Archive for September 22nd, 2021
City of Lamar Administrator Candidate’s List Narrows
LAMAR, CO (September 21, 2021) – Continuing its search that began earlier this Summer, the City of Lamar has narrowed the field for the next City Administrator to three highly qualified candidates. Mayor Kirk Crespin and the members of the Lamar City Council will be hosting a public meet and greet with the Candidates […]
November General Election Information
November 2, 2021 Coordinated Election will be an all mail-in ballot delivery. Ballots will be mailed to all actively registered electors the week of October 11 – 15, 2021. How do I return my ballot? After receiving your ballot in the mail, you may vote and return it in the return envelope […]
PCPHE Weekly (September 22, 2021) COVID-19 Update
Prowers County Public Health and Environment notes there are now 1,448 cumulative cases of COVID-19 in Prowers County with 103 hospitalizations and 25 deaths in people who tested Positive for COVID-19. All hospitalizations and deaths have been in the unvaccinated population. Modeling shows that an estimated 1 in 40 people are currently infectious […]
Colorado Crop Progress and Condition Report, Weekend Ending Sept 19th
AGRICULTURAL SUMMARY: Conditions were mostly ideal for fieldwork and harvest activities last week, according to the Mountain Region Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA. In northwestern counties, the fourth cutting of alfalfa began. Soil moisture supplies remained short. In northeastern counties, corn silage harvest progressed quickly last week. Sugarbeet harvest in […]
Chamber Donut Friday at Grett Electric
The Lamar Chamber of Commerce board of directors came knocking on Grett Electric’s door this past Friday at 207 East Maple Street, bearing donuts to celebrate the end of a week. Grett Electric was established on June 1st, 1990 by Elmer Grett and has been family owned and operated since day one, serving […]
PEP Approves Wiley Clinic Matching Funds
A new medical clinic, opening in Wiley, received matching funds of $5,000 from Prowers Economic Prosperity (PEP) after board members voted to approve the money which will be coupled with $5,000 from the Wiley Steering Committee. The incentive funds will help pay for remodeling the facility which will be a small, single provider, family […]