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Lodging Panel Funds Snow Goose Festival
The 13th Annual High Plains Snow Goose Festival received a $9,000 donation from the Prowers County Lodging Tax Panel, about $1,000 less than they had requested, during the Panel’s monthly meeting this past Tuesday, October 21. The Festival was the only item on the donation agenda. Shawna Hodge, Lamar’s Main Street Director, told […]
Repair Work Continues at Two Buttes Reservoir
SPRINGFIELD, Colo. – A project to modernize the ageing dam at Two Buttes Reservoir is back on track after it was slowed by a rain event in April that flooded the work site. Last winter, when Two Buttes was dry, heavy equipment operators built a temporary cofferdam and removed 17 feet of sediment to […]
Plans Continue for Valco Pond and Park
Area residents and visitors alike will one day enjoy an almost 200 acre park and pond complex, just north of the City of Lamar at the Arkansas River. Some excavation work on Valco Pond and property has already taken place this spring and summer, but more specific planning and funding will be needed before […]