire crew was called by the water department to burn a pile of tumble weeds that had blown into an open reservoir. The site was evaluated […]