Author Archive for Barbara Crimond
Colorado Employment Situation – October 2024
9,000 Nonfarm Payroll Jobs Added in October; Unemployment Rate Increases Slightly to 4.1 Percent Household survey data According to the survey of households, the number of unemployed individuals grew by 3,900 to 134,700 from September to October. Colorado’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate increased one-tenth of a percentage point over the same time period to 4.1 percent. The national unemployment […]
Registration open for Colorado Cattlemen’s Association January Mid-Winter Conference
LAKEWOOD, Colo. – Registration is now open for the Colorado Cattlemen’s Association’s (CCA) 2025 Mid-Winter Conference, which will be held on January 20-21st at the Denver Marriott West Hotel in Golden, CO. The 2025 Mid-Winter Conference will kick off on January 20th with CCA’s Board of Directors meeting, as well as a board meeting for […]
2025 Colorado health Insurance premiums rising at three times the rate of inflation
With open enrollment for health insurance set to begin in two weeks, Colorado’s Division of Insurance has finalized rates for premiums in the individual and small group markets. Premium increases in both markets for 2025 are set to rise at more than three times the rate of inflation forecast for next year. Individual premium increases […]
June Bentley – January 16, 1935 – November 14, 2024
June was born on January 16, 1935 at Freeport, Illinois to Merle David and Henrietta Viola (Sager) Winters and passed away on November 14, 2024 at the age of 89 at the Lamar Estates Nursing Home with her family by her side. Memorial contributions may be made to the Lamar Area Hospice either direct or […]
Betty A. Clark – August 20, 1931 – November 15, 2024
A joint celebration of life memorial service for longtime Lamar resident Betty Clark and her husband Floyd Clark will be held at 10:00AM on Saturday, November 23, 2024 at the Lamar Christian Church with Ray Mattson officiating. Betty was born on August 20, 1931 at Lamar, Colorado to Pete and Bernice (Stickler) Lubbers and passed […]
Prowers County Commissioners meeting November 12, 2024
At the morning work session, the commissioners received an update on PEP (Prowers Economic Prosperity) Director Cheryl Sanchez. Ms. Sanchez thanked the commissioners for all they do for PEP. When talking about goals for the department she said “I won’t be there and Tallie is ready to take the helm”, referring to her upcoming retirement […]
Registration is Open for CCA’s 2025 Mid-Winter Conference
LAKEWOOD, Colo. – Registration is now open for the Colorado Cattlemen’s Association’s (CCA) 2025 Mid-Winter Conference, which will be held on January 20-21st at the Denver Marriott West Hotel in Golden, CO. The 2025 Mid-Winter Conference will kick off on January 20th with CCA’s Board of Directors meeting, as well as a board meeting for […]
Prowers County seeking applications for Lodging Tax Tourism Panel
The Prowers County Board of Commissioners is accepting applications from persons who are residents of Prowers County to fill (2) positions on the nine-member Prowers County Lodging Tax Tourism Panel. The term will expire in December 2027. The Colorado Statutes stipulate that directors must be from the tourism industry. Each director serves a three (3) […]
Margarete Humphrey – September 7, 1947 – November 19, 2024
Funeral Services for Margarete Humphrey will be held at 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, November 19, 2024 at Valley Memorial Funeral Chapel in Lamar, Colorado. A private interment will take place in the Campo Cemetery. Margarete Faye Humphrey was born in Clarendon, Texas on September 7, 1947 to Edwin Monroe and Mattie Louise (Beach) Humphrey. She passed […]
Lamar Utilities Board meeting 11/12
Minutes from the October 29, 2024 were approved. Also approved were Purchase Orders 630384 through 630418 for a total amount of $215,448.81. Large items in these purchase orders were $57,113.46 for line hardware, and $817,322.94 for October power purchase from ARPA. The Board approved Bid #2055 for street lights, photocells and mounting arms. These are […]
Part Two of Southern Plains Land Trust – ferrets, birds, and new projects on the horizon!
One of the most recently released black-footed ferrets at SPLT (photo courtesy of Karen Voepel) EDITOR’S NOTE: This is Part II of a story about Southern Plains Land Trust in southeast Colorado. As Judith and I continued our tour of the property, I asked about an article I had recently read about the reintroduction of […]
RE-2 School board gets positive updates from elementary school principals at Nov. 11 meeting
All board members were present for the meeting as well as two of the three student board members. The night’s agenda and minutes from the previous board meeting were approved unanimously. There were no visitors in attendance wishing to speak to the board. Dave Tecklenburg, CFO for the district, gave a quarterly financial report, stating […]
Lamar City Council meeting Nov. 11, 2024
As Mayor Kirk Crespin was unable to attend the meeting, mayor pro tem Manuel Tamez led the meeting. He began the meeting saying “I’d like to give a shoutout to all our veterans, both in our local community and the surrounding area and the nation. We’re grateful for your service and for those families who […]
Colorado FFA Foundation announces four Hall of Fame inductees for 2025
The Colorado FFA Foundation is pleased to announce four inductees representing excellence in farming, public service, ranching, and agriculture construction, into the Colorado Agriculture Hall of Fame. Dr. Michael Bartolo (Rocky Ford), Don Brown (Yuma), Terry Fankhauser (posthumously), and Wayne Schmeeckle (Ft. Morgan) will all be formally honored and inducted into the Colorado Agriculture Hall […]
Dan Harry Sniff – December 21, 1932 – August 12, 2024
Dan Harry Sniff, 91, passed away peacefully August 12, 2024, surrounded by his family. Dan was born December 21, 1932, to Emmett Lyle Sniff and Ruby Augusta Kepp. He spent his childhood in rural Bent County with his parents and younger siblings, Don (Bub) and Bonnie. Upon graduating from Bent County High School (McClave) in […]
