Archive for May, 2025
Fort Hays State University announces spring 2025 graduates which includes two local students
Fort Hays State University recognized approximately 1,691 graduates during its Spring 2025 commencement ceremonies Friday and Saturday, May 16-17, at Gross Memorial Coliseum in Hays. Graduates who requested privacy are included in the count but omitted from this listing. Students are listed by their hometown, degree, and major. HOMETOWN, STATE; NAME, DEGREE, MAJOR/CONCENTRATION: Lamar, CO […]
Constancia “Connie” Torrez – November 19, 1954 – May 26, 2025
A memorial service for lifelong McClave resident, Constancia Torrez, affectionately known to her friends and family as Connie, will be held at 10:00AM on Tuesday, June 10, 2025 at the Peacock Family Chapel with Pastor Travis Walker of the Wiley United Methodist Church officiating. Inurnment will follow at the McClave Cemetery in McClave, Colorado. […]
Rigo Yanez Rojas – December 29, 1981 – May 28, 2025
A celebration of life for longtime Lamar, Colorado Resident, Rigoberto Yanez Rojas, affectionately known to his family and friends as Rigo, will be held at 10:00AM on Friday, June 6, 2025 at the Peacock Family Chapel. Per Rigo’s cremation will follow the services. A private family visitation for Rigo will be held at the Peacock […]
Rusty Allen Miller – January 22, 1975 – May 23, 2025
Per Rusty’s request cremation will take place and there will be no services at this time, the family plans to have a BBQ sometime in the near future. Rusty was born on January 22, 1975 at Lamar, Colorado to Robert “Bud” Thombs and Gladys Miller and passed away on May 23, at the Northern Colorado […]
Lamar School District 2025-2026 Summer Meal Service schedule
LAMAR SCHOOL DISTRICT 2025-26 SUMMER MEAL SERVICE FREE Breakfast & Lunch Meals For All Children Under 18 Dates & Times 6/2/25 to 6/26/25 (Monday – Thursday) 7/7/25 to 7/31/25 (Monday – Thursday) Breakfast & Lunch Lincoln School Pickup @ 10:30 am – 11:00 am – North side of school Breakfast & Lunch Washington Elementary […]
Richard Helfrich – February 23, 1947 – May 25, 2025
A graveside memorial service for longtime Coolidge, Kansas resident Richard Helfrich will be held at 10:00AM on Wednesday, June 04, 2025 at the Sunnyvale Cemetery south of Coolidge, Kansas. Following the service a gathering of family and friends will be held at the Helfrich Family farm. Richard was born on February 23, 1947 at Syracuse, […]
Op-Ed on Medicaid by former Prowers Commissioner Wendy Buxton-Andrade
Editor’s Note: This Op-Ed first appeared in the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel. Medicaid is a Lifeline for Mental Health in Rural Colorado. We Can’t Afford to Lose It. By Wendy Buxton-Andrade Colorado’s small towns and rural communities are in the midst of a mental health and substance use crisis, and Medicaid is a critical lifeline […]
Broad Daylight Wolf Attack in Northwest Colorado Sparks Outrage Among Ranchers
PITKIN COUNTY – A series of devastating wolf attacks occurred over Memorial Day weekend at the Lost Marbles Ranch, Crystal River Ranch and McCabe Ranch, leaving two calves dead and others injured. A broad daylight attack at the Lost Marbles Ranch, carried out by three wolves from the notorious Copper Creek pack, took place in the […]
Lower Arkansas Valley Communities Unite Against Colorado Springs Annexations
(ROCKY FORD, CO – May 27, 2025) – Communities throughout the Lower Arkansas Valley are uniting in opposition to new annexations by the City of Colorado Springs that would exacerbate the city’s already projected 34,000 acre-feet annual water supply gap to support build out of land already within its city limits. New annexations, such as for […]
Prowers County Commissioners hold discussion with Colorado Springs Utilities and get updates on LCC and PMC
The morning work session was held at the Prowers County Annex building on May 27. Dr. Rosana Reyes, President of Lamar Community College, gave an update to the Commissioners and provided copies of her April 2025 report. Highlights from the report include the opening of a second location for the Southeast Colorado Small Business Development […]
Lamar Utilities Board meeting of May 27, 2025
Board President Doug Thrall was not present for the May 27 meeting, nor was board member Elmer Grett. In Thrall’s absence, Vice-Chairman Jay Brooke was in charge of the meeting. Purchase orders 630878 through 630908 were approved unanimously. Total cost of all purchase orders was $16,520.67. The largest purchase order was for $3,180.45 to BSI […]
Denver Police Department’s Crime Lab creates information-sharing system for latent fingerprints
If you leave an identifiable fingerprint at a crime scene along Colorado’s Front Range, it probably won’t be long before 32 different police agencies know about it. That’s because of a pioneering information-sharing system created by the Denver Police Department’s Denver Crime Laboratory that allows four different Colorado crime labs to connect fingerprint evidence across […]
Reconstructed fort at Bent’s Old Fort National Historic Site to open for guided tours
Park trails and grounds remain open; guided tours to begin on Saturday, May 24, 2025. The National Park Service is working to provide visitors to Bent’s Old Fort National Historic Site, and national parks throughout the country, with safe and memorable experiences. Guided, park ranger-led tours of the reconstructed fort will begin on Saturday, May […]
