All Entries in the "City of Granada" Category
Lodging Panel Funds Cowboy Up at the Wagons Event
Members of the Prowers County Lodging Panel approved one request for marketing funds during their May 17th meeting and tabled three others for future discussion. The 3rd annual Cowboy Up at the Wagons event, held at the End of the Line Arena in Camp Amache in Granada, was granted the $3,000 request to cover advertising […]
National Park Service Interested in Camp Amache (Corrected)
Granada Trustees are pondering the variables they expect to encounter with the recent interest from the National Park Service to turn Camp Amache into a National Park Site. The former internment camp held approximately 7,500 Japanese-Americans shortly after World War Two, is listed as a National Historic Landmark. Originally a 10,000 acre span, very little […]
CO Motorcyclist Fatalities at All Time High
During Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month CDOT Launches Campaign to Promote Training STATEWIDE – Motorcyclist fatalities surpassed the triple digit mark for the first time ever in Colorado, tallying 106 deaths last year according to preliminary data from the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT). This figure represents an 11.7% increase from 2014 and 20% […]
June 28 Primary Election Information for Prowers County
ELECTION INFORMATION: Do you know someone that is in one of the following circumstances? Turning 18 in 2016 and would like to vote? They can register to vote on-line at www.govotecolorado.com or can register in person at the Prowers County Clerk & Recorder’s Office, 301 S. Main St., Ste. 210, Lamar, CO 81052 anytime […]
Oil/Gas Development & Healthy Environment Measures Green Lit to try for Nov Ballot
DENVER, April 12, 2016 — The backers of a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow local government regulation of oil-and-gas development can begin collecting voter signatures to try to get the issue on the 2016 general election ballot, Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams announced today. Karen Dike of Longmont and Bruce Mason of […]
PCDI Overview on Economic Potential
There was a light agenda for the PCDI monthly meeting, Tuesday, April 26th. The Prowers County Development Incorporated (PCDI) board was updated on a new business development in Lamar. Angie Cue, Lamar’s Community Development Director, summarized the efforts of Nebraska Midwest Medical Transport to establish a satellite office, their first venture into Colorado. “The […]
ELECTION INFORMATION: Overvoting and Undervoting Explained
Have you ever wondered why when results come out election night there are these things called Overvotes and Undervotes? Undervote: occurs when the number of choices selected by a voter in an election contest is less than the maximum number allowed for that contest. An undervote also occurs when no votes for a single choice […]
CDOT Construction Update for US Hwy 50 Granada
The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) is resuming work on the highway construction project on U.S. 50 both East and West of Granada in Prowers County. Work on this project consists of the replacement of three structures, detour pavement, embankment, asphalt removal, guardrail, topsoil, seeding and mulching, signing and striping, and erosion control. Dondlinger Construction […]
Prowers Lodging Panel Has Money on the Mind
Larger funding requests and requests for funding earlier on the calendar have the Prowers County Lodging Tax Panel looking at their balance sheet. Through no fault of their own, the panel has dealt with requests of this nature without being given a clear picture of when funding from the state will become available. The panel […]
We Got Some Rain!!
Last week ended with a weather warning for a strong spring storm impacting portions of Colorado including snow for the Front Range and strong winds, rain and hail for southeastern Colorado. The National Weather Service on Friday, April 15th, stated a Tornado Warning had been issued for central Kiowa County, effective until 3:15 p.m. A […]
Colorado Employment Situation for March, 2016
Employers in Colorado added 5,500 nonfarm payroll jobs from February to March for a total of 2,594,300 jobs, according to the survey of business establishments. Private sector payroll jobs increased 5,300 and government increased 200. According to the survey of households, the unemployment rate decreased one-tenth of a percentage point in March to 2.9 percent. […]
PUMA Details 1st Phase of Economic Development for County
Initial ideas for economic development within Prowers County were laid out for the Prowers County Commissioners during an informational meeting with PUMA representatives on Monday, April 11th. “We’ve been developing ideas based upon the feedback we received from our conversations during our tour earlier this year,” said Anna Jones, PUMA, Vice-President of Progressive Urban Management […]
Major Storm to Impact Colorado through Sunday
An evolving storm system currently across the Pacific Ocean will track through the Pacific Northwest and Great Basin. Forecast models are coming into much better agreement with regard to the positioning and strength, with the center of the system around the Four-Corners by early Saturday morning. First, an elevated risk for extreme fire behavior exists […]
Senator Larry Crowder Unanimously Selected by District 35 Delegates at State Assembly
ALAMOSA – Sen. Larry Crowder was unanimously selected by Republican delegates at the state assembly to run for the senate seat from District 35 on Friday, April 8. “The endorsement lets me know that I share the values of the people of our district,” Sen. Crowder said. “I’m humbled that the people I represent […]
Colorado Helps Close Sham Cancer Charities
DENVER, March 30, 2016 — The Colorado Secretary of State’s Office, along with agencies in all 50 states and the Federal Trade Commission, worked to shut down sham charities that claimed to help cancer patients but spent an overwhelming amount of donations on family, friends, other causes — even the purchase of a boat. Under a settlement filed in […]
