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Bennet, Hickenlooper Welcome Nearly $112 Million for Colorado Infrastructure Projects  – Highway 50 through Prowers County will benefit

Denver — Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper celebrated investments from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) for 11 projects across Colorado totaling nearly $112 million. “Through investments like these, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act continue to support Colorado as we work to meet our state’s changing needs – from improving our […]

Outgoing Prowers County Commissioner Tom Grasmick honored at reception on January 14, 2025

Left to right: Tom Grasmick, Ron Cook and Roger Stagner, Prowers County Commissioners Outgoing Prowers County Commissioner Tom Grasmick was honored after the January 14, 2025 board meeting with a reception thanking him for his years of service to the county.  He received a commemorative glass plaque and a stone marker inscribed “Grasmick” for his […]

Southeast Colorado Concert Association presents “Doo Wah Riders” at LHS on February 22, 2025

  Get ready for a night of toe-tapping fun as the Doo-Wah Riders ride on in to Lamar! The Doo-Wah Riders define their sound as “high energy country with a Cajun twist”. They have been based in Southern California for over 40 years, bringing a rare combination of many years of experience with youthful energy, […]

ARPA Board adopts 2025 budget at December 2024 meeting

ARPA Board Adopts 2025 Budget: At its December 5, 2024, meeting the ARPA Board of Directors approved its operating budget for 2025 in the amount of $22,797,964. There will be an 8% rate reduction for 2025. This follows on the heels of two previous rate decreases, 3.57% in 2021, and 2% in 2019. The 2025 budget includes: Revenues of […]

Fewer teachers want to leave Colorado schools. But low pay, lack of safety remain issues.

About half of respondents to a Colorado Education Association survey said they are considering no longer teaching. Figuring out how to keep them is the state’s “most vital question,” CEA president said. Fewer Colorado teachers are considering leaving the profession than in recent years, according to a report released Monday morning by the Colorado Education […]

Prowers County offices will close at 2:00 p.m. January 20, reopen at 10:00 a.m. on January 21

  Due to dangerously low temperatures and likely extreme windchill factors, the County Commissioners have decided that all County Offices may close at 2:00 p.m. today, January 20.  With a similar weather outlook for tomorrow morning, the Commissioners have also planned for a delayed start.  Offices can plan on opening at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, […]

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  • Mary Kay McDowell - June 17, 1944 - January 14, 2025

    Mary Kay McDowell – June 17, 1944 – January 14, 2025

    A memorial service for longtime Hasty, Colorado resident, currently of Las Animas, Colorado,Mary Kay McDowell will be held at 1:00 p.m., Friday, January 24, 2025. at Horber Funeral Chapel in Las Animas, Colorado. Inurnment will follow at Union Valley Cemetery in Hasty, Colorado. Following the graveside service, friends and family are invited to the Hasty […]

  • Colorado’s new paid family leave program helps more than 135,000 hardworking Coloradans in its first year

    Colorado’s new paid family leave program helps more than 135,000 hardworking Coloradans in its first year

    Colorado’s Family and Medical Leave Insurance (FAMLI) Division helped successfully provide and process more than 135,000 paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance (FAMLI) claims in its first year of full operation. The FAMLI Division, part of the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment, announced Friday that the voter approved program distributed roughly $687 million in 2024 […]

  • Lamar Schools will have delay on Tuesday, January 21 due to weather

    Lamar Schools will have delay on Tuesday, January 21 due to weather

    Lamar RE-2 will have a 10am start of school on Tuesday, Jan. 21st. Staff will report to their positions two hours delayed. No AM preschool. Buses will also run a two hour delay. l have a 10am start of school on Tuesday, Jan. 21st. Staff will report to their positions two hours delayed. No AM […]

  • City of Lamar November 2024 Sales and Use Tax

    City of Lamar November 2024 Sales and Use Tax

        City of Lamar November 2024 Sales and Use Tax November Sales and Use Tax Collected in December 2024 2024 2023 Difference from 2023 to 2024 Percentage of Difference City Sales Tax Collected (3%) $391,079.54 $374,204.19 $16,875.35 4.51% Use Tax Collected   $37,199.94 $18,681.55 $18,518.39 99.13% Other Collections (Penalties/Interest, Licenses, A/R’s) $2,210.66 -$959.00 $3,169.66 […]

  • James "JD" Rice - March 7, 1930 - January 16, 2025

    James “JD” Rice – March 7, 1930 – January 16, 2025

    A graveside celebration of life for lifelong Holly resident James Dale Rice, affectionately known to his family and friends as JD will be held at 11:00AM on Friday, January 24, 2025 at the Garber Cemetery south of Holly, Colorado with full military honors under the auspices of the local V.F.W. and American Legion Posts with […]

  • Washington Elementary School in Lamar the recipient of donation to their new Arts Program

    Washington Elementary School in Lamar the recipient of donation to their new Arts Program

      Left to right, Vincent Gearhart, LaNette DeLoach Gearhart and Rose Ann Yates present a $1,500 donation to Washington Elementary School Art Instructor Leandra Chavez on behalf of the Southeast Colorado Arts Council/Anne Boken Trust The Southeast Colorado Arts Council/Anne Boken Trust recently made a $1,500 donation to Washington Elementary School in Lamar for their […]

  • Jana Coen honored with award for 35 years of service to Prowers County

    Jana Coen honored with award for 35 years of service to Prowers County

    Prowers County Commissioners (left to right) Roger Stagner, Ron Cook and Tom Grasmick present Jana Coen, Prowers County Clerk and Recorder, with a Certificate of Appreciation for her 35-year service to the County The Prowers County Commissioners recently presented Prowers County Clerk and Recorder Jana Coen with a Certificate of Appreciation in honor of her […]

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