All Entries in the "Featured" Category
Lamar Chamber of Commerce Board of Officers for 2021
The Lamar Chamber of Commerce, board of directors, has been selected for 2021. Jerry Roseberry will be President with Gabrielle Hammer as Vice-President. Melonee Marcum will serve as Secretary and Tallie Harmon will assume the Treasurer duties. The officers for this year are: former President, Clifford Boxley, Holly Burton, Ginger Coberley, April Forgue, […]
2020 Year in Review -NOVEMBER
November General Election Results (early returns) There were 21 candidates on the November 3rd Colorado ballot for President including a slot for any write-in candidate. The unofficial tally for Colorado is 1,631,018 for Biden and 1,220,661 for the incumbent, Donald Trump. Prowers County residents cast 1,438 ballots for Joe Biden on the Democratic ticket […]
Colorado Leadership Reacts to Riot in Nation’s Capitol
Jan. 6, 2021 (DENVER, Colo.)—Attorney General Phil Weiser released the following statement on today’s mob attack on the U.S. Capitol: “The attack on the U.S. Capitol today is not only an assault on one of our iconic democratic structures, it is an assault on democracy itself. The mob responsible for today’s disgraceful spectacle in our […]
2020 Climate Year in Review across Southern Colorado- Pueblo NWS
January of 2020 was a generally warm and dry month across the region, save for a few passing weather systems within a mainly west to northwest flow pattern, bringing spotty precipitation to the higher terrain along the Continental Divide. February started out where January left off, warm and dry across south central and southeast Colorado, […]
2020 Year in Review – OCTOBER
City of Lamar Enacting Safety Measures to Deal with Recent COVID Surge The Prowers County Public Health and Environment department issued a press release on Thursday, October 22nd, stating a death occurred 10/21/2020 associated with COVID-19. The person was a resident of the nursing facility experiencing the outbreak in Lamar. The process of […]
2020 Year in Review – SEPTEMBER
Holly Postpones Landfill Closing to November The Holly town landfill may have more lives than a cat! The Trustees were to consider closing the landfill by Saturday, September 5th during their monthly meeting and move forward with an alternative plan for refuse collection and disposal. The concerns over opening or closing have always […]
Colorado Crop Progress and Condition Report, December 2020
AGRICULTURAL SUMMARY: Moderately dry weather across the state during the month of December was interspersed with a few productive snowstorms, according to the Mountain Region Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA. Overall, the entire state remained in moderate to exceptional drought, according to the latest U.S. Drought Monitor report. In eastern […]
December Dust Storm Creates Highway Havoc
On Wednesday, December 23, 2020 at approximately 08:55 hours, there was a 10 vehicle crash in a dust storm on Highway 40 just west of Wild Horse, Colorado. The Colorado State Patrol reported Vehicle #1 was travelling west on Highway 40 approximately at milepost 432 when it came upon a vehicle stopped in the west […]
2020 Year in Review – AUGUST
Schools Prepare for COVID-19 Year As the new 2020 school year nears, the Lamar School District has laid out plans for what students and parents can expect during the coronavirus pandemic. The district stated that the plans are designed around state and local health guidelines, which include students in fifth- through 12th-grade […]
Prowers Journal Annual Year-in-Review, November 2021
Council Approves North Main Street Land Purchase The Lamar City Council approved buying two, twenty-foot parcels of land adjacent to the property at 1002 North Main Street. During a prior meeting on November 8th, the council expressed its willingness for the purchase, but tabled the matter pending receipt of the contracts from a […]
2020 Year in Review – July
Trustees Working to Develop New Housing in Granada Lengthy discussion was held by the Granada Trustees during their July 8th meeting on a need for surveyed roads and property in town based on potential future business developments in the community as well as a small housing project. The Trustees held a workshop […]
2020 Year in Review – June
Council Passes Resolution for Main Café Historic Designation Steps have been taken to have The Main Café in Lamar designated as a historical property by the Lamar City Council. A resolution was passed to that effect to accept the application which was initiated under the direction of the City of Lamar Historic Preservation Advisory […]
2020 Year in Review – May
Early COVID-19 Cases Begin to Increase New Positive Cases of COVID-19 have been identified in a Health Care Worker and an area youth in Prowers County as of May 12, 2020. This brings the total of cases in the county to nine. None have required hospitalization and prior cases have either been listed […]
2020 Year in Review – April
Changes in Granada Municipal Line-Up, Trustees Approve Property Price The town of Granada has a new mayor and two new Trustees following Tuesday’s non-election in the community this past April 7th. A non-election in that the number of open seats on the board were matched by the number of candidates, essentially ending the […]
2020 Year in Review – March
City Council Conducts Video-Zoom Meeting The council adopted Resolution No. 20-04-01 as well as No. 20-04-02 pertaining to measures taken to deal with the Coronavirus pandemic. The first resolution allows for the conduct of all city public meetings to be held by electronic means as a way of maintaining safe, social distancing. The second […]
