Archive for November 20th, 2020
Granada Police Department Makes Good Use of Donated Vehicles
The Granada Police Department received a donation of two 2011 Chevrolet Caprice patrol cars from the City of Loveland this past September. The donation also included two mobile data terminals which have been in use since their arrival. The Granada Department also received a 2012 Chevrolet Impala from the Bent County Sheriff’s Office and […]
CPW Using Helicopters to Assess Big Game Herds in SE Colorado
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Beginning Nov. 30, Colorado Parks and Wildlife biologists will assess deer and elk populations by conducting low-altitude helicopter flights in southeast Colorado, west of Interstate 25. Then, in mid- to late-December, biologists will launch similar helicopter flights in the southeastern plains of Colorado to the east of I-25. […]
Colorado Employment Situation – October 2020
According to the survey of households, Colorado’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was unchanged in October at 6.4 percent. The national unemployment rate declined one percentage point from September to 6.9 percent. Other highlights from the household survey: Colorado’s labor force grew by 17,600 in October to 3,138,700. The labor force participation rate rose […]
COVID-19 Cases Move Prowers to Level Red (Severe Risk)
There have been 124 new pandemic cases in Prowers County since November 11th prompting the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment to move the risk factor for Covid from orange to red. Prowers County is one of five with the new designation this week due to the climb in COVID-19 cases. The […]
Livestock Slaughter October 2020
UNITED STATES HIGHLIGHTS: Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 5.09 billion pounds in October, up slightly from the 5.07 billion pounds produced in October 2019. Beef production, at 2.47 billion pounds, was 1 percent above the previous year. Cattle slaughter totaled 2.95 million head, down 1 percent from October […]
