Archive for 2022
City Council’s Cooperative Meeting
The Lamar City Council hosted their La Junta counterparts to an informal luncheon meeting this past Wednesday, March 16th, comparing notes on municipal problems, solutions and opportunities to combine efforts for shared projects. Lamar Mayor, Kirk Crespin, welcomed the La Junta delegation, saying this would be an opportunity to compare ideas on some future […]
Ramona “Mona” Casillas – August 17, 1966 – March 18, 2022
A mass of Christian burial for former Lamar, Colorado resident, currently of Pueblo, Colorado will be held at10:00AM on Saturday, March 26, 2022 at the St. Francis de Sales/Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church with Reverend Steven Murray as celebrant. A rosary service will be held prior to the mass at 9:30AM at […]
Letter to the Editor: Recommended Closure of Lamar VA Clinic
Veteran’s Assemble! Help Keep Lamar and Other Rural VA Clinics Open An independent evaluation was completed on all VA clinics in the Nation. Rural Clinics with a low number of veterans enrolled in healthcare were recommended for closure. This includes Lamar. We need all veterans in Southeast Colorado to enroll in VA healthcare at […]
GOCO Awards $51,200 Grant to Town of Wiley for Outdoor Recreation Master Plan
DENVER – Today the Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO) board awarded a $51,200 grant to the Town of Wiley to develop an outdoor recreation master plan. This grant is part of GOCO’s Planning and Capacity program, which invests in projects that address opportunities, explore issues, engage communities, and examine trends in the outdoors. The Town of Wiley […]
President Biden Designates Amache National Historic Site as America’s Newest National Park
WASHINGTON — President Biden signed the Amache National Historic Site Act today, designating the Amache site in Granada, Colorado as part of the National Park System. This designation, the first in the National Park System during this Administration, will permanently protect the site for future generations and will help tell the history of Japanese American […]
Lamar’s Legal Limbo on Marijuana Petition
The Lamar City Council, litigation parties, city residents and prospective marijuana entrepreneurs are awaiting a ruling from District Court Judge Michael Davidson on a private citizen’s challenge to the petition process which allowed November’s ballot questions determining the future of legal marijuana sales in the city. Judge Davidson issued a supplemental briefing order […]
Planning Commission Reviews Junk Ordinance
The Prowers County Planning Commission, Michelle Hiigel, Land Use Administrator, as well as all three county commissioners, Tom Grasmick, Wendy Buxton-Andrade, Ron Cook and County Attorney Rose Pugliese via Zoom, discussed means by which the county’s junk ordinance could be beefed up with stricter enforcement. Legislating the ordinance has been a continued concern […]
Experience the history and excitement of the 1800s at LCC’s Frontier History Encampment
Free event on the Lamar Community College campus April 29-30 brings frontier history to life with historic storytellers, demonstrations and hands-on activities (Lamar, Colo.) – Lamar Community College (LCC) invites community members to step back into the Great Plains of the 1800s at the 2022 Frontier History Encampment. The free family-friendly event is […]
Lamar Utility Board Approves Arby Economic Incentive Package
A fast-food business, RB Colorado LLC, received an economic development incentive agreement from the Lamar Utility Board for their proposed outlet, which will be situated at the site of the former WHO Blue Building at 1002 North Main Street. The utility board’s approval was contingent on the Lamar City Council’s approval which was […]
PCPHE Covid-19 Report for March 16, 2022 Shows Minimum Cases
The Prowers County Department of Public Health and Environment reported zero cases in the county over the past seven days and only six cases in the past 14 days. These numbers are the lowest for Prowers County in the past year. Hospitalizations are up two at 167 since reporting began and the total number […]
Former Ag Dept. Chair Greg Cash Will Serve as Interim Dean of Instruction at Lamar Community College
(Lamar, Colo.) – Lamar Community College (LCC) has named Greg Cash as the interim dean of instruction. Cash replaces Dr. Annessa Stagner Stulp who began a new position with the Colorado Community College System March 1. Cash retired from education in July 2020 after serving as LCC’s agriculture, equine and rodeo department chair […]
Letter to the Editor: Ukraine History of Resistance
A Ukrainian colleague suggested I watch “Winter on Fire”, a documentary on Netflix of the peaceful resistance of Ukrainians during the attempt at destruction of their democracy in 2013. She thought it captured the heart of Ukrainians. I am utterly inspired by the people in Ukraine and their unwavering courage in pursuit of democracy. The […]
Drought Information Statement from NWS-Pueblo
Drought Persists across South Central and Southeast Colorado SYNOPSIS: After a very warm and dry start to the Winter of 2021-2022, late December storms brought abundant snowfall to the higher terrain along the Continental Divide. January storms brought more focused precipitation to northern Colorado with a cold and unsettled February bringing some […]
The Spirit of America Comes to Lamar Days
The Chamber of Commerce Lamar Days 2022 will be celebrated on Friday and Saturday, May 20th and 21st, and centered around this year’s theme of, “The Spirit of America Comes to Lamar Days”. Preliminary arrangements are being discussed by the chamber board of directors and anyone interested in participating, placing an entry in […]
Lamar Gets Its Arby’s
Construction work on an Arby’s restaurant in Lamar should begin within the next 120 days, that’s according to Lamar Mayor, Kirk Crespin as he announced plans for the new franchise, fast-food establishment that’s slated for 1002 North Main Street in Lamar. “This process took about two years to bring us to this point,” he […]
