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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 […]
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 […]
Unofficial Primary Election Results for June 28th
These are the unofficial voting numbers for Prowers County and a partial listing of the statewide contests for elected seats of interest. The Prowers County voter turnout was 42.68% from 1,754 votes cast out of a total voting population of 4,110. For Prowers County Commissioner, Wendy Buxton Andrade ran unopposed for District 3 on the […]
County Discusses Weather Related Emergency Measures
A new outdoor warning siren will be erected opposite the former VFW hall on Memorial Drive in Lamar in the near future. This will serve residents of Quail Ridge, the Ridges which lies south of that development, residents along the southern portion of Memorial Drive and patrons of the Spreading Antlers Golf Course and Lamar […]
Searching for Dollars, County Considers Tax Capture Plans
Lamar and Prowers County loses approximately $80 million in leakage sales each year. That’s from shoppers buying out of town, either when traveling to a destination point or online shopping. In an effort to reclaim some of that leakage, if only in sales tax on construction materials purchased outside the county, the Prowers County Commissioners […]
Tri State 9/11 Tribute, Airport Fly-in Granted Funds by Lodging Panel
Two September events were approved for marketing funds by the Prowers Lodging Tax Panel and one event for October also received financial support during the Panel’s monthly meeting, June 21st. The annual Tri-State 9/11 Tribute received full funding and the bi-annual Fly-In received a portion of their request. Two other events were tabled pending receipt […]
Countdown to June 28 Primary
ELECTION NEWS: One week until the June 28, 2016 Primary Election. Have you returned your ballot to the Prowers County Clerk’s office? We appreciate receiving voted ballots early so our election judges can start processing. The earlier ballots are returned, the earlier election night results can be released. We highly recommend that you: Drop your […]
Search Ends for Missing Victim at John Martin Reservoir
A body was recovered from John Martin Reservoir in Bent County shortly after 1pm on Monday, June 20th. According to Rick Stwalley of Bent County Emergency Management, the body was recovered in about 20 feet of water at the bottom of the reservoir about a half a mile south of the railroad trestle where the […]
Search Continues for Drowning Victim at John Martin Reservoir
Officials are continuing their search for a missing person at John Martin Reservoir today, June 20, following a rafting mishap that occurred late Saturday afternoon near the trestle bridge. Rick Stwalley, Director of Emergency Operations Management for Bent County, told the Prowers Journal a second dive team and water rescue dogs have been brought in […]
Colorado Employment Situation For May 2016
Employers in Colorado added 300 nonfarm payroll jobs from April to May for a total of 2,593,300 jobs, according to the survey of business establishments. Private sector payroll jobs decreased 500 and government increased 800. According to the survey of households, the unemployment rate increased three-tenths of a percentage point in May to 3.4 […]
