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Colorado had a shockingly normal year of precipitation — but drought is creeping back on the Front Range
An early season snow dusts the high mountain country near Gothic, Colorado on September 22, 2024. (Dean Krakel, Special to The Colorado Sun) Just for a moment, forget about drought and water shortages, because this year, it’s been wet in Colorado, with precipitation hitting 102% of normal. The wet weather hasn’t pulled the state […]
Spectrum presents Sparrow House Ministries with a $1,000 Employee Community Grant in support of food pantry
From left to right: Joel Jacoby, Sparrow House Ministries Executive Director; Ryan Yoder, Spectrum Field Technician and Pat Harris, Spectrum Field Operations Supervisor Spectrum recently donated $1,000 to Sparrow House Ministries through the company’s employee-driven grants program that recognizes the value of community service, Spectrum Employee Community Grants. Sparrow House Ministries strives to create better […]
Prowers County office of state motor vehicle system is down currently – September 26, 2024
Prowers County Clerk Office’s state motor vehicle system is down and unable to access the internet for any in-office vehicle transactions at this time. Lumen has reported that a fiber cut is affecting several locations in the area and are working on repairs. Please call the County Clerk’s Office before coming in at 719-336-8011 to […]
Lamar Utilities Board meeting September 24, 2024
The board approved purchase orders 630269 through 630307 in the amount of $67,746.94. Large items in these purchase orders include $28,450.00 to Bell Lumber and Pole for wooden poles to replenish stock and $15,667.40 to Border States Industries for line material. Bills totaling $1,239,985.05 were approved to be paid as well. Some of the larger […]
Prowers County Commissioners meeting of September 24, 2024
During the morning’s work session, representatives of SCEDD (Southern Colorado Economic Development District) gave updates concerning the Broadband project. This has been a 3-year project to bring broadband access to rural Colorado. SCEDD was allocated 15% of the entire state’s awarded funding towards the local project. There are currently 2 projects in the works for […]
Lamar High School makes history with first live animal mascot
Lamar High School cheerleaders with “Thunder” the new school mascot Move over, Ralphie. Lamar High School now has its own live buffalo mascot! “Thunder” made her first public appearance at the September 20, 2024 homecoming parade and football game (Lamar’s second game in their new Thunder Stadium). She seemed unfazed by the sounds […]
Colorado Parks and Wildlife working to increase numbers of endangered black-footed ferrets
Colorado Parks and WIldlife officer Jonathan Reitz with a rare black-footed ferret captured during a survey of previously released ferrets at May Ranch, near Lamar in southeastern Colorado. The survey took place in early September, 2024, and found wild-born kits from previous releases, a major goal of the reintroduction program. (Courtesy of Colorado Parks […]
Medicare Part D participants will have payment options in 2025
CMS released additional guidance regarding Medicare Prescription Payment Plan (MPPP) outreach and education, www.medicarerights.org reported July 25, 2024. The MPPP, sometimes referred to as “smoothing,” was established in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and allows Medicare beneficiaries with Part D to opt into an alternative payment structure for their cost-sharing for covered Part D medications. Starting in 2025, […]
Colorado Employment Situation – August 2024 – 7,400 Nonfarm Payroll Jobs Added in August; Unemployment Rate Rises to 4.0 Percent
Household survey data • According to the survey of households, Colorado’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate increased one-tenth of a percentage point in August to 4.0 percent. The last time the unemployment rate for Colorado reached 4.0% was in January 2022. The number of unemployed individuals grew by 2,200 over the same time period to 128,500. […]
State Attorney General Phil Weiser launches initiative to fund smartphone strategies in schools
Sept. 20, 2024 (GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.) – The Colorado Department of Law is launching a new funding opportunity to help schools develop and test innovative smartphone policies that promote learning and student wellness, Attorney General Phil Weiser announced today at a roundtable on district smartphone strategies in Mesa County Valley School District 51. This initiative comes […]
Department of Homeland Security adds sniffing device to AI tools to help fight wildfires in Colorado
Debra Deininger, chief revenue officer of N5 Sensors, explains the N5SHIELD artificial intelligence-assisted wildfire detection sensor in Boulder, Sept. 18, 2024. The N5 sensors are currently being deployed in the urban-wildland interface along the Front Range of Colorado. (Scout Edmondson, Special to The Colorado Sun) New technology allowing firefighters to “smell” points of origin […]
