Archive for 2022
Lamar Council Discusses Cobblestone Hotel Project
The Cobblestone Hotel, set for groundbreaking later this year on North Main Street, requested moving the proposed sewer line from under the hotel to a position closer to Main Street which avoids the building completely. During the January 10th council meeting, City Public Works Director, Pat Mason, explained the city had considered refurbishing […]
Lamar City Sales Tax Revenue Ending 2021 on Strong Note
The City of Lamar Sales Tax Revenue report showed a healthy finish to 2021 with city sales tax for November up 13.48% for a gain of $39,275.40 over the same period last year and Total Sales and Use Tax collections were up 17.51% for a gain of $55,244.53. Total collections were at $315,485.48 for […]
Charles Raymond Norvell – November 4, 1962 – January 6, 2022
Charlie was born on November 4, 1962 in Colorado Springs, CO to Vernon and Mary (Trumbo) Norvell and passed away in his home with family by his side on January 6, 2022 at the age of 59 after a brave fight with cancer. He graduated from Peyton High School class of 1981. Charlie lived in […]
Plans Developing for 9/11 Memorial Sculpture
Just prior to Christmas, the Tri-State Foundation President, Doug Harbour and board members, met with renowned artist, Scott Stearman. The placement of the first, life-sized bronze sculpture at the memorial site was discussed. The site, in front of the Big Timbers Museum off Highway 50 in Lamar, has been under development for several years. […]
Ricky Allan Malone – February 1, 1956 – December 10, 2021
Ricky Allan Malone, age 65, passed away Friday, December 10, 2021, at home surrounded by his family after a 4 year long battle of cancer. He was baptized on September 23, 2020. Rick was born on February 1, 1956 to Don and Kay Malone in Fort Morgan, Colorado. The family moved to Idaho where […]
Statewide Report Details at Least 63 Fatal Domestic Violence-Related Deaths in 2020
Jan. 5, 2022 (DENVER) — At least 63 people died in Colorado in 2020 as a result of domestic violence incidents, according to a report from the Colorado Domestic Violence Fatality Review Board that the Colorado Attorney General’s Office released recently. Of the 63 people who died from a domestic violence incident in […]
RMEF Helps Conserve Prime Elk Habitat in Colorado
MISSOULA, Mont. — Prime Colorado elk habitat in two different parts of the state is now permanently conserved thanks to two families who value wildlife and sought out the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation to help them protect their land. “We both salute and recognize the Mancuso and Tolson families who each entered into a […]
Prowers County Public Health and Environment COVID-19 Update for January 5, 2022
The PCPHE Department notes the seven-day average Test Positivity rate is 4.87% (goal is <5%). This is down from 8.49% last week. There have been 19 cases in the past seven days and 58 cases in the past fourteen. The majority of the cases in Prowers County are in the 30-39 years of […]
“Santa for Seniors” Brings More Than Just Gifts to Lamar Estates and the Legacy.
The afternoon of Thursday, December 23rd, The Cornerstone Resource Center and Lamar High School Rotary Interact Club delivered gifts to the residents of Lamar Estates and the Legacy care facilities here in Lamar. Niyati Castaneda from LHS Interact club and Rick Robbins, board member of The Cornerstone and a member of Lamar Rotary, visited […]
December 2021 Prowers Journal Year in Review
Camp Amache Moving Toward NPS Designation Camp Amache, the Japanese-American Incarceration Camp in Granada during WWII, is moving closer to being considered a National Park Service site through the bi-partisan efforts of U.S. Senators Hickenlooper and Bennet and U.S. Representatives Neguse and Buck. The Prowers County Commissioners asked that their thanks for the […]
November 2021 Prowers Journal Year in Review
City Votes to Approve Recreational/Medical Marijuana Sales Voters in Lamar approved the two-part November ballot question to legalize sales of marijuana within the City of Lamar. Both questions, 2A and 2B had to pass in order for the city to join other communities with legalized sales. The vote was 1,106 to 912 […]
Gertrude Ina “Gertie” Jameson – July 22, 1921 – January 1, 2022
A celebration of life for longtime Lamar, Colorado resident, Gertrude Ina Jameson, affectionately known to her family and friends as Gertie will be held at 10:00AM on Saturday, January 15, 2022 at the Peacock Family Chapel with Pastor Rory Gillespie of the First Presbyterian Church officiating. A private family interment will follow […]
Colorado Receives Maximum Funding in Opioid Settlement
Jan. 4, 2022 (DENVER)—Colorado stands to receive its maximum share of funding from legal settlements reached with Johnson & Johnson and the nation’s three largest drug distribution companies that fueled the opioid crisis, Attorney General Phil Weiser announced today. With all 64 counties and nearly 100% of the municipalities needed signed onto the settlements […]
Colorado Crop Progress and Condition Report, December 2021
AGRICULTURAL SUMMARY: Exceptionally dry and warm weather persisted across several counties during the month of December, according to the Mountain Region Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA. Productive snowstorms during the latter half of December brought moisture to western counties and the high country, greatly boosting snowpack. Eastern counties remained very dry […]
Charles “Buck” E. Harris – July 17, 1959 – December 27, 2021
A memorial service for longtime Lamar resident, Charles E. Harris, affectionately known to his family and friends as Buck will be held at 11:00AM on Monday, January 10, 2022 at the Missionary Baptist Church in Lamar with Pastor Travis Horn officiating. Per Buck’s request cremation will take place. Buck was born on July […]
