Archive for November 18th, 2025
Colorado running out of options for new source of wolves after Washington rejects request
A relocated gray wolf stands outside of its crate for a brief moment at an undisclosed Colorado release site on Jan. 14, 2025. (Courtesy of CPW) With the third winter “release season” in Colorado’s gray wolf reintroduction plan just weeks away, state wildlife officials are scrambling to find a source for additional relocated wolves. A deal […]
Quilts of Valor, local schools honor local veterans
Veterans Ron Grasmick and Manuel Gonzales, Sr. at one of the recent Quilts of Valor presentations at local schools Eighteen Prowers County veterans were presented with beautiful, hand-sewn quilts recently during Veterans Day celebrations at four local schools. The first presentation was November 11 at Wiley School, where three veterans were honored during a presentation […]
Birth Announcement – Silva
Valerie and Dillon Silva of Las Animas, Colorado, welcomed a new baby girl on November 15, 2025 at Prowers Medical Center in Lamar, Colorado. Willow Silva was born at 6:50 a.m., weighing six pounds, five ounces and measuring eighteen and a half inches. Dr. Forseter was the attending physician. Joining Willow at home are […]
Colorado State Patrol: Refusing chemical testing has consequences in Colorado
(Colorado) – Receiving a DUI comes with serious consequences due to the threat an impaired driver poses to other roadside users in a vehicle, bicycle, or on foot. This is why every state in the United States, including Colorado, has some form of implied consent law on record. While the penalties are significant for DUI, […]
Colorado’s Hispanic population has grown 77% in the past 25 years, but trails national growth, data shows
Costumed kids on the Adelitas de Colorado float at Denver’s annual Cinco de Mayo parade in 2023. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite) Colorado’s Latino population grew 77 percent in the past quarter-century, trailing the national growth rate, which doubled over the same time period, according to a new Pew Research Center report. The DC-based think tank found […]
Prowers Medical Center is visited by President and CEO of Eastern Plains Healthcare Consortium
Front row, left to right: Jessica Hays, Prowers Medical Center Compliance Data Analyst; Tina Sandoval, Prowers Medical Center CCO; Karl Nieschburg, Prowers Medical Center Compliance Officer. Back row, left to right: Karen Bryant, Prowers Medical Center CEO; Zachary DArgonne EPHC President and CEO; Amber Rider, Prowers Medical Center Director of Quality and Patient Safety; Heath […]
