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Colorado Employment Situation – March 2026
Nonfarm Payroll Jobs Increase by 1,400 in March; Unemployment Rate Unchanged at 3.9 Percent Household survey data According to the survey of households, the number of unemployed individuals decreased by 100 to 127,100 from February to March. Colorado’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was unchanged over the same time period at 3.9 percent. The national unemployment rate decreased by one-tenth […]
City of Lamar Launches “WIN LOCAL” Campaign to Promote Community Pride, Economic Growth, and Local Engagement
LAMAR, COLORADO — The City of Lamar is proud to announce the launch of WIN LOCAL, a new community-focused initiative designed to encourage a stronger culture of local engagement, community pride, customer service, and economic support throughout Lamar and Southeast Colorado. Introduced by Mayor Kirk Crespin, the WIN LOCAL campaign represents a shift in mindset […]
Lamar City Council votes against proposed increase in building permit fee, approves moving to Stage 2 water restrictions in meeting on May 11, 2026
Lamar Mayor Kirk Crespin began the May 11, 2026 City Council meeting addressing the audience about the myriad of events coming up within the next week, including the Friday barbeque at the Lamar Chamber to kick off next weekend’s Lamar Days. Also on Friday, he said, was the “No Booze Cruise”, the parade and car […]
Peter Page, Frontier Bank’s Chief Operating Officer, recently graduates from GSBC Executive Development Institute for Community Bankers program Page, Among Select Group of Bankers to Complete GSBC’s Executive Development Institute for Community Bankers®
Frontier Bank’s Peter Page (center), graduate of GSBC’s Executive Development Institute for Community Bankers Peter Page, Chief Operating Officer of Frontier Bank recently graduated from the Graduate School of Banking at Colorado’s (GSBC) Executive Development Institute for Community Bankers® (EDI), completing the rigorous program as a member of its 13th cohort. The graduation ceremony was […]
Colorado Employment Situation – February 2026 Nonfarm Payroll Jobs Decrease by 7,200 in February; Unemployment Rate Unchanged at 3.9 Percent
Household survey data According to the survey of households, the number of unemployed individuals increased by 1,000 to 127,300 from January to February. Colorado’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was unchanged over the same time period at 3.9 percent. The national unemployment rate increased by one-tenth of a percentage point to 4.4 percent from January to […]
Prowers Economic Prosperity’s “Project One” advances with annexation and rezoning milestones
Project One Advances w/ Annexation &Rezoning Milestones Lamar, CO — Project One, the inaugural development under Prowers Economic Prosperity’s (PEP) Shovel Ready Program (SRP), has reached a major milestone as it advances through the annexation and rezoning process. This marks a significant step toward bringing new commercial development to Lamar and Prowers County. On April […]
Colorado ‘Tamale Act’ could open the door for more home kitchen entrepreneurs
The Combi Taco Catering crew make boxed meals at a commercial kitchen in Denver’s Athmar Park neighborhood. April 13, 2026. (Rae Solomon, CPR via Colorado Capitol News Alliance) Lawmakers are considering a proposal to bring DIY entrepreneurs out of the shadows with a bill that would lift the prohibition on refrigerated cottage foods, allowing […]
Colorado Employment Situation – January 2026
6,600 Nonfarm Payroll Jobs Added in January; Unemployment Rate Rises to 3.9 Percent Household survey data According to the survey of households, Colorado’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate increased one-tenth of a percentage point in January to 3.9 percent compared to the revised December rate of 3.8 percent. The number of unemployed individuals grew by 1,200 over the same time […]
Surface Transportation Board (STB) denies K&O-Union Pacific lease renewal in Kansas
The Colorado Pacific Railroad and Weskan Grain, both part of the Soloviev Group, have sued Union Pacific and the Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad over a fee they say blocks grain from moving on the Colorado Pacific Soloviev Group Editor’s Note: The following article was submitted to The Prowers Journal by Will Bramblett/CEO of […]
City of Lamar 2026 Utility Revenue Report for January
City of Lamar 2026 Utility Revenue Report for January JANUARY 2026 JANUARY 2025 % change Electricity $1,075,077.57 $1,005,976.31 6.87% Water $122,003.84 $114,536.43 6.52% Sewer $72,163.51 $61,597.68 17.15% Trash $160,317.66 $143,170.23 11.98% MONTHLY TOTAL $1,429,562.58 $1,325,280.65 7.87%
Lamar Utilities Board meeting of February 24, 2026
The Lamar Utilities Board met on February 24, 2026 for a regular meeting. Purchase orders totaling $87,928.26 were approved. Of this amount, $74,437.38 needed board approval. Large purchase orders needing approval included $21,680.25 to Stuart C. Irby Corporation for PUPI crossarms, $19,543.42 to Western United Electric Supply for line materials, and $7,950.97 to American Public […]
Prowers County Market a family’s labor of love – expected opening is late spring
The Brown family poses in front of what will soon be the Prowers County Market, Inc. – left to right are: Susan, Felicity, Elliott, Elizabeth and Landon Brown The unexpected, abrupt announcement last September that the Lamar Safeway store at 906 E. Olive Street would be closing permanently on November 7, shocked a community who […]
Lamar Lions Club hears about the importance of finishing the Arkansas Valley Conduit at recent meeting
Bill Long, President of Board of Directors for SECWCD speaks to Lamar Lions Club members At the Lamar Lions Club meeting on February 11, the guest speaker was Bill Long, President of the Board of Directors for the Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District (SECWCD). In addition to myself, also invited to the meeting were Lamar […]
Colorado State Representative Ty Winter proposes Back-to-School Sales Tax Holiday
For too long, families across House District 47 have been stretched thin by the rising cost of everyday necessities. When you live miles from the nearest big box store, every dollar matters. Since I was elected, I have worked to make sure rural communities are no longer an afterthought in policy discussions at the Capitol. […]
