All Entries in the "City of Lamar" Category
Cook and Snyder Honored as LCC’s Distinguished Alumni
(Lamar, Colorado; May 14, 2018) Lamar Community College Antelope Night has long been an opportunity for students and families as well as LCC staff and faculty to celebrate students’ accomplishments and gear up for Commencement the next day. It has also become a significant event for alumni as the College recognizes its Distinguished Alumni as […]
County Lodging Panel Funds Two Events
Two funding requests were approved during the May meeting of the Prowers County Lodging Tax Panel this past Tuesday, May 15th. Holly Gateway Classics/Concert was approved for $3,500 and the 2018 Downtown Custom & Classic Expo received $3,150. This will be the second year the Holly Gateway event will be held in late September. […]
Steady Forward Progress on Lamar City Sales Tax Revenue
Money is being spent in Lamar as figures for the March Sales and Use Tax report indicates healthy revenues. The 3% City Sales Tax is up 10.21% over this time last year for a gain of $28,741. Collections for 2017 were $281,626 while this year was $310,368. Use Tax collections are up […]
LCC Nursing Class of 2018 Honored in Pinning Ceremony
(Lamar, Colorado; May 14, 2018) On Friday, May 4, the Lamar Community College Nursing department celebrated the accomplishments of their graduates with the time-honored tradition of the Nurse Pinning. The Nurse Pinning ceremony is a traditional rite of passage that each nursing student completes before entering the profession. 53 students were pinned including 20 […]
Council Approves Zoning Changes, New Police K9 Will be a Pit Bull
The Lamar City Council covered a lot of territory during their May 14th meeting this past Monday. In a related article highlighted in The Prowers Journal, the council approved an ordinance on first reading for a Power Purchase Agreement between the City and Tri-State G & T and terminating the Power Supply Agreement with […]
Council Approves ARPA Bond Sale Ordinance
The Lamar City Council approved, on first reading, the Power Purchase Agreement between the City of Lamar and Tri-State G & T and the termination of the Power Supply Agreement between the City and Arkansas River Power Authority (ARPA). As part of the agreement, the city approved ARPA’s execution of the Defeasance Funding and […]
PMC Foundation Observes Hospital District Golden Jubilee
The creation of the Prowers County Hospital District in 1968 was celebrated this past Friday, May 11th, at the Prowers Medical Center campus, with a gala jubilee. The district was formed a half century ago in order to expand services and provide better and continuing healthcare to the residents of southeast Colorado. PMC […]
Lamar Elks Lodge Contributes to 9/11 1st Responder Memorial
Several Past Exalted Rulers from the Lamar Elks Lodge #1319, presented Doug Harbour with two checks totaling $2,200 to help finance the 9/11 First Responder Memorial currently under construction at the Big Timbers Museum. PERs Jared Crabtree, Oscar Riley and Cary LaCost were on hand to present Harbour with their donations. La Cost […]
Artwork for Shore Arts Center Pocket Park Nearing Completion
As promised last week, local artist Jeremy Cooper is putting the finishing touches on the interior of Lamar’s downtown Pocket Park. The outer mural facing the east parking lot is vivid with musically themed swirls of color while the interior walls are more sedate by comparison. “I’ve incorporated the rolling plains into the […]
Lamar Days ‘Features the 50s’ for the 2018 Theme
This year’s event, May 18-19th takes local residents back in time as the celebration will be for: “Time to Shake, Rattle and Roll”. The event, hosted by the Lamar Chamber of Commerce, will feature a Friday downtown, Kick-Off BBQ from 11am to 1pm at the Chamber of Commerce parking lot on East Beech Street, […]
SECCI Cancer Support Group Hosts Annual Fundraiser Golf Tournament
Teams will tee off at Spreading Antlers Golf Course the morning of Saturday, June 9th, raising funds for the 10th Annual SECCI tournament. Southeast Colorado Cancer Initiative began in October 2001 when local residents, Cathy Buxton, Larry Bauer, Tim Courkamp and Delaine Rushton formed the group to help defray transportation and related expenses for […]
Public Comment Sought by Council on ARPA Power Purchase
There will be a special City Council work session on Monday, May 14, 2018 beginning at 5 p.m. in the Cultural Events Center. This meeting will be a public discussion of a possible purchase power agreement with Tri-State Generation and Transmission and SECPA, and the continuing relationship with ARPA. Citizens are urged to attend. […]
Lamar Woman Faces Drug Charges
The Drug Task Force consisting of Prowers, Kiowa, Baca and Cheyenne County Sheriff’s Offices conducted an investigation in the distribution of narcotics. On May 4th, 2018, the Prowers County Sheriff’s Office arrested Destiny M Hyatt, 29, of Lamar on the below listed charges: CRS. 18-18-407 Controlled Substance – Special Offender, a Drug Felony […]
Council Weighs Options on New Animal Shelter
The Lamar Animal Shelter on CR EE.5 off Memorial Drive has seen considerable improvements over the past several years, but its future at that site is limited for what it can provide to local residents. It’s a small facility and can handle only 14 dogs and no cats and it is adjacent to […]
Lamar Receives EPA Brownfields Grant
Lamar is one of four Colorado communities set to receive a share of a $1.1M grant to advance environmental assessment and property redevelopment. The other three are Canon City, Florence and Pueblo. Lamar’s share of the grant is $300,000 to assess properties along the city’s downtown core, including sites along the Arkansas River and […]
