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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 […]
City Sales Tax Revenue Shows Steady, Modest Gain
The City of Lamar May Sales and Use Tax collected in June showed a 3.37% climb compared to the same month last year for an increase of $8,834.77 and Total Sales and Use Tax collections were up 1.65% for an increase of $4,713.70 for the same period. Taxes collected for the month were $290,173.92 […]
Council Approves Replacement Equipment for Fire Department
The council authorized the purchase of a breathing air compressor with fill station for the Lamar Fire Department. Chief Burkhart explained that the current model, now 21 years old, has a failed compressor and will no longer charge the breathing apparatus used by the department. The item, estimated at $51,502 is not a budgeted item […]
Holly Commercial Club Recaps June, Early July Events
125 meals were expected and 125 were served on Friday night for the kick-off of this year’s Bluegrass Festival in Holly, according to Tracie Kalma. Net profits from the event were $600 and Viola Melcher informed the monthly gathering that there were plenty of positive comments generated about the meal and the bluegrass jam session […]
Healthy Places receives $10,000 grant to fund the Skatepark Construction Project
Healthy Places of Lamar has received a $10,000 grant from Huddleston-Butler Memorial Foundation to fund the Skatepark Construction Project at Willow Creek Park. The grant will be used to leverage more funding to complete the project. “Our community considers a skatepark to be a top priority in the Parks and Recreation Master Plan. We are […]
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 […]
Lamar Chamber Hosts Evening of Taste Tempting Wines
Wines have been gaining in popularity over the years. But we can be faced with an array of wine choices ranging from white to red to rose or from a Grigio to Beaujolais to a Sauvignon Blanc. Most young wine drinkers got their start from Boone’s or Ripple and hopefully graduated to more sophisticated tastes. […]
PMC Renovation Project Nearing Completion
“We did the final punch-walk through the gymnasium on Friday and found only some minor repairs were needed and we should be ready to move into the gym by Tuesday,” explained Prowers Medical Center, CEO, Craig Loveless, during a meeting with the Prowers County Commissioners. With the completion of some cosmetic remodeling issues in 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 […]
LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER – MAY 2016 – UNITED STATES HIGHLIGHTS
Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 4.00 billion pounds in May, up 5 percent from the 3.81 billion pounds produced in May 2015. Beef production, at 2.03 billion pounds, was 5 percent above the previous year. Cattle slaughter totaled 2.51 million head, up 6 percent from May 2015. The average live weight […]
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 […]
CPW Joins Operation Dry Water In Raising Awareness of Dangers of Boating Under the Influence
DENVER – Colorado Parks and Wildlife is participating in Operation Dry Water, June 24 to 26, 2016, as part of a nationally coordinated effort to raise awareness about the dangers of boating under the influence (BUI) and reduce the number of accidents and deaths related to alcohol and drug use on our waterways. Operation Dry Water weekend is the […]
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 […]
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 […]
Granada Trustees Discuss Funding for New Water Infrastructure Project
Several Granada Trustees were available for a work session Wednesday evening, June 15th, but not enough for a quorum. The community is exploring plans to refurbish most of the water lines that run through Granada, but financing is the prime concern at this point. The steps for the new water system as well as financing […]
