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High Water Levels at John Martin Dam
Another season of boating, camping and fishing will soon be underway at John Martin Reservoir. Anyone visiting the site will immediately notice the high level of water in the Reservoir, now averaging approximately 316,100 acre feet. This same time last year, the water content was averaging around 130,000 acre feet. The information is provided […]
PMC Expects Little Impact from St. Mary-Corwin Layoffs
Craig Loveless, CEO of Prowers Medical Center, told the Prowers County Commissioners during his monthly update, that the 300 layoffs announced recently at Ventura Health/St. Mary Corwin Hospital in Pueblo, won’t benefit PMC through potential medical hires. “I really don’t expect to see anyone from that medical field looking in our direction in Lamar,” […]
Prowers Lodging Panel Funds Two Events, Discusses Finances
The Prowers Lodging Tax Panel voted to fund two springtime events and tabled a third during their March 20th meeting. Panel members have been aware that some repeat event requests have grown larger from one year to the next and are being made earlier on the calendar. While at the same time, the amount of […]
Wittman and Koehn Eligible for June 26 GOP Primary
The Prowers County Republican Assembly was held Tuesday, March 20, at the Lamar Community Building gymnasium to select delegates to vote on the candidates running for open positions in Prowers County. The only contested position was for County Treasurer between Judy Wittman and Kayla Koehn. In order to go on the June 26th primary ballot, a […]
Extreme Drought expands into Southern Colorado
SYNOPSIS…UPDATED A weather pattern change early in February brought some much needed precipitation to portions of Southern Colorado, especially the Southwest Mountains. This precipitation, however, did little to change the substantial precipitation deficits that have been accumulated throughout the 2018 Water Year across South Central and Southeast Colorado. With that said, the latest US […]
US HONEY PRODUCTION
United States honey production in 2017 from producers with five or more colonies totaled 148 million pounds, down 9 percent from 2016. There were 2.67 million colonies producing honey in 2017, down 4 percent from 2016. Yield per colony averaged 55.3 pounds, down 5 percent from the 58.3 pounds in 2016. Colonies which produced […]
Sometimes More than Just a Flag
The following message from Albert Moreno was sent to The Prowers Journal this week. I hope everyone will take a few moments to read it. Construction activities at the 9/11 First Responders Memorial at Big Timbers Museum on Highway 287 is gaining ground. The committee continues to raise funds and seek out volunteers to […]
USFS Reminds Public to be Careful with Fire
Pueblo, March. 14, 2018 – It is no easy task to make predictions for what the fire season will look like in our area compared to previous years. The outlook is determined by examining many variables such as precipitation, snowpack, wind events, relative humidity levels, temperatures, sea surface temperatures, expected weather patterns, fuel dryness […]
Prowers County Democrats Prepare for March 20 Caucus
The Prowers County Democrats will have their County Assembly on March 20 at 7:00PM in the Lamar High School Auditorium. Doors will open at 6:30pm. The primary purpose of the County Assembly is to elect delegates for the CD4 Assembly which will be held on Friday, April 13 and the State Assembly, […]
Prowers GOP Prepares for March 20 Caucus
The Prowers County Republican Assembly will be held on Tuesday, March 20 at the Lamar Community Building gymnasium. Check in starts at 5:30pm at the meeting starts at 6:30 p.m. Purpose of the Assembly will be for the Delegates chosen at the Caucus to vote on the candidates who are running for positions in […]
Registration is Open for CCA’s 2018 Annual Convention
Registration is now open for Colorado Cattlemen’s Association’s (CCA) 2018 Annual Convention, which will be held on June 18-20, 2018 at the Embassy Suites in Loveland, CO. Last year was monumental for CCA as we celebrated our 150th anniversary, and the year 2018 is all about looking toward the future — look out, Loveland! […]
CSP Investigating Hwy 50 Single Vehicle Crash
The Colorado State Patrol is currently investigating a single vehicle crash Monday, March 12th at approximately 5:31pm involving serious bodily injury that occurred on Colorado 50 at Mile Post 428, approximately six miles west of Lamar. A 1999 Ford F350, driven by Omar Ayala, age 24, of Wiley, Colorado, was westbound on Colorado 50 […]
Kiowa County WIFE Chapter Hosts Ag Day Art Contest
Kiowa County Women Involved in Farm Economics (WIFE) Chapter # 124 is sponsoring an Ag Art Work Contest in honor of National Agriculture Day, March 20, 2018 during National Ag Week which kicks off on Sunday, March 18th. Kiowa County WIFE is working to help agriculture in our rural communities to survive and thrive. The […]
Holly Commercial Club Plans for Bluegrass Festival, Other Spring Events
The Holly Commercial Club met in regular session on Wednesday, March 7th at the Holly United Methodist Church. The minutes of the previous meeting were approved, as was the Treasure Report. Membership was announced to stand at 23 full members, with four associate members. Old Business Rural Philanthropy Days was discussed. The dates for this […]
Hixson Farms Receives Prowers County Conservation Award
The Prowers County Conservation District held their annual meeting Wednesday, March 7th at the Elks Lodge in Lamar. Conservation Poster winners were announced and the posters were on display. The theme this year was “The Soil is Alive”. The Prowers County Conservationist of the Year Award was presented to Hixson Farms for their work […]
