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Holly Trustees Hire Two Employees, Plan for Parking Ordinance Discussion
Two new employees were added to the Holly Town roster recently. Keith Dennis was hired after a series of candidate application interviews, as full time Field Services Supervisor and provided the board with a run down of crew services in Holly for August. Town Administrator, Marsha Willhite, also introduced Claudia Parker who was hired […]
Roadwork on US 50 Between Lamar and Las Animas
BENT COUNTY – Work is underway to add passing and merging lanes and construct other improvements on U.S. 50, beginning west of Hasty and continuing east to State Highway (SH) 196 (McClave Junction). The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) project consists of asphalt paving, construction of acceleration and deceleration lanes at the Fort Lyon (SH […]
Colorado Ports to Plains Grand Opening Thursday
The public is invited to a ribbon cutting ceremony, Thursday, August 2 at 11:30am, to highlight completion of a portion of the Ports to Plains Corridor through Colorado. The event, hosted by CDOT, the Federal Highway Administration and the Ports to Plains Alliance, showcases the completion of the route along its current alignment and […]
Upcoming Surface Improvement Project in SE Colorado
PROWERS/BACA COUNTIES – The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) will be chip sealing segments of U.S. 50 and State Highway (SH) 89 over the next couple of weeks. Beginning on Monday, July 23, and continuing through Friday, July 27, flaggers and a pilot car will be alternating traffic from 6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., in […]
Prowers County Commissioners Discuss LCC’s New Semester, Valco Pond Funding and Sage Nutrition Financing
Lamar Community College is preparing for its fall semester. LCC President John Marrin and Recruitment Director Brenda Brown, briefed the Prowers County Commissioners on campus activities during a monthly update, Thursday, July 19. Marrin said some administrative changes have occurred with Jenna Johnson replacing Anne Marie Crampton in the college’s marketing department, while Crampton will […]
Highway 160 Bridge Project Set to Start
July 10, 2012 – Southeastern Colorado/CDOT Region 2 – The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) begins a three-bridge improvement project on U.S. 160 next week, east and west of Pritchett. CDOT is replacing the bridges with concrete box culverts at North Fork Sand Arroyo (built 1935), 11 miles west of Pritchett and at Lone Rock […]
Drive Sober for the July 4th Holiday Week
Don’t Lose Your Independence with a DUI Arrest this July 4th Week June 28, 2012 – Traffic Safety – Extra DUI Patrols and Sobriety Checkpoints Begin Friday Night. Denver – As Coloradans prepare to celebrate Independence Day, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) and law enforcement agencies statewide remind everyone that with our freedom comes […]
Granada Board Approves 1st Reading of Junked Vehicle Revision
Cover up your cars! After considerable discussion, the ordinance governing how derelict, inoperable or unregistered vehicles will be stored on private property was approved by the Granada Board of Trustees on first reading during their monthly meeting, Wednesday, June 13. The ordinance was revised by Granada Police Chief David Dougherty to now stipulate that a […]
Council Investigates Energy Efficiency Plan for Municipal Buildings
The council approved an agreement for a utility easement for a right of way for water lines which are not located in a public right of way. The easement agreement from private landowners was needed to build the new line which will provide service to Prowers Medical Center along Kendall Drive. The installment of […]
CDOT Summer Road Work Schedule
May 11, 2012 – Southeastern Colorado/CDOT Region 2 – PUEBLO – The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) is beginning or completing work on 30 projects totaling $194.4 million throughout southeastern Colorado this construction season. “We’ll have a variety of projects underway this summer, with a lot of bridge replacements taking place along with some large […]
Commissioners Approve Museum Roof Project
The Prowers County Commissioners have given the go ahead for construction of a new roof for the Big Timbers Museum. The project had been delayed for almost a year due to a lack of needed funding from grants in 2011, coupled with a new set of bids this year that had almost doubled the […]
New Granada Trustees Assume Duties
New members of the Granada Town Board of Trustees took their places following their oath of office Wednesday night, April 11. C.W. DeForest replaced Lesli Baca as mayor and Glenn Otto and Andi Riddle were sworn in as new members, while Debra Choat and Martin Jensen were administered their oath as returning board members. […]
Kit Carson Highway 40/287 Project Resumes
April 5, 2012 – Work is resuming for the season on the U.S. 40/287 reconstruction project through Kit Carson. The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) project is resurfacing 2.3-miles of highway with concrete, installing new water and sewer lines, sidewalks, curbs, gutters and new street lighting. It also consists of reconfiguring the State Highway 59 […]
Prowers County Commissioners Review Annexation Regulations, Levee Upgrade Plans for County
The Prowers County Commissioners discussed several topics with Mary Root, County Land Use Administrator during their Thursday meeting, March 22. A flood map is being completed for officials in compliance with mandated upgrades to the levee system throughout the country, mandated by FEMA and officials from the National Insurance Commission. Root said that Granada […]
Lamar Rec Advisory Board Focuses on Sports Plex
“We’re going to seek a $265,000 GoCo grant to complete the Sports Plex,” said Lamar Leisure Services Director, Rick Akers, as he addressed the Lamar Recreation Advisory Board during their monthly meeting, Wednesday, March 21. Akers presented board members a list of future city master plan projects that will require funding before they can advance. […]
Record Number of Colorado Law Enforcement Agencies plan St. Patrick’s Weekend DUI Crackdown
DENVER, CO – A record 114 law enforcement agencies and Colorado State Patrol troops have filed plans to crack down on alcohol- and drug-impaired driving over the St. Patrick’s Day holiday weekend, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT). The official Heat Is On crackdown begins at 6 p.m. on Friday, March 16 and continues […]
Granada Trustees Approve New Fire Truck, Discuss Truck Parking Ordinance
Granada is getting a new fire truck. The town board voted to purchase a 1987 model from Washington State to replace the 1964 model currently in use. Ricky Silva informed trustee members he had found a model priced at $8,000 that had around 54,000 miles of use. It will cost an additional $2,500 to get […]
Regional Airports Receive Project Funding
DENVER — Friday, March 9, 2012 — Gov. John Hickenlooper announced today that $20.4 million in state aviation fuel tax revenues will be distributed to 47 Colorado airports under the Aviation Discretionary Grant Program. The program is administered by the Colorado Aeronautical Board and the Division of Aeronautics of the Colorado Department of Transportation. “Colorado’s […]
Big Trucks & Tight Turns
A Lamar street crew is conducting some guardrail repair work on Commercial Street where it spans the Lamar Canal. Unfortunately the route is used by some trucks too wide and long to negotiate the bridge and the guardrails suffer for the size. Lamar Public Works director Pat Mason said it would be nice to widen […]
PJ Wilson Resigning from Lamar City Council
City Councilman P.J. Wilson announced that he will be stepping down from the council as his family has purchased a home outside the city boundaries, no longer allowing him to serve out his full term. He stated that his final day in office would be March 12, unless a replacement for his seat is found […]