All Entries Tagged With: "High Plains"
Independence Adventure Campers
Southeast Area—Colorado State University Prowers County Extension partnered with the Prowers County 4-H Council, Prowers County Land Use and Environmental Health, Prowers Soil Conservation District, Holly National Resources Conservation Service, Colorado State University Extension Agents and community volunteers to host the first ever Independence Adventure Camp June 29 through July 1 at the Sand and […]
Severe Drought Conditions Expanding in S.W. Colorado
The National Weather Service has updated the state Drought Impact Statement for this past month. March of 2015 came in like a lion and left like a lamb across south central and southeast Colorado. The weather pattern for February continued into March, cool and unsettled. A much warmer and dry weather pattern developed through the […]
S.E. Colorado Drought Update
February showed a tale of two seasons across southeast Colorado. The first half of the month was very warm with average temperatures running 10 degrees or more above average through the first 20 days of the month. The first half also saw mainly dry conditions across the area with two weather systems bringing some […]
High Plains Earns Awards and Funds from U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Recently the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services awarded $36.3 million in Affordable Care Act funding to expand quality improvement in community health centers. The funding is used to reward community health centers that have a proven record in clinical quality improvement, including better patient care, and expanding and improving systems to provide the […]
Drought Information Statement from NWS-Pueblo
Early Start for Summer Monsoon Brings Some Drought Relief to S.E. Colorado June was a warm and dry month for south central and southeast Colorado, except for some spotty but beneficial moisture to the plains. However, with a fairly early start to the summer monsoons season, July brought much more needed precipitation to the drought […]
The Gold Rush and the Plains of Colorado
This article is part of a series by the National Park Service concerning the 150th Memorial of the Sand Creek Massacre. One of the contributing factors to the Sand Creek Massacre, the Colorado Gold Rush encouraged thousands of people to move across the plains, seeking their fortunes in Colorado’s gold fields. Over fifty thousand people […]
The Hitachi Foundation recognizes High Plains Community Health Center
COLORADO COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER RECOGNIZED AS NATIONAL MODEL FOR HEALTHCARE AND EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES LAMAR, CO October 10, 2013 – A new case study and video released by The Hitachi Foundation recognizes High Plains Community Health Center in Lamar, CO as an exemplary healthcare provider and employer that can serve as a national model for healthcare […]
Honkers and Chamber Visit Wiley Clinic Grand Re-Opening
Lamar, CO – Thursday, September 12th – Residents of Wiley and the surrounding area joined employees of the Wiley Clinic, representatives of the Lamar Chamber of Commerce and Lamar Honkers to celebrate the re-opening of the Clinic with a ribbon-cutting ceremony Monday afternoon, September 9. High Plains Community Health Center hosted the gathering which gave people a chance to […]
High Plains Community Health Center Selected to Become Part of Connect for Health Assistance Network
[Lamar, CO]—Connect for Health Colorado announced today that High Plains Community Health Center is one of 58 groups across the state have been selected to provide in-person assistance to customers of the new health insurance marketplace starting in October. As part of this group, High Plains CHC will become part of the Connect for Health […]
February Drought Information Statement for S.E. Colorado
The National Weather Service out of Pueblo reports that February 2013 was a cold and relatively wet month across the state, especially across the eastern mountains and immediate adjacent plains which saw above normal precipitation over the past month. Despite some much needed precipitation across portions of the area, it was not widespread enough […]
2012 Ends with Lowered Precipitation in S.E. Colorado
Statistics provided by the National Weather Service indicates 2012 was an extremely dry year for southeast Colorado, with the exception of Walsh which measured over 17 inches of precipitation for the past year. Trace amounts of moisture were evident in the snowfalls of Christmas and New Year ’s Eve, but otherwise November and December closed […]
Dust, Then and Now
Those who watched the Ken Burns documentary on PBS tv earlier this month, “The Dust Bowl” gained a new respect for those who endured those conditions in the 1930s and 1950s in this part of the world. Anyone who was in southeast Colorado or western Kansas this past November 10, got a taste of […]
Pre-Natal Care Now Available at High Plains
High Plains Community Health Center is now accepting patients for pre-natal care in partnership with Prowers Medical Group. High Plain’s providers will see low risk expecting mothers until the thirty-second week of their pregnancy and then transfer them to Dr. Portner at Prowers Medical Group for the completion of their pre-natal care and delivery. Dr. […]
Patient Centered Medical Home Upgraded
High Plains Community Health Center has been notified of its Recognition by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) as a Level III Patient Centered Medical Home based on 2011 Standards. High Plains was Recognized under 2009 standards in February of 2011. Since that time NCQA issued more stringent upgraded standards that High Plains has […]
Local Three-Way Partnership Tackles Behavioral and Mental Health Primary Care
Southeast Mental Health, Partnership for Progress, and High Plains Community Health Center Tackle Behavioral and Mental Health and Primary Care Under the auspices of what is being described as one the most important healthcare grants received in Colorado, Southeast Mental Health Services (SEMHS) and its subsidiary, Partnership for Progress (PFP), along with High Plains Community […]