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Granada Trustees Receive Update on Packing Plant
Curtis Tempel and Clint States provided updated information for the Granada Trustees on their plans to construct a packing plant west of the community, beginning sometime later this year. Tempel laid out his initial plans to the Trustees last year and secured the property adjacent to Camp Amache, west of Granada, off Highway […]
City Council Okays Water Distribution Projects
Lamar City Administrator, Steve Kil, noted several areas of council interest on the calendar during the February 8th meeting, including improvements that had been planned for the Public Meeting Room in council chambers. The facelift includes a new sound system and council digital voting system for display. There is also new seating […]
City of Lamar Sales Tax Revenue Gains Continue
The January 2021 Sales Tax Revenue report for the City of Lamar, collected in February, shows a healthy gain for the beginning of the year with city tax revenue up 10.76 for a gain over last year at this time of $27,692. Total Sales and Use Tax collections are up 11.43% for a […]
Prowers County Farm Bureau Hosting March 20th Meat-In
Free food will be provided by the Prowers County Farm Bureau at two locations on Saturday, March 20th, a counter-point to a recent declaration of holding meatless meals throughout Colorado on that day. Servings will be held at the Lamar Welcome Center Parking Lot from noon to 2pm, featuring hamburgers and hot dogs. […]
Chamber Micro-Bash Generates Business Interest
The Lamar Chamber of Commerce held the first of three Micro-Bash dinners this past Friday, February 26th at the Lamar Eagles Lodge. Lamar Chamber President, Jerry Roseberry, noted that these are information-based meetings, the first of which was created as a basic introduction to some of the business-connected organizations in Lamar and how […]
National Consumer Protection Week Underway in Colorado
March 1, 2021 (DENVER)—Attorney General Phil Weiser kicked off National Consumer Protection Week today by unveiling the list of the top 10 consumer complaints and inquiries his office received in 2020, which included airlines’ response to upended travel, robocalls, and pandemic purchase scams. Last year, consumers filed a record-breaking 12,130 complaints and inquiries with […]
Livestock Slaughter Report, January 2021
UNITED STATES HIGHLIGHTS Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 4.80 billion pounds in January, down 3 percent from the 4.96 billion pounds produced in January 2020 Beef production, at 2.31 billion pounds, was 3 percent below the previous year. Cattle slaughter totaled 2.74 million head, down 5 percent from January 2020. […]
Atmos Energy Addresses Customer Bills Following Historic Winter Storms
LAMAR, Colorado – Feb. 23, 2021 – Atmos Energy understands customer concerns that the recent extreme weather may affect their natural gas bills, so we want to assure customers that bills in the near term will not include any of the unusually high gas prices from the historic winter storms. Atmos Energy does not […]
Prowers County to Extend COVID-19 Business Relief Grant Program
Beginning today, February 24, 2021, Prowers County is again offering grants to assist small businesses in Prowers County that have been adversely affected by COVID-19. The grants will be paid from the County’s available allocation of federal relief funds under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Grants are available to assist […]
Lamar Honkers, Keeping Busy
The Lamar Honkers have been at work, visiting several area businesses over the past week. Stops include Home and Season on South Main Street; Farm Credit of Southern Colorado on East Olive Street and the Cornerstone Resource Center also on East Olive. The Lamar Chamber Honkers recently regrouped their operations during the Covid pandemic […]
Council Approves Water Deal for Highway 287 Construction
Several weeks from now, CDOT and Scott Contracting will begin a road improvement project from Savage Avenue, south along Highway 287. The 3.5-mile-long project will require 3 million gallons of water by the time it’s completed in July. The construction company is building a batch plant north of Spreading Antlers Golf Course and […]
Colorado Crop Progress and Condition Report, February 2021
AGRICULTURAL SUMMARY: Drought maintained its grip across the state, but seasonal moisture during February brought a little relief to areas and improved soil moisture, according to the Mountain Regional Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA. In northeastern counties, winter wheat benefitted from snow cover and received moisture was welcome throughout the district. […]
Prowers County, “Feeling Blue and Liking It”
Prowers County is now operating at the Blue Level regarding the numbers of persons who may congregate at businesses or attend community or retail operations. The County managed to lower the number of related COVID-19 cases to a level in which the county made the official switch from Yellow to Blue Level as […]
Farms and Land in Farms USDA Report, February 21, 2021
COLORADO The number of farms and ranches in Colorado in 2020 totaled 38,800, up 100 operations from the 2019 estimate. Total land in farms in Colorado, at 31.8 million acres, was unchanged from the 2019 estimate. The average size of farm was 820 acres, compared to 822 acres the previous year. UNITED STATES The […]
R-CALF Reports: Imports of Cattle and Beef Hit Historical High in 2020
For each 1-pound of beef and cattle exported in 2020, we imported over 1.5 pounds. Billings, Mont. – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) recently released cattle and beef trade data for December provide the whole cattle and beef trade picture for the 2020 calendar year. According to R-CALF USA, the volume […]
