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Friendship, a True Treasure

Friendship, a True Treasure

  Lamar’s resident pirate king, Irl Quinby, celebrated his 60th birthday in royal style at Colorado East Bank and Trust on South Main in Lamar this past Thursday, February 18th. Brenda May, bank president, said, “Irl has become a friend to us with his afternoon visits at the bank. We had a private party for him […]

Kiowa County Murdock Building Receives Preservation Funding

Kiowa County Murdock Building Receives Preservation Funding

Representative Tim Dore presented a check to the Murdock Building preservation for $170,171. on Friday, February 5, 2016  This check will help stabilize a portion of the structure of the historic building.  Kiowa County purchased the Murdoch Building in 2007 with plans to rehab a portion for its use as a senior center and Sand […]

Donations for Veterans at Ft Lyons a Success; Storerooms Filled

Donations for Veterans at Ft Lyons a Success; Storerooms Filled

Lamar Lions Ken Callison and Dick Ramsay have been overwhelmed by the amount of local support and donations for the Ft. Lyon Veterans Center in Las Animas. They were recently informed that the stores are filled to capacity at the Center. “Our 24th load went out last week,” said Ramsay, and although any future donations […]

Lone Bear and Amache Prowers Presentation Memorial Day, May 25th

Lone Bear and Amache Prowers Presentation Memorial Day, May 25th

Join park staff as they discuss the life and legacy of Cheyenne Chief Lone Bear and his daughter Amache Prowers.  Lone Bear played a critical role in events leading up to the Massacre and was among those killed at the Sand Creek Massacre.  His daughter Walking Woman or Amache was the wife of John Wesley […]

Butterfly Discovery at Sand Creek Massacre NHS

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 […]

County Updated on Health, Education Developments

County Updated on Health, Education Developments

  John Marrin, Lamar Community College President, and Deanna Siemsen, LCC Resource Counselor, commented on the turnout for the annual Career Expo hosted by the college Wednesday, April 16.  Marrin provided a briefing of college activities for the Prowers County Commissioners.  “We had about 50 booths focusing on six central types of career employment at […]

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Southeast Area 4-H Leaders Recognized for Service

  Southeast Area – Two 4-H leaders from the Southeast Area were recognized as Outstanding 4-H Volunteer Leaders at the 2014 Leadership Development Conference. Dawn James from Kiowa County and Mary Alton from Baca County were recognized at a banquet on January 25, 2014.    Dawn James has volunteered sixteen years (officially) as a 4-H […]

DPW Offers Reward for Info on Nee Noshe Reservoir Poachers

DPW Offers Reward for Info on Nee Noshe Reservoir Poachers

REWARD OFFERED FOR INFORMATION ABOUT POACHING INCIDENT LAMAR, Colo. – Colorado Parks and Wildlife is looking for help identifying the person or persons responsible for the deaths of two buck deer found along a county road near Nee Noshe Reservoir. Wildlife officers said the two deer were shot and left along Kiowa County Rd. E […]

1,200 Marijuana Plants Seized in Haswell, Two Arrested

1,200 Marijuana Plants Seized in Haswell, Two Arrested

(HASWELL, COLORADO) The Kiowa County Sheriff’s Office executed a search warrant Saturday morning (January 4, 2014) at a home in Haswell, Colorado, where an estimated 1,200 marijuana plants were discovered.  Two people, who are not believed to be Colorado residents, were arrested and transported to the Bent County Jail. Their names and a full list […]

51st Colorado State Proposed to Prowers County Commissioners

51st Colorado State Proposed to Prowers County Commissioners

A movement is underway in Colorado to develop a 51st state.  Eleven counties out of the state’s 64 are entertaining the idea of a legal separation from Colorado to develop a state which offers greater rural representation for its residents versus the high population density along the Front Range cities.  The Prowers County Commissioners met […]

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Is Agriculture Leasing an Option for You?

              Regardless if you are an owner or an operator, is leasing land, equipment, livestock, etc. and option to consider?  What is the difference, if any, between what is fair and what is equitable?              These will be the topics of discussion at two workshops on May 29th.  The first workshop will be in […]

Prowers Commissioners Approve Health IGA

Prowers Commissioners Approve Health IGA

The Prowers County Commissioners acted on a limited agenda this past Thursday, April 25.  An intergovernmental agreement was signed between Prowers and Kiowa County for services from the Prowers County Pubic Health and Environment Department, not to exceed $39,000 for the year.  The areas of assistance include Emergency Preparedness and Response, Maternal Child Heath Care, […]

Thunderstorms, Hail, Tornado Potential and Red Flag Day for Prowers County Today

Thunderstorms, Hail, Tornado Potential and Red Flag Day for Prowers County Today

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL…EAST CENTRAL…SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. DAY ONE…TODAY AND TONIGHT (April 8, 2013) A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER KIOWA AND NORTHERN PROWERS COUNTY. STRONG SHEAR AND MODEST INSTABILITY WILL LEAD TO ROTATING STORMS…WITH GREATER […]

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Kiowa County Crash Results in Serious Injuries

The Colorado State Patrol is investigating a traffic crash involving a Dodge Intrepid that resulted in a serious bodily injury crash in Kiowa County. The Dodge Intrepid was traveling westbound on Highway 96, approximately two miles west of Sheridan Lake.  The vehicle went off the north side of the road rolling two times.  The vehicle […]

Lamar Area Hospice Hosting Annual Holiday of Lights & Memories

Lamar Area Hospice Hosting Annual Holiday of Lights & Memories

This Friday, just prior to the annual Parade of Lights in Lamar, the Lamar Area Hospice will host their 6th annual Holiday of Lights and Memories by the windmill at North Main and West Hickory Streets.  Hospice members each year renew the annual tradition of lighting the windmill to remember the passing of family, friends […]

Holly Hosting Rhythm and Rib Dance in October

  You can move your feet and get some ribs to eat on October 13 at the Holly Gateway Park with a dinner and music fund-raiser for the Holly Bluegrass Festival.  Marge Creech explained the baby-back rib dinner and dance will replace the traditional Grand Old Opry in Holly this year.  She was speaking to […]

Rabid Skunk Attack in Kiowa County

RABIES WARNING!! Kiowa County Residents Cautioned About Skunks with Rabies   Prowers County Public Health and Environment is urging citizens of Kiowa County and all of SE Colorado to avoid any unnecessary contact with wild animals, especially any that appear to be sick or behaving in an unusual manner. A skunk and an unvaccinated dog […]

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24/9 Closure Set for Highway 287

December 7, 2011 – CHEYENNE / KIOWA COUNTIES – The Colorado Department of Department (CDOT) will close one lane of U.S. 287 next week as part of the concrete panel replacement project, about 10 miles south of Kit Carson (county line area). Beginning on Monday, December 12, the northbound lane will remain closed for approximately […]