Archive for March, 2023
DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT – NWS Pueblo March 2023
Drought Conditions Persist across Southeast Colorado SYNOPSIS: The first week of January was relatively cool and unsettled across south central and southeast Colorado, before upper level ridging brought warm and dry conditions through the second week of the month. The last half of January saw occasional disturbances bringing surges of cold and unsettled […]
Colorado Employment Situation – February 2023
6,200 Nonfarm Payroll Jobs Added in February; Unemployment Rate Rises Slightly to 2.9 Percent Household survey data: According to the survey of households, Colorado’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose one-tenth of a percentage point in February to 2.9 percent compared to the January rate of 2.8 percent. The number of unemployed individuals […]
Letter to the Editor: ‘Thank You’ from the Civis Family
THANK YOU!!. Those words are very inadequate to express our feelings to all who fought the fire on Wednesday, March 22. Several volunteer fire departments, the Prowers County Road and Bridge employees, and many community individuals worked very hard to save the homes in the path of the fire. They all most likely had […]
Rose Marie Flores – July 5, 1958 – March 23, 2023
Mass of Chrisitan Burial for Rose Marie Flores will be held at 3:00 p.m. and Rosary at 2:30 p.m., Thursday, March 30, 2023 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Las Animas, Colorado. Per Rose’s request, cremation will follow and inurnment will take place at a later date. Rose Marie Flores was born on July […]
Viola Kay Taulman – December 13, 1941 – March 25, 2023
A celebration of life for lifelong Lamar resident, Viola Kay Taulman will be held at 10:00AM on Tuesday, April 4, 2023 at the Peacock Family Chapel with Pastor Paul Floyd of the High Plains Fellowship Church officiating. Interment will follow at Fairmount Cemetery. Visitation for Viola will be held on Monday, April 3, 2023 […]
Doris Reyher – December 19, 1933 – March 23, 2023
A Celebration of Life for longtime Lamar resident, Doris Reyher will be held at 10:00AM Friday, March 31, 2023 at the Peacock Family Chapel with Pastor Paul Floyd of the High Plains Fellowship Church in Lamar. Interment will follow at Wiley Cemetery. Doris was born on December 19, 1933 at Fowler, Colorado to […]
Cecil Dean Piper – July 20, 1935 – March 22, 2023
A celebration of life for former Lamar, Colorado resident currently of Grand Junction, Colorado, Cecil Dean Piper will be held at 10:00AM on Wednesday, March 29, 2023 at the Peacock Family Chapel. Interment with full Military honors will follow at the Fairmount Cemetery in the Veteran’s Section under the auspices of the local V.F.W. […]
MONTHLY CHICKENS AND EGGS – FEBRUARY 2023
COLORADO Colorado egg production during February 2023 was 40.0 million eggs, down 9 percent from January 2023 and down 65 percent from February 2022 production, according to the Mountain Regional Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA. The average number of layers on hand in February 2023 was 1.64 million, down slightly from […]
LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER – FEBRUARY 2023
UNITED STATES HIGHLIGHTS Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 4.26 billion pounds in February, down 4 percent from the 4.43 billion pounds produced in February 2022. Beef production, at 2.09 billion pounds, was 7 percent below the previous year. Cattle slaughter totaled 2.55 million head, down 5 percent from February 2022. The […]
Paul Gerald Montoya – January 16, 1969 – March 22, 2023
A funeral liturgy for long time Pueblo, Colorado resident, Paul Gerald Montoya will be held at 10:00AM on Thursday, March 30, 2023 at the Peacock Family Chapel with Deacon Allen Medina presiding. Interment will follow at the Riverside Cemetery. Paul was born on January 16, 1969 at Lamar, Colorado to Emma Maria Ulibarri and […]
No Injuries Reported in Lamar Fire Which Consumed over 5,000 Acres
Information from Prowers County Rural Fire Chief Staffon Warn and Prowers County Sheriff Sam Zordel states that just before 4pm on Wednesday, March 22nd, Prowers County Rural Fire was paged to a grass fire on US Highway 50 east of Lamar at mile marker 443. The first units on the scene reported a grass […]
Roberts’ Bipartisan Bill to Create the Rural Opportunity Office Passes Senate
The Rural Opportunity Office is charged with boosting economic development in rural communities across the state. DENVER, CO – Senator Dylan Roberts’, D-Avon, bipartisan bill to foster economic development in rural communities passed the Senate this week. SB23-006, cosponsored by Senator Janice Rich, R-Grand Junction, formally creates the Rural Opportunity Office (ROO) within […]
Colorado Crop Progress & Condition Report, Week Ending March 19, 2023
AGRICULTURAL SUMMARY: Warmer temperatures and minimal precipitation allowed for an increase in fieldwork last week, according to the Mountain Region Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA. According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, 36 percent of the state was under drought conditions, unchanged from last week and down from 92 percent a […]
Arkansas River Power Authority Business Operations – March 2023
ARPA Board Holds its Annual Election of Officers: The ARPA Board of Directors held its annual officer elections at its meeting on February 23. The Board elected Lorenz Sutherland (La Junta), President; Ron Clodfelter (Las Animas), Vice President; Gary Cranson (La Junta), Treasurer; and ARPA staff member, Arvenia Morris, Secretary. Mr. Sutherland has been […]
HOPE Center Recaps Parents Survey
Members of the HOPE Center Coalition reviewed responses from parents of children who attend the HOPE Center at the former Lincoln School on North 10th Street. An earlier survey of student responses on the effectiveness of the Center was compiled by Gabrielle Nieschburg as well as the parental survey ranging from 2016 to 2022. The […]
