Archive for January 19th, 2022
Oscar Rosales Abrego – June 28, 1963 – January 18, 2022
A mass of Christian burial for longtime Lamar resident, Oscar Rosales Abrego will be held at 10:00AM on Tuesday, January 25, 2022 with Reverend Steven Murray as celebrant. A rosary service will be held prior to the mass at 9:30AM at the church with Maria Elena Gomez reciting. Interment will follow at the Riverside Cemetery. […]
Sharon Pippin – August 12, 1951 – January 16, 2022
A memorial service for longtime Wiley resident, Sharon Pippin will be held at 10:00AM on Saturday, January 29, 2022 at the Peacock Family Chapel with Pastor Paul Floyd of the High Plains Fellowship Church officiating. Inurnment will follow at the Wiley Cemetery. Per Sharon’s request cremation will take place. Sharon was born on […]
COVID WEEKLY UPDATE for January 19, 2022 from PCPHE
COVID-19 Cases have increased over the past two weeks in Prowers County. There were 2,080 reported cases on January 5th and as of January 19th the Prowers County Department for Public Health and Environment reports 2,309 with 156 hospitalizations and 45 deaths in people who tested positive for COVID-19. The seven-day Test Positivity Rate […]
Drought Information Statement from NWS-Pueblo
January 13, 2022…Drought Conditions Deepen across Southeast Colorado SYNOPSIS: After a very warm and dry start to the 2022 Water-Year (October 1-September 30), snow accumulation started in earnest in early December, with several passing weather systems bringing abundant mountain precipitation through the middle and end of December. By the end of the month, state wide snowpack […]
CDOT Prepares for 2022 with the First DUI Enforcement Campaign
STATEWIDE — With the new year in full effect, the Colorado Department of Transportation asks Coloradans to put safety first when behind the wheel and to never drive impaired. CDOT, Colorado State Patrol and local law enforcement agencies welcome 2022 with The Heat Is On Winter Blitz enforcement period from Jan. 14-17, holding […]
LCC Receives Housing Project Funding
CO AG’s Office awards $1.66 million to LCC for Colorado Partnership for Education and Rural Revitalization (COPERR) Project (LAMAR, Colo.) — The Colorado Attorney General’s Office awarded $1.66 million to Lamar Community College (LCC) in 2021 for a workforce training program that will also see the remediation of blighted housing in the southeastern part […]
