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As Real as It Can Get
Photos by Russ Baldwin – Click on a picture to see a bigger version. There’s nothing like the real thing. Lamar firefighters and Prowers County Rural fire department members were put through their paces in a training exercise this past Wednesday night, June 15, at the former Big R warehouses on Washington Street. A reality-oriented […]
Littleton Fire Engine Comes to Aid Wiley Fire Department and Southeast Colorado
(Wiley, CO) A donated fire engine from the Littleton Fire Rescue Department arrived just in time for Wiley Fire. According to Wiley Fire Chief Jim Farmer the 1989 Pierce Lance fire engine donated by Littleton Fire Rescue has been very active in a short period of time. “We never anticipated how needed this engine was […]
Friday Tire Fire
About the same time as the Friday 5 o’clock whistle blew in Lamar, a fire alarm also went off in town. Responders from the Lamar Fire Department were called out to Paulen Grove, between North 9th and 10th Streets in Lamar. A pile of discarded car and truck tires had been set on fire, which […]
Apartment Complex Fire Being Investigated
Click to enlarge photos – Photos by Russ Baldwin Investigators have been sifting through the debris left by Monday’s apartment complex fire at 801 South 13th Street in Lamar. The complex is owned by Grover Management in Denver and managed by Anthony LaTour of Lamar. The fire alarm was called at 1:29pm and before the […]
Fire at Former Gelhausen’s Apartments
Pictures and Video by Russ Baldwin As of 2pm this afternoon, Monday, June 6, Lamar firefighters were battling a fire that broke out in a combination garage/storage area at the former Gelhausen’s Apartment Complex off Chestnut Street. According to the landlord, Athony LaTour, who was on the scene, the current owner lives in Denver. LaTour […]
Bryant Will Recognized by DOW
Lamar resident and longtime Division of Wildlife employee, Bryant Will, was recently awarded with the 2010 Southeast Region Hunter Education Instructor of the Year Award. The presentation states, “According to our records, you began your DOW career in 1975, teaching well over 1,500 students as a DWM. Since becoming a Master after retirement in 2008, […]
Highway Construction Underway in S.E. Colorado
PUEBLO – The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) is expected to have at least 35 projects under construction throughout southeastern Colorado this summer and fall, work that includes paving, bridge replacements, and minor widening. “It’ll be another active construction season for us, which means motorists will encounter numerous cone zones throughout southeastern Colorado,” said CDOT […]
State Recommends Improvements at Holly Landfill
The Holly landfill has been hit with 10 deficiencies, and has been given from 90 to 180 days to respond with specific suggestions for improvements or to make the corrections. Town administrator, Marsha Willhite, briefed the town board on the findings which resulted from an October inspection last year. Willhite stated, “The survey was done in […]
Lamar investigates Possible Lead Contamination in Dead Cattle
On Thursday, May 12, 2011, the City of Lamar was notified that 23 calves pastured on land leased from the City had died. Two of the animals were autopsied and it was determined that death was due to lead contamination. There are a number of possible sources of lead in the environment. The City may […]
Prowers Health Officials Investigate Possible Lead Contamination
Health officials at the Prowers County Public Health & Environment Department are working with the City of Lamar, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, and the Colorado Department of Agriculture to investigate lead contamination from a water tank near Lamar. Paint and soil samples from the vicinity of the tank had high concentrations […]
Prowers Medical Center Preparing for VA Status
Prowers Medical Center will be able to serve up to 2,000 veterans in the immediate seven county area, including western Kansas, once it qualifies as a VA medical provider, effective June 1. PMC Chief Executive Officer, James Fairchild, provided an overview of the hospital’s new status for board members during their monthly director’s meeting, May […]
Prowers County Tornado Rated EF0
An area of thunderstorms moving through Prowers County shortly after 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, May 24th, and developed a brief land spout tornado approximately 5 miles east of Lamar, near the intersection of US Highway 50 and County Road 13. The tornado lasted for approximately 5 minutes from 2:10 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. The tornado caused […]
Unscheduled Stop for Southbound Truckers
Lamar police officers received some OJT, on-the-job-training, this Tuesday morning, May 24. Working with members of the Colorado State Patrol, the officers were flagging southbound commercial vehicles along highway 287 and performing routine safety inspections. Lamar police chief, Gary McCrea said two officers will receive training from the state to become Level One safety inspectors, capable […]
Frisbie Shootout Re-enactment Draws Downtown Crowd
Lamar is steeped in history, and one notable event, the shooting of Night Marshall James Frisbie was re-enacted in downtown Lamar, following the Lamar Days parade this past Saturday, May 14. The event transpired the night following Christmas, December 26, 1906 in front of the Lamar Union Hotel, what is now known […]
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 […]
Nabbed in the Act
Monday, May 9, 2011 at approximately 7:30pm, Lamar Police Department officers were advised of three burglaries within a five-minute time frame. Officers were advised one of the burglaries was in progress and the individual was still inside the residence. Officers were able to contact the individual, identified as David Colbert, 34, of Pueblo, Colorado coming […]
Tornado Preparedness
Tornadoes have killed several hundred persons and caused tens of millions of dollars in property damage in the southeast part of the country so far this spring. Southeast Colorado is not immune from tornadoes, as witnessed by the devastation in Holly four years ago. According to the National Weather Service, the U.S. averages 800 tornadoes […]
HPCHC Celebrates National Women’s Health Week
High Plains Community Health Center will join the nation in celebrating National Women’s Health Week, which kicks off on Mother’s Day, May 8 through May 14, 2011. This initiative calls attention to the importance of women’s health. The theme for National Women’s Health Week is “It’s Your Time.” During the week, families, health organizations, businesses, […]
Firefighters Take Advantage of Practice Burn
Surveying the progress of the fire Lamar firefighters never pass up an opportunity to hone their skills. Whether they’re found rappelling down Pike’s Tower in Willow Creek Park or torching an abandoned house, they make the most of their time. Many firefighters gave up their Sunday off, to tackle a deliberately set house fire […]
Lamar’s Friday Fire Wrap Up
One thousand acres of land in a two-mile stretch, running along highway 196 north of Lamar, burned this past Friday night and Saturday morning, caused by an out of control camp fire. The fire stretched between county roads 8.5 and 11 on land owned by Marvin Gruenloh, according to Prowers County Sheriff Jim Faull, […]