Archive for 2022
Lamar Sales Tax Revenue Staring 2022 with Gains
The City of Lamar Sales Tax Revenue report showed a monthly increase for January taxes with city sales tax revenue up 6.19% for an increase of $17,634 over 2021 at this time. Collections for 2022 are $302,631 compared to $284,996 for 2021. Total Sales and Use Tax collections were up 5.48% over last […]
Colorado Crop Progress & Condition Report, Week Ending March 13, 2022
AGRICULTURAL SUMMARY: Minimal moisture and windy conditions were observed throughout the state, 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. Fifty-seven percent of the state is experiencing severe to exceptional drought conditions, […]
George Edward Cary Jr. – May 1, 1944 – March 1, 2022
George Edward Cary Jr. of Rocky Ford, Colorado passed away on March 1, 2022, at the Bent County Healthcare Center in Las Animas, Colorado at the age of 77. He was born on May 1, 1944, in Hobart, Oklahoma to George Edward Sr. and Frieda (Dyar) Cary. George was familiar with the area from childhood […]
Colorado Employment Situation – January 2022
Household survey data: According to the survey of households, Colorado’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased in January to 4.1 percent from the revised December rate of 4.2 percent. Colorado’s unemployment rate of 4.1 percent marks the lowest level since it was 2.8 percent in February 2020. The national unemployment rate moved upward by one-tenth […]
ARPA Business Operations Report for March 2022
Integrated Resource Plan (IRP): The Arkansas River Power Authority is in the process of preparing an Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), as required by the Western Area Power Administration (WAPA) under its Energy Planning and Management Program. ARPA will be accepting written and verbal comments from affected retail customers of the six ARPA communities through March […]
Prowers Medical Center Board of Director Candidates
A mail-in ballot election has been scheduled for Tuesday, May 3rd for eligible voters within the Prowers County Hospital District for three new board of director members. The election will be conducted on that day between 7am and 7pm. Members are term-limited and three positions are open for two, three-year terms and one, […]
Lamar VA Clinic Recommended for Closure, One of Several in Eastern Colorado
A recommendation has been made to close the Lamar VA Clinic by 2026, according to a review commissioned by the 2019 Veteran’s Mission Act. Similar clinics in La Junta, Burlington and Salida have also received a recommendation of closure. The Lamar VA Clinic has been in operation since November, 2014. The recommendations stemmed from […]
The Lamar Honkers Welcome The Caliber Club
This past Friday, March 11th, the Lamar Honkers paid a welcome visit to Casey Baanhofman, the owner of his news business, The Caliber Club, located at 207 East Maple Street in Lamar. The first stop for shooting and hunting enthusiasts, The Caliber Club buys, sells and trades guns and offers non-lethal protection, optics […]
PCPHE COVID-19 Update for March 9, 2022
The Prowers County Public Department of Health and Environment reported that as of Wednesday, March 9th, 2022, there had been only six new Covid cases reported in the last seven days and 18 cases in the past two weeks. Total cases were 2,719 up from 2,713. Hospitalizations and deaths due to Covid were unchanged. Last […]
LCC Nursing Department Secures Sizeable Grant to Support Simulation Center
(Lamar, Colo.) – Lamar Community College (LCC) Nursing Program was named the recipient of a Colorado Talent Pipeline Report grant. The funding will support improvements to LCC’s simulation center, which provides a safe, hands-on learning environment for nursing students. Through the grant, the center will undergo updates and renovations to enhance student learning […]
Shirley Quarles – November 6, 1937 – March 5, 2022
Graveside Services for Shirley Quarles will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, March 12, 2022, at the Bent/Las Animas Cemetery Elder Chapel in Las Animas, Colorado. Interment will follow. Visitation for Shirley will be held from 1:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. on Friday, March 11, 2022, at Horber Funeral Chapel. Shirley […]
Randall “Randy” Cochran – April 13, 1955 – March 8, 2022
A celebration of life for longtime Lamar resident Randall Cochran, affectionately known to his family and friends as Randy, will be held at 10:00AM on Friday, March 11, 2022 at the Peacock Family Chapel with Ray Matteson officiating. Interment will follow at the Fairmount Cemetery. Visitation for Randy will be held on Thursday, March […]
Pueblo NWS Winter Weather Summary
The winter of 2021-2022 (December through February) started very warm with new record high temperatures being set across south central and southeast Colorado in the first few days of the December. A few strong weather systems moved across the Rockies through the middle and end of December, bringing abundant snowfall to the higher terrain […]
New Rodeo Coach at LCC
(Lamar, CO) – Lamar Community College (LCC) is offering real-life equine experience and education to students through new Rodeo Coach TJ Watts. After being the college’s horse training and management instructor since the fall 2020 semester, Watts recently stepped into the LCC coaching role for the college’s rodeo team. Watts’s accomplishments in the rodeo arena include […]
Colorado A.G. Weiser Lists Top 10 Consumer Complaints During National Consumer Protection Week
March 7, 2022 (DENVER)—Attorney General Phil Weiser today kicked off National Consumer Protection Week by unveiling the list of the top 10 consumer complaints and inquiries his office received in 2021, which included unemployment insurance scams, retail sales related to COVID-19, and automotive sales and services. Last year, consumers filed 13,970 complaints and inquiries […]
