Archive for March 25th, 2022
Hazel B. Pool – July 24, 1926 – March 23, 2022
A celebration of life for longtime Lamar resident, Hazel B. Pool will be held at 11:00AM on Friday, April 1, 2022 at the Lamar Christian Church with Ian Blacker officiating. Interment will follow at the Fairmount Cemetery. Visitation for Hazel will be held from 1:00PM until 4:00PM on Thursday, March 31, 2022 at the […]
Wilfred Tenorio- March 28, 1931 – March 21, 2022
A Funeral Mass for Wilfred Tenorio will be held at 10:00 a.m. with a Rosary at 9:30 a.m. on Friday, April 1, 2022, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Las Animas, Colorado. Cremation and inurnment will take place at a later date in Walsenburg, Colorado. Wilfred Tenorio was born on March 28, […]
Prowers Medical Center is Rebuilding Staff
Karen Bryant, Prowers Medical Center CEO, briefed the Prowers County Commissioners on the recent success in hiring new providers for the hospital, “We’re developing a new provider base in the clinic and we’re successful with this process.” Bryant said PMC hired two local individuals as nurse advanced practice providers and Dr. Rebecca Cisneros, a […]
Colorado Employment Situation – February 2022
Unemployment Rate Falls to 4.0%; Total Nonfarm Employment Returns to Pre-Pandemic Level Household survey data: According to the survey of households, Colorado’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased to 4.0 percent in February from 4.2 percent, as revised, in January. Colorado’s unemployment rate of 4.0 percent marks the lowest level since it was 2.8 percent […]
Doris M. Copeland – February 1, 1924 – March 23, 2022
A celebration of life for longtime Lamar resident, Doris M. Copeland will be held at 10:00AM on Monday, March 28, 2022 at the Lamar First Baptist Church with Pastor Darren Stroh officiating. Interment will follow at the Fairmount Cemetery. Visitation for Doris will be held on Sunday, March 27, 2022 from 1:00PM until […]
LCC Hosting FFA Career Development Day
(Lamar, Colo.) – Lamar Community College (LCC) will welcome more than 700 students from high schools throughout Colorado to campus for FFA Regional Career Development Events (CDEs). The event will be held Wednesday, April 6th, beginning at 9am. LCC hosts the regional contest each year, which is one of the largest FFA events in […]
Livestock Slaughter – February 2022 Highlights
UNITED STATES HIGHLIGHTS Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 4.43 billion pounds in February, up 1 percent from the 4.39 billion pounds produced in February 2021. Beef production, at 2.25 billion pounds, was 7 percent above the previous year. Cattle slaughter totaled 2.69 million head, up 6 percent from February 2021. The […]
