Archive for November 24th, 2025
Gary D. Downing – October 19, 1937 – November 22, 2025
A memorial service for longtime Lamar resident, currently of Springfield, Colorado, Gary Downing, will be held at 10:00AM on Wednesday, November 26, 2025 at the Peacock Family Chapel. Inurnment will follow at the Wiley Cemetery. Gary was born on October 19, 1937 at Lamar, Colorado to Harry and Mary (Downing) Eddleman and passed away on […]
Bent’s Old Fort presenting “Stories from the Borderlands” series on December 6, 2025
La Junta, CO – Bent’s Old Fort National Historic Site announces special presentations for Saturday, December 6th, 2025, as part of its “Stories from the Borderlands” program series. This presentation will be offered at 10:00 a.m. in the corral at the rear of the Fort, and 2:00 p.m. at Woodruff Memorial Library in La Junta, […]
Birth Announcement – Harmon/Porter
Tallie Harmon and Lane Porter of Lamar, Colorado, welcomed a new baby boy on October 20, 2025 at Prowers Medical Center in Lamar. Baker Lane Porter was born at 5:57 a.m., weighing 7 pounds, 1 ounce and measuring twenty inches. Dr. Forseter was the attending physician. Baker is joined at home by big brother Talon. […]
Dorothy LaVonne Hall – March 23, 1931 – November 21, 2025
A graveside celebration of life for longtime Lamar, Colorado resident, Dorothy LaVonne Hall will be held at 11:00AM on Saturday, November 29, 2025 at the Two Buttes Cemetery in Two Buttes, Colorado with Pastor Paul Floyd of the High Plains Fellowship Church officiating. Per Dorothy’s request there will be no visitation. Dorothy was born on […]
Young people held at Pueblo detention facility aren’t getting enough food, parents allege
A guard speaks to an inmate in the toughest security rooms for new arrivals at the Youth Offender System’s detention facility in Pueblo (photo by Glenn Asakawa/TheDenverPost) Mothers tell The Denver Post their sons are losing extreme amounts of weight at Youthful Offender System facility For the past few months, Emmanuel Porter-Taylor and other young […]
Xcel Energy seeks $355.5M revenue hike, increasing residential bills nearly 10% on average
Utility says rate increase would cover costs associated with growth in demand, reliability Xcel Energy, Colorado’s largest electric utility, has asked state regulators for an increase of $355.5 million to its rate base, which would boost the average residential electric bill by nearly 10% per month. Xcel filed the proposal Friday with the Colorado Public Utilities […]
