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MOTOR VEHICLE INFORMATION: From Prowers County Clerk & Recorder
Current physical and mailing address needs to be correct for Motor Vehicle Registration. Renewal Cards are not forwardable and the cards for license plates are processed and mailed from the Department of Revenue in Denver one month prior to when the stickers are due. Plates may be renewed the month prior to being expired, […]
PCDI Begins to Focus on Short Term Financial Goals
Prowers County Development Incorporated (PCDI) has until mid-September before the economic advisory group, PUMA, Progressive Urban Management Associates, returns to the county to present its final review of suggested changes to the local organization. PUMA will finalize its eight month study of the local county economy and make proposals for changes in PCDI; board membership […]
June 2016 Drought Update
June 2016, was the 3rd warmest June on record, with only 2012 and 2002 logging hotter temperatures. Much of the state experienced average monthly temperatures four to six degrees above normal. July has seen cooler temperatures, thus far, with temperatures near normal across most of the state. The forecast for the next two weeks shows […]
Colorado Employment Situation for June, 2016
Employers in Colorado added 5,000 non-farm payroll jobs from May to June for a total of 2,598,700 jobs, according to the survey of business establishments. Private sector payroll jobs increased 5,100 and government decreased 100. According to the survey of households, the unemployment rate increased four-tenths of a percentage point in June to 3.7 percent. […]
Antelope Stampede Okayed for Lodging Panel Funding
The annual Lamar Community College rodeo event, the Antelope Stampede, received funding from the Prowers County Lodging Tax Panel during their July 19th meeting. The request for $9,700 had been made by organizer Fred Sherwood months earlier, but the board delayed awarding the funds until there was a sufficient balance in their account. The […]
PCDI Transitioning to PEP
Prowers County Economic Development will undergo a change by mid-September to become PEP, Prowers Economic Prosperity. This will be more than just a name change, according to Rick Robbins, PCDI President, and Brad Segal, the President of Progressive Urban Management Associates, a study group that has been contracted by PCDI and joint funded by the […]
Rural Seat Belt Enforcement – Click It or Ticket Runs July 18-24
STATEWIDE — Seat belt usage rates for Colorado rural communities are some of the lowest in the state. In fact, according to a 2015 CDOT survey, three of the five lowest counties for seat belt use in Colorado are rural — Baca (67.1 percent), Delta (70.8 percent) and Montrose (75.5 percent). To improve […]
Comments Open for Highway 50 Pueblo to Kansas Project
Add one more study for the highways in southeast Colorado. Prowers County has the long-discussed Reliever Route, the Ports to Plains Corridor which has been upgrading Highway 287 for years, the start of Lamar’s Main Street renovations set to begin this October and now the CDOT Highway 50 East Corridor project which was presented to […]
Colorado Open for Future Growth in High-skilled Jobs
DENVER – Mon., July 11, 2016 – The Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT), in partnership with Mercer Consulting, today announced the results of an economic analysis on Colorado’s future economy. The study was conducted to determine how occupations in Colorado are suited for current and future state, national and global trends, […]
Commissioners Meet with New Action 22 President
Action 22 recently announced its new leadership team as Chairman Ivor Hill and President and CEO Jennifer Herrera. Herrera is replacing John Marrin who is stepping down as president of Lamar Community College at the end of July. She has been the Action 22 President/CEO for the past six weeks. Herrera was in Lamar July […]
Search Begins for Prowers County Veterans Service Officer
Jeremy Miller announced his resignation as the Veteran’s Service Officer for Prowers County to the Board of Commissioners on Monday, July 11th. Miller will leave at the end of July to relocate to Hays, Kansas where he will assume the Veteran’s Service Officer for western Kansas. “We sure hate to see you leave,” said board […]
Timeline to November General Election
GENERAL ELECTION TIMELINE: July 14, 2016, Thursday: Last day to file an unaffiliated candidate nomination petition. (No later than 3:00 p.m. on the 117th day before the General Election) July 21, 2016, Thursday: Last day for a write-in candidate to file an Affidavit of Intent for the General Election. (By the close of business […]
Lamar Police Explorer Post Taking Shape
“We have all our committee members listed, and now we’re starting to accept applications to the post,” explained Lamar Police Chief, Kyle Miller on Friday, July 1st. Earlier this spring, Chief Miller and Office Steve Sanger, explained to the Lamar City Council, an idea to re-start the Police Explorer Post which was discontinued in 2000. […]
Important Facts about Rabies
Rabies is a viral disease that affects the central nervous system, the brain and spinal cord, causing swelling of the brain and death. This virus is spread to people from the saliva of infected animals. The primary route of transmission for rabies is through the bite of an infected animal, but it is also possible, […]
Curtis Lane Porter Becomes Prowers County Court Judge
Curtis Porter was sworn in as the new Prowers County Court Judge Friday, July 1st in the courtroom where he will preside. Porter is replacing Judge Larry Stutler who resigned his position after years on the bench. Stutler said during his farewell reception at the courthouse just hours earlier on Thursday that he and his […]
