Archive for June, 2024
Boggsville honored with National Park Service grant of $523,000
LAS ANIMAS – The National Park Service recently awarded $5 million to eight projects in six states as part of the Historic Preservation Fund’s History of Equal Rights (HER) grant program, which focuses on the preservation of sites directly associated with the struggle for all Americans to gain equal rights. As one of the awardees, Boggsville, […]
Mass parachute jump over Normandy in commemoration of 80th anniversary of D-Day
American D-Day veterans attend a welcome ceremony at Charles de Gaulle airport on Saturday, June 1, 2024 in Roissy, north of Paris. More than sixty American veterans arrived for ceremonies marking D-Day’s 80th anniversary CARENTAN-LES-MARAIS, France (AP) — Parachutists jumping from World War II-era planes hurled themselves Sunday into now peaceful Normandy skies where […]
Ground is broken for new Arby’s restaurant in Lamar
With shovels, left to right: Rob Evans, City Administrator; Ron Cook, Prowers County Commissioner; Lamar Mayor Kirk Crespin; Quyntyn Johnson, Senior VP of Operations for LV Petroleum; Michelle Carver, Site General Manager of LV Petroleum; David Zavala, Lamar City Councilman Under a bright blue sky on Saturday morning, June 1, 2024, ground was broken for […]
