Archive for 2022
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 […]
Election News: from Prowers County Clerk and Recorder
June 28, 2022 is this year’s Primary Election date. Is your registration up to date? Is your address correct or did you add a PO Box, had a name change, want to change your party affiliation? If you are not sure about your voter registration information, or want to verity your voter registration, or want […]
PEP Gets Update on Essential Housing Initiative
March 23rd was the deadline for buyers to sign up for SCEDD administrated, workforce housing contracts in southeast Colorado under a multi-county initiative impacting Baca, Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero, and Prowers counties. Southeast Colorado Enterprise Development (SECED) Executive Director, Stephanie Gonzales, provided Prowers Economic Prosperity board members with a progress report on signees during […]
Erin Tempel Selected as National Youth Delegate for Prestigious Conference at George Mason University
Erin Tempel, a student at Lamar High School, has been selected to represent Wiley, CO as a National Youth Delegate to the 2022 Washington Youth Summit on the Environment at George Mason University. Tempel joins a select group of 100 students from across the country to participate in an intensive, week-long study of leadership […]
PCDPHE, Weekly Covid Update for March 23, 2022 – Zero Cases for Two Weeks
The Prowers County Department of Public Health and Environment reports that for the first time in over a year, there are now Zero COVID-19 cases in the county for the past seven and fourteen days, respectively. Reported cumulative cases have been steady at 2,719 with 167 hospitalizations and 48 deaths in people who […]
Jerry Joe Smith – April 23, 1941 – March 20, 2022
A celebration of life gathering for longtime resident Jerry Joe Smith will be held at 1:00pm – 3:00pm on Thursday March 24, 2022, at the Peacock Family Chapel. Jerry was born on April 23, 1941, at Lamar Hospital to Joseph Harold Smith and Eunice Annetta Copeland and passed away March 20, 2022, at […]
Colorado Crop Progress & Condition Report, Week Ending March 20, 2022
AGRICULTURAL SUMMARY: Minimal precipitation and windy conditions persisted across the state last week, according to the Mountain Region Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA. According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, 92 percent of the state is under drought conditions, unchanged from last week. Concerns remain regarding long-term moisture deficits, with 57 […]
Donald Roberts – June 24, 1950 – March 13, 2022
A celebration of life memorial service for longtime Lamar resident, Donald (Don) Roberts will be at 1:00 pm on Saturday, April 2, 2022 at Valley Memorial Funeral Chapel in Lamar, Colorado. Per Don’s request, cremation has taken place. Don was born on June 24, 1950 in Las Animas, Colorado to Norman and Bettie (Carpenter) […]
Rodeos and Windmills Coming to Prowers County
The Prowers County Lodging Tax Panel voted to fund several events which were presented to them this past Thursday, March 17th. An earlier request from the regional tourism promotion group, Canyons and Plains, received approval for $1,000 to be applied to general marketing for activities in southeast Colorado. Panel members discussed sending representatives […]
Margarito Segura Baca, Sr. – July 23, 1928 – March 18, 2022
A funeral liturgy for Bristol, Colorado resident, Margarito Segura Baca, Sr. will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, March 26, 2022, at Valley Memorial Funeral Chapel in Lamar, Colorado. Interment will follow in the Sunnyslope Cemetery. Per Margarito’s request, there will be no public visitation. Margarito was born on July 23, 1928, in El […]
Proposed Mascot Alternative is Recommended to Lamar School Board
The Lamar School District mascot committee, tasked with developing a new logo and imagery to replace the decades old Lamar Savages, made their presentation to the Lamar District School Board during its March 21st meeting. A law passed by the Colorado legislature last year, SB21-116, mandates mascot imagery used by schools and deemed […]
Doyle Lynn Leathers – June 29, 1948 – March 15, 2022
Doyle was born in Lamar, Colorado on June 29, 1948 to his parents, Dale and Dorothy Leathers, also of Lamar. Doyle went to Heaven on March 15, 2022. Doyle graduated with an MBA Degree from Wayland Baptist University and a Specialty Engineering Degree from The University of Wisconsin. He was a U.S. Army Vietnam-era […]
Lamar Police Department Re: Vehicle Break-ins
During the past week, there have been several reported vehicle break-ins as well some vehicles being stolen. All of the vehicle break-ins have had the doors unlocked and items taken out of the vehicles or items gone through in the vehicles. The vehicles which were stolen had the keys accessible to the suspects. All […]
