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Lee Out as Prowers County Public Health Director
The Prowers County Commissioners are beginning a search for a new Director of Public Health for the County, following their contract termination of Justin Lee in that position this past Friday. The commissioners held an executive session meeting regarding his employment last Friday morning, May 31. Commission Chairman, Joe Marble, told The Prowers Journal […]
Jackie Brown Honored for Lifetime Achievement in Public Health
Jacqueline (Jackie) Brown, MSN, APN, who recently retired as Director of Prowers County Public Health & Environment, was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Colorado Public Health Association at their annual meeting in Pueblo, CO, on September 20, 2012. The Lifetime Achievement Award honors an individual who has retired from full-time employment in […]
Lamar investigates Possible Lead Contamination in Dead Cattle
On Thursday, May 12, 2011, the City of Lamar was notified that 23 calves pastured on land leased from the City had died. Two of the animals were autopsied and it was determined that death was due to lead contamination. There are a number of possible sources of lead in the environment. The City may […]
Prowers Health Officials Investigate Possible Lead Contamination
Health officials at the Prowers County Public Health & Environment Department are working with the City of Lamar, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, and the Colorado Department of Agriculture to investigate lead contamination from a water tank near Lamar. Paint and soil samples from the vicinity of the tank had high concentrations […]