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Senator Pelton, Representative Winter sponsoring Senate Bill 26-060

    Rural Kids Need Coaches Who Can See the Signs By Senator Rod Pelton and Representative Ty Winter In rural Colorado, Friday night lights are a way of life. In the towns and counties we represent, the local high school game is the heartbeat of the community. Families pack the bleachers, businesses close early, […]

Colorado’s wildfire season predicted to be worse this year

The Waldo Canyon fire destroys houses in Mountain Shadows on June 26, 2012. (Jerilee Bennett, The Gazette file)   By: Nick Smith/Denver Gazette Colorado’s blistering, dry and breezy conditions have fire officials on edge as the state braces for a wildfire season forecast to be worse than during the Waldo Canyon fire in 2012. Officials […]

Prowers Economic Prosperity holds annual banquet March 26

Don Wilson, Prowers County Administrator, was the keynote speaker for the evening Prowers Economic Prosperity (PEP) held their annual banquet on March 26, 2026 at the Wiley Methodist Church.  The delicious meal catered by Los Hermanos was sponsored by AES Energy.  County Commissioner Roger Stagner gave the invocation, followed by a welcome by PEP President […]

Prowers County honors the life and service of Captain Randy Morris – county flags to be flown at half-staff

Prowers County Honors the Life and Service of Captain Randy Morris Prowers County, CO — The Prowers County Board of County Commissioners has ordered all county flags to be flown at half-staff until further notice in honor of Prowers County Sheriff’s Captain Randy Morris, who passed away on March 30, 2026. Captain Morris faithfully served […]

Representative Boebert announces application period is open for service academy nominations for Class of 2031

  LONE TREE, CO—The Office of Congresswoman Lauren Boebert (CO-04) has officially opened the application process for Class of 2031 nominations to a U.S. Service Academy. “Last year I had the privilege of nominating 38 of the Fourth District’s best and brightest to the U.S. Service Academies,” stated Congresswoman Boebert. “These patriotic young men and women who care deeply about the […]

Two Buttes fish salvage order rescinded after reservoir dries

Two Buttes Reservoir in Baca County sits dry in this photo. Black Hole Pond, located below Two Buttes Dam, continues to provide local fishing opportunities for largemouth bass, green sunfish, bluegill, channel catfish and rainbow trout (seasonally). CPW photo/Jim Ramsay    SPRINGFIELD, Colo. – Colorado Parks and Wildlife has rescinded the emergency fish salvage order at Two Buttes […]

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  • Ryan Michael Stegman Urtado - October 16, 1986 - March 24, 2026

    Ryan Michael Stegman Urtado – October 16, 1986 – March 24, 2026

    A come and go celebration of life for former Lamar, Colorado resident, Ryan Michael Stegman Urtado will be held on Friday, April 3, 2026, from 3:00PM until 5:00PM at the Peacock Family Chapel. A graveside service will be held on Saturday, April 4, 2026 at 10:00AM at the Riverside Cemetery. Following the graveside service, there […]

  • Colorado Statistical Report Shows Large Auto Theft Reductions

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    (COLORADO) –The Colorado State Patrol business unit, the Auto Theft Intelligence Coordination Center (ATICC), completed its annual statistical review of all statewide auto theft data. This undertaking provides Colorado with the most strategic review of auto theft possible. Information like this allows critical decision-makers to understand auto theft at both the macro and micro levels […]

  • Surface Transportation Board (STB) denies K&O-Union Pacific lease renewal in Kansas

    Surface Transportation Board (STB) denies K&O-Union Pacific lease renewal in Kansas

      The Colorado Pacific Railroad and Weskan Grain, both part of the Soloviev Group, have sued Union Pacific and the Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad over a fee they say blocks grain from moving on the Colorado Pacific Soloviev Group   Editor’s Note:  The following article was submitted to The Prowers Journal by Will Bramblett/CEO of […]

  • Arvel “Buggzie” Lee Netherton - November 29, 1954 - March 18, 2026

    Arvel “Buggzie” Lee Netherton – November 29, 1954 – March 18, 2026

    A private family service for longtime Walsh, Colorado resident, Arvel Lee Netherton will be held at a later date. Per Arvel’s request cremation will take place. Arvel was born on November 29, 1954 at Tipton, Indiana to James and Norma (Cole) Netherton and passed away on March 18, 2026 at the Parkview Medical Center in […]

  • Prowers County offices closed Friday, April 3 in observance of Good Friday

    Prowers County offices closed Friday, April 3 in observance of Good Friday

  • Peter Paul Ybarra - June 29, 1948 - December 15, 2025

    Peter Paul Ybarra – June 29, 1948 – December 15, 2025

    Peter Paul Ybarra, 77, a lifelong resident of Great Bend, Kansas, passed away at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas, on the evening of Monday, December 15, 2025. Peter was born on June 29, 1948, in Big Bend, Colorado, to Stanislaus and Guadalupe Ybarra. He attended schools in the Great Bend area and was united […]

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