Archive for February 3rd, 2023

Lamar EPA Brownfields Assessment Grant – Public Meeting Announcement
Please join us for our Public Workshop: What: Prairie Crossroads Revitalization Project Part II, Public Workshop When: Wednesday February 15, 2023, 6-8pm Where: Cultural Events Center, 102 E. Parmenter Street, Lamar, CO Please join us on Wednesday February 15th from 6-8 pm at the Cultural Events Center to discuss the EPA Brownfields Assessment Grant […]

VA ECHCS Hosting Rural Resource Fairs in Lamar and La Junta including Toxic-exposure Screenings
VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System (ECHCS) will host resource fairs and town halls Feb. 13-17 in five rural communities. VA ECHCS rural resource fairs and town halls take place Feb. 13 in Burlington, continue Feb. 14 in Lamar, then Feb. 15 in La Junta, Feb. 16 in Alamosa and Feb. 17 in […]

Secretary of State Griswold Awards Over $730,000 in Election Security Grants to Counties
Security grants constitute the first cycle of funding established under the Colorado Election Security Act Denver, Colo – Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold awarded over $733,000 in security grants, which will be used to upgrade physical security in County election offices across the state. They are the first round of election security grants […]

AG Office Expanding Funds for Rural Housing, Trade Programs for Southern Colorado
Feb. 3, 2023 (DENVER) – Attorney General Phil Weiser today announced that his office is expanding its rural housing revitalization grant to support a new trades program at Pueblo Corporate College, a division of Pueblo Community College, and expanded programs at Trinidad State College and Lamar Community College. Communities in southern Colorado have long […]

Protecting the Mail: 1863
La Junta, CO – Bent’s Old Fort was a trading post operated by Bent, St. Vrain, & Company as a private place of business that relied on peaceful relations with the Cheyenne, Arapaho, Comanche, Kiowa, and other Plains Nations who traded buffalo robes and livestock for the manufactured and commercial goods available […]

$2.5 Million Available for Organizations to Implement Soil Health Program
Broomfield, Colo. — The Colorado Department of Agriculture (CDA) is now accepting applications from Colorado’s conservation districts and other eligible entities interested in administering STAR Plus grant funding to agricultural producers who expand or introduce soil health practices in their operations. Improving soil health, a key component of responding to the effects of […]

Prowers County Democrats: Reorganization Meeting
Per Colorado law, on odd-numbered years like 2023, all levels of the Democratic and Republican parties undergo reorganization, holding elections for all offices within the groups. The Prowers County Democrats will hold this meeting on February 11, 2023, from 2 pm to 4 pm, at the Lamar High School, 1900 Thunder Drive, in Lamar. […]