Archive for March 13th, 2023
Public Forum Held for Brownfields Assessment Grant
Several dozen residents and City of Lamar representatives were on hand for Project 101, EPA Brownfields Assessment Grant on March 9th at the Lamar Community Building. Keeley Campbell and Mark Christiansen from Ayres Planning and Development led the come and go session which presented several maps of the city where attendees could highlight […]
Richard Dallas Bates – June 5, 1946 – February 21, 2023
Richard Dallas Bates of Aurora, CO passed away on February 21, 2023, after battling cancer for the last several years. He was born on June 5, 1946, to Charles R and Oriska (Easterlin) Bates in Rocky Ford, CO. He lived in Las Animas and then Wiley, CO where he graduated from Wiley High School […]
Fireman Sculpture for 9/11 Memorial on Display
Members of the 9/11 Tribute Memorial Committee hosted a gathering of area residents this past Sunday, March 12th, to view the clay sculpture of a fireman, a representation of the bronze figure which will be attached to the 9/11 Memorial adjacent to the Big Timbers Museum on Highway 50 in Lamar a few […]
Colorado Employment Situation for January 2023
Unemployment Rate Has Returned to Pre-Pandemic Levels; 800 Nonfarm Payroll Jobs Added in January The annual unemployment rate for Colorado was 3.0 percent in 2022, revised down from the previously published 3.6 percent. The U.S. unemployment rate in 2022 was 3.6 percent. Colorado nonfarm payroll employment increased at an annual rate of 4.1 percent […]
Marjorie May Mundell – October 17, 1928 – March 3, 2023
Marjorie May Mundell was born to Mamie (Mary Herbert) and Felix Mundell on October 17, 1928 at their home near Bartlett, Colorado. Her life ended on March 3, 2023 where she resided in long-term care in Springfield, Colorado. The youngest of four children, she was reared on her parents’ ranch on Bear Creek, northeast […]
