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Lamar Landmark Disappears (well not quite)
From Kirk Crespin, Mayor, City of Lamar via facebook After many calls, discussions, and complaints from the City of Lamar, and its residents – I am happy to report that the Truck is finally gone!!! During the last phase of construction on Main Street, a contractor damaged the light pole on the corner of Cedar […]
Lamar Community College Announces Spring 2021 Safe Return to Campus Plan
(Lamar, COLO.) – Administrators at Lamar Community College (LCC) announced the college’s spring 2021 semester Safe Return to Campus plan today, while encouraging all faculty, staff, and students to join them in continuing to follow local and state health department suggestions to diminish the spread of COVID-19. “While the COVID-19 pandemic is still having […]
Position Open on Prowers County Planning Commission Board
The Prowers County Board of Commissioners is accepting applications from persons who are residents of Powers County to fill one (1) position on the five member Prowers County Planning Commission with a term expiring January, 2024. Commission members are required to meet at 8:00 a.m. on the second Wednesday of each month. Additional meetings […]
CSA Marks 50th Year with Awards, Reports and Elections
Colorado Simmental Association (CSA) held its 50th annual meeting in a virtually format. Award winners were recognized, and business completed in the milestone celebration, held on Zoom. Dr. Wade Shafer, American Simmental Association’s executive vice-president, and Terry Fankhauser, Colorado Cattlemen’s executive vice-president, both gave updates and fielded questions from members. The CSA membership re-elected Ron […]
State Health Officials Release Tips for Safer Winter Holidays
Virtual Christmas celebration (Dec. 10, 2020): As we approach the winter holidays, it’s important to think about the best ways to keep our loved ones and communities safe during our celebrations. This year is an opportunity to reimagine what togetherness can look like. To help slow the alarming spread of COVID-19, the Colorado Department […]
Winter Wx Advisory for SE Colorado
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE – National Weather Service Pueblo CO 603 PM MST Fri Dec 11 2020 Pueblo Vicinity/Pueblo County Below 6300 Feet-La Junta Vicinity/Otero County-Eastern Las Animas County- Eastern Kiowa County-Las Animas Vicinity/Bent County-Lamar Vicinity/Prowers County-Springfield Vicinity/Baca County- 603 PM MST Fri Dec 11 2020 …WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM […]
Outreach for CSP/EQIP 2021
The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Colorado is currently accepting applications for enrollment into the 2021 Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP). EQIP provides cost-share for the installation of: irrigation practices (e.g., sprinklers, ponds, underground pipelines), stock water tanks, lines, and wells, cross fences, and much more. The NRCS is also accepting applications into […]
Colorado Distribution Plan for COVID-19 Vaccine
The first delivery of the Pfizer vaccine will provide 46,800 vaccine doses. These vaccines will go to health care workers who are treating COVID-19 patients. These workers have been on the front lines since the beginning of the pandemic and are directly exposed to COVID-19 as part of their job. Protecting the people who […]
Big Nets Go to Work for Play
The soccer fields at Lamar High School bordering Yucca Drive recently had some new features added. A series of tall poles running north to south on the east end of the fields has recently been erected. Assistant Principal and Athletic Director, Chris Medina, told The Prowers Journal they will be used to hold nets […]
Prowers County Public Health & Environment COVID-19 Update
Prowers County is still listed as Level Red by the Colorado Department of Health and Environment as of December 9, 2020 with 815 cumulative cases and 29 hospitalizations and 15 deaths reported. Those 15 deaths are for those people who tested positive for COVID-19. The county’s positivity rate is 21.68% which is down from 25.44% […]
NWS-Pueblo 2020 Fall Weather Review & Precipitation Summary
The start of Meteorological Fall 2020 (September, October and November) was extremely warm, with Alamosa, Colorado Springs and Pueblo all setting new September and Fall record high temperatures, with a possible new Colorado September record high temperature of 108 degrees set in La Junta on September 6th. This record warmth was followed by record […]
Prowers County to Extend COVID-19 Business Relief Grant Program
Beginning today, 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 with payroll, […]
Sec of State Griswold Certifies Colorado 2020 General Election
DENVER, Colo- Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold today certified the 2020 General Election, thereby making the results of the election official and final. The certification was conducted after each county’s bipartisan canvass boards submitted their official abstract of votes to the Secretary of State’s Office, as well as the conclusion of an automatic […]
City of Lamar Holiday Schedule
City of Lamar Christmas – New Year’s Holiday Schedule All City offices will be closed on Thursday, December 24th and Friday, December 25, 2020 in observance of Christmas. The Community Building and the Public Library will also be closed. All City offices will be closed on Friday, January 1, 2021 in observance of New […]
City Sidewalk Repair Underway
This past fall, the City of Lamar decided which sidewalks are in most need of repair, mainly through the downtown area. The city council, working with a $50,000 grant for the project, designated a number of sidewalk areas they deemed in need of immediate concern. These sidewalks are not fronting Main Street, but […]
