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Lamar Utilities Board meeting March 24

  All board members were present for the March 24 meeting.  Purchase orders 2025-03522 through 2025-03908 were approved.  Purchase orders needing board approval amounted to $343,780.54.  Total purchase orders were $352,345.31.  Large purchase orders for this time period were $186,895 to Midwest Electric Transformer Services, Inc. for transformers, $81, 809.55 to CIRSA for 2nd quarter […]

Colorado farmers face high fertilizer prices ahead of growing season

Fertilizer-intensive crops like corn could suffer this year because of shortages caused by the war in Iran. File photo: Joshua Vorse, Rocky Mountain PBS   DELTA, Colo. — For farmer Brent Hines, spring is a stressful time of year, full of last minute decisions that will affect how his crops fare months in advance.  But […]

In debate over sugary drinks, Colorado weighs health benefits and personal choice

It’s common knowledge that soda and sugary drinks aren’t good for you.  Now a debate is playing out in Colorado, with policymakers set to weigh in Friday, April 3, over soft drinks and sugary drinks, government benefits and health. The looming question is over whether people who get federal nutrition benefits, also called SNAP, should […]

City of Lamar 2026 Utility Revenue Report for January

City of Lamar 2026 Utility Revenue Report for January     JANUARY 2026 JANUARY 2025 % change Electricity $1,075,077.57 $1,005,976.31 6.87% Water $122,003.84 $114,536.43 6.52% Sewer $72,163.51 $61,597.68 17.15% Trash $160,317.66 $143,170.23 11.98% MONTHLY TOTAL $1,429,562.58 $1,325,280.65 7.87%

Colorado’s growing share of unaffiliated voters is making it harder for candidates to get on the ballot

Democratic and Republican candidates collecting signatures to make their party’s primary ballot can only collect signatures from voters in their party. With unaffiliated voters now making up half of the statewide electorate, partisans are harder to find. The dwindling number of Democratic and Republican voters in Colorado is making it increasingly harder for candidates from […]

Lamar Cub Scout Pack 223 attend City Council meeting of March 23 to explain recent service project

Members of Lamar Cub Scout Pack 223 explain their service project The Lamar City Council met on March 23, 2026 for a regular meeting.  Absent were council members Brent Bates, Mark Headlee, and Joe Gonzales.  Jim Schleining gave the invocation to begin the meeting.  Council voted to approve the Consent Agenda, which included prior meeting […]