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Colorado Unemployment Situation for August 2014
Non farm payroll jobs decreased 700 over the month from July to August to 2,447,400 jobs, according to the survey of business establishments. Private sector payroll jobs decreased 700 and government was unchanged over the month. According to the survey of households, the unemployment rate decreased two tenths of a percentage point in […]
Lodging Panel Funds New/Old Events
Members of the Two Shot Goose Hunt are at work finalizing the 48th annual get-together for Lamar and Southeast Colorado. Bob and Rose Ann Yates, President and Executive Director, respectively, detailed some of the financial benefits the Two Shot has brought to Prowers County for almost a half century for members of the Prowers County […]
Lamar’s Main Street Program Tops Other Colorado Towns
Shawna Hodge, Executive Director for Lamar Partnership Incorporated, announced that the city has won first place for the 2014 Colorado Main Street of the Year. She said the selection was made by the Colorado Main Street Advisory Board and announced earlier this month by the State Department of Local Affairs. The judging was based on […]
Fall Festival, Pocket Park Proposal and Beauty Pageant Highlights Downtown Lamar on Friday
Afternoon bargain hunters shook off the early autumn chill in Lamar this past Friday afternoon, turning out along Main Street for the Fall Festival. Residents had an opportunity to discuss a proposal to develop the parking space north of the Shore Arts Center into a ‘pocket park’. Kristin Cypher, Vice-President of Britina Design and Emily […]
Rules and Regs for North Gateway Park
There have been only a few incidents that required a police presence at North Gateway Park since last year and that was mostly because people were fishing on private property before ownership was transferred to the city. It helps to know the rules of the road for any public area, especially now that the […]
Sand Creek Offers Special Walking Tour
The massacre of over 200 Cheyenne and Arapaho men, women, and children along the banks of the Big Sandy Creek in southeastern Colorado, known today as the Sand Creek Massacre, will be the topic of a free interpretive walking tour at the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site (NHS) on Saturday, September 13, 2014. Reservations […]
Lone Bear’s Family and 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. Lone Bear, long a friend of white society, tried to secure peace across the Colorado Plains in 1864. U.S. Army Colonel John Chivington remarked on his conduct as a prominent Cheyenne peace chief and “wrote […]
Fiesta de Colores Festival Set for Sept 12/13 in Granada
This year’s Fiesta de Colores Festival will be held in Granada for five candidates for Queen with the coronation set for Friday, September 12 and a parade and festivities will be held on Saturday at the town park. The banquet will be held at the Granada Complex for the contestants, their parents and the […]
Annual Hasty Days Set for Sept 6
This small community in southeast Colorado always has big plans for their September 6 celebration. It’s worth a visit to enjoy some of the activities. 6:30am Dam Run back and forth across John Martin Dam 9am Hasty Fire Department Breakfast: Pancakes, Sausage, Eggs and O.J. $2 & $5 for age groups 10am Parade Around […]
Changes Being Planned for 13th Annual Snow Goose Festival
The committee planning next February’s 13th Annual Snow Goose Festival in Lamar agreed there will be some modifications on the events being offered for the three day event. With the departure of two key members from the Colorado Department of Parks and Wildlife, Linda Groat and John Koshak, the committee felt this would be the […]
Lamar Council Okays Levee Study Funding
The City of Lamar is following through with Willow Creek Levee improvements as required by FEMA. Mapping the nation’s levee systems was mandated several years ago by the federal agency as a means of providing timely information for adequate insurance coverage within a community’s flood plain which would be impacted by a 100 year flood. […]
Colorado Farmers’ Markets Are Now At Your Fingertips
BROOMFIELD, Colo. – The popular Colorado Farm Fresh Directory, which has been helping consumers find local farmers’ markets for 30 years, is now available as a free mobile app. Farmers’ markets, roadside stands, u-picks, wineries and other agritourism activities are now conveniently available at your fingertips. “We are excited to expand this year’s Farm […]
State Fair Fans: $150,000 Still Unclaimed From Cashless Cards
Refunds Being Offered Until Sept. 2 at the Colorado State Fairgrounds PUEBLO, Colo. – A little more than $150,000 is still unclaimed in refunds from the “Cashless Card” used at last year’s Colorado State Fair, and refunds are only available until the end of the 2014 Fair on September 1. The Cashless […]
New LCC Dean of Academics Meets Commissioners, West Nile Found in Prowers County
Lamar Community College President, John Marrin, introduced Fred Hampel the college’s new Dean of Academics to the commissioners. Hampel hailed from Kansas and had an agricultural background from having farmed and ranched in his early adult life. He returned to college to become an economist, employed by corporations before he moved into higher education, teaching […]
Lodging Panel Funds New Events
An Old Cowboys’ Reunion, aerobatics exhibition and a Mr. and Miss Fall Festival Pageant were funded by the Prowers County Lodging Tax Panel during their monthly meeting August 19. Anne Marie Crampton from Lamar Community College and Alvin Jones explained the concept of the college’s plans for an Old Cowboys’ Reunion to coincide with […]
Butterfly Discovery at Sand Creek Massacre NHS
This regal fritillary (Speyeria idalia) marks yet another unique visitor to Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site. The National Park Service noted its outstanding colors and photographed it in Colorado’s Kiowa County for the first time. Unfortunately, regal fritillaries continue to decline in number and area. As in the picture, milkweed can draw this species […]
Swim Beach Re-Opens at John Martin Reservoir
The Swim Beach at John Martin Reservoir has re-opened to the pubic after it was closed for two days this week. According to a person at the park office, the beach was re-opened for swimming as of yesterday, Thursday, August 14. The Colorado Parks and Wildlife temporarily closed the swim beach at Lake Hasty after […]
Colorado Junior Rodeo Finals Coming To Lamar
Lamar, Colorado – August 11, 2014 – The Colorado Junior Rodeo Association is celebrating its 20th year and Lamar will host the CJRA Finals August 15-17. Over 140 contestants and their families will be coming to the Prowers County Fairgrounds for the event. Members have competed at rodeos throughout Colorado this year and the top 15 […]
Continued Drop in Lamar City Sales Tax Revenue
The Sales and Use Tax collected for June in the City of Lamar showed a drop of 25.24% comparing figures for 2013 and 2014. June City Sales Tax collected was $249,727 compared to $334,024 for 2013, for a drop of $84,296. Use Tax collected showed a 52% gain for 2014 with $24,848 compared […]
GOCO Listening Tour to visit Lamar Aug. 19
DENVER – Great Outdoors Colorado, which invests state lottery revenues in outdoor recreation, land conservation and wildlife, will bring its statewide listening tour to Lamar next month to gather input for its 2015 strategic plan. The Lamar event — one of 14 interactive sessions planned in communities from Silverthorne and Pueblo and Sterling to Grand […]