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Colorado Employment Situation in July 2018
Employers in Colorado added 2,800 nonfarm payroll jobs from June to July for a total of 2,737,300 jobs, according to the survey of business establishments. Private sector payroll jobs increased 2,700 and government increased 100. June estimates were revised up to 2,734,500, and the over the month increase from May to June was 9,100 […]
Scrap and Debris, Illegal Dumping, Salvage Yards…Commissioners Seeking Solutions
The Prowers County Commissioners met on August 14th with County Attorney Darla Scranton Specht, members of the County Planning Commission and Michelle Hiigel, County Land Use Administrator on what steps may be taken to enforce operating regulations pertaining to county-based salvage yards and auto body shops. The main goal is to keep them within […]
NWS Report: Monsoonal Rains Offer Some Relief to Drought Stricken Southeast Colorado
SYNOPSIS: Weather systems over the past few months have brought some precipitation across the State of Colorado, with the Southwest Monsoon kicking in throughout the month of July, bringing more widespread and much needed moisture to much of Southeastern Colorado. Further west, the summer monsoonal rains have been more spotty and generally not enough […]
New Look at Historic Boggsville Site
Thanks to two grants from the Gates Family Foundation, high quality interpretive signs were recently installed along the walking paths at Boggsville Historic Site. The new signs are designed to blend with the natural landscape and withstand the harsh Southeast Colorado sun and wind. The former trail signs were a mishmash of markers installed […]
Popularity of Dutch Oven Cooking Continues at Fair
Back for their second year, five teams of volunteer Dutch Oven cookers prepared a ground beef dinner for free sampling this past Thursday, August 9th at Elmer’s Garden at the Prowers County Fairgrounds. Organizer Chad Hart said the rules remained the same as last year. All the teams are given their ingredients […]
Buxton Reps Explain Company’s Role in Local Economic Development
Just over 62% of local revenue in Lamar is generated from non-resident sources, while $5M is spent out of the county each year for health and personal care issues, accountable for an area of major dollar leakage for the community. Those were two of the facts presented to Prowers Economic Prosperity board members during […]
Holly Commercial Club Discusses September Events
August Holly Commercial Club – August 1 2018 The August meeting of the Holly Commercial Club was held Wednesday, August 1 at the Holly Senior Center. The minutes were approved, and the Treasurer Report was not given, due to Darlene Bruce being ill. President Frey will forward the Treasurer Report, once it’s received. The Holly Shopper […]
Lamar Rotary Hosts RYLA Students (Updated to Include Student Names)
The Lamar Rotarians were given a report from selected students who recently attended a Rotary Youth Leadership gathering at Colorado Mountain College in Glenwood Springs, Colorado earlier this summer. Two groups of students were on hand for the Thursday, August 9th event; one who had attended the leadership training the year before and the […]
USDA Lists Land Values and Cash Rents in Nation – Southwest
ARIZONA The 2018 Arizona average farmland real estate value, a measurement of the value of all land and buildings on farms, was $4,200 per acre. This is an increase of 2.4 percent from 2017 and 10.5 percent from 2016. The average value of cropland and irrigated cropland was $8,450, up 0.6 percent from 2017. Pasture […]
931 Drivers Cited During Rural Seat Belt Enforcement
55 Citations Issued for Unbuckled Children STATEWIDE — From July 16 to 22, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT), Colorado State Patrol (CSP) and local law enforcement agencies across the state conducted a weeklong Click It or Ticket seat belt enforcement campaign. The crackdown focused on rural areas of Colorado where fewer people tend […]
LCC Seeking Evaluation Comments from the Public
Public Notification of Opportunity to Comment (Lamar, Colorado; August 1, 2018) Lamar Community College is seeking comments from the public about the college in preparation for its periodic evaluation by its regional accrediting agency. The college will host a visit on October 15-17, 2018, from a team of peer reviewers representing the Higher Learning Commission. […]
Holly Trustees OK Letter of Support Favoring Ballot for Ambulance Funding Tax
Prowers County Voters will decide on a quarter percent sales and use tax this November to provide funding for ambulance service to area residents. The Prowers County Commissioners met with the Holly Trustees during their monthly meeting, Wednesday, August 1st to provide answers to questions from the Trustees regarding use of the funds for […]
Developments Around Town
They are not always recognizable at first, but plans for community development are taking shape at different stages through the Lamar community. Additional work is underway at the 9/11 First Responders Memorial on the southern end of the Big Timbers Museum property. Begun last year and financed through private donations and grants, the memorial […]
USDA to Survey County Small Grains Acreage
LAKEWOOD, COLORADO –The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will survey producers in 32 states, including Arizona, Colorado, Montana, and Wyoming, for its County Agricultural Production Survey (CAPS). The survey will collect information on total acres planted and harvested, and total yield and production of small grains crops down to the county […]
Southeast Health Group Opens New Location in Springfield
Beginning August 8, 2018, Southeast Health Group (SHG) will be providing behavioral health services at 189 East 9th Street in Springfield. “We have enjoyed a good partnership with the local hospital over the past several years,” said JC Carrica, CEO of Southeast Health Group, “but it was time to establish a place […]
