Archive for May 27th, 2025
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 […]
