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Bipartisan bill would bolster care for military members with traumatic brain injuries
Cmdr. Steve Spoonemore, a board certified orthopedic clinical specialist and research scientist with the Fort Carson Intrepid Spirit Center, helps an open house visitor learn how the Bertec Machine assesses and trains balance and vestibular rehabilitation. (Gino Mattorano, Evans Army Community Hospital) Colorado lawmakers introduced a bill Thursday aimed at improving care for active-duty […]
Allen Wade Watts – July 18, 1962 – July 1, 2025
Allen Wade Watts, 62, of Eads, Colorado, entered Heaven on the evening of July 1, 2025, after battling a long hard fight against cancer. He was surrounded and wrapped in love and prayers by the love of his life, Marie, their children, grandchildren, and great-grandchild. Allen was born on July18, 1962, in Eads, Colorado to […]
Colorado Commissioner of Agriculture issues statement on the passing of Lamar’s John Stulp
Broomfield, Colo. — Colorado Commissioner of Agriculture Kate Greenberg issued the following statement after the passing of John Stulp, who served as the Colorado Commissioner of Agriculture from 2006 to 2010 and water advisor to Governor John Hickenlooper from 2010 to 2018. “I am deeply saddened by the passing of John Stulp, one of my predecessors […]
‘Operation Sky Hammer’ funds surge capacity helicopters to fight Colorado wildfires
The U.S. Forest Service is funding a new firefighting team based out of the Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport, bringing two SkyCrane helicopters to the region. According to the U.S. Forest Service, the project is dubbed “Operation Sky Hammer” and has placed two new SkyCrane helicopters at the base of the Rocky Mountains, pre-positioned to […]
Lamar Fire Department is gifted 9/11 memorial scrapbook by Betty Blanco of La Junta
Lamar Fire Department Chief Jeremy Burkhart holding donated scrapbook from Betty Blanco, along with Fire Department employees and Doug Harbour (Tri-State 9/11 Memorial Foundation, third from right) In 2005, the Lamar Fire Department acquired a fire truck with a somber past. Lamar’s Quint 1 was previously in service as Arlington County, VA’s Quint 104. Quint […]
New digital passport coming this summer to celebrate Colorado’s 150th anniversary
This summer, the Colorado Tourism Office (CTO) is releasing a digital passport with prizes and discounts across the state. The passport program will celebrate Colorado’s 150th year in the Union and the United States’ 250th anniversary of signing the Declaration of Independence, and it will fully roll out in 2026. The new digital passport […]
USDA Releases Annual SNAP Payment Error Rates for FY 2024
On June 27, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) released the annual Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) state payment error rates, a measure of how accurately states determine who is eligible and subsequent benefit allotments. The national payment error rate for fiscal year (FY) 2024 is 10.93%. While not a […]
McClave State Bank opens new Lamar branch
A ribbon cutting was held on June 6 for the new McClave State Bank branch in Lamar. Established in 1921, McClave State Bank has served the McClave community for over 100 years and is proud to be an independent, locally-owned bank who takes pride in their friendly, personal service as well as the ability to […]
At least 27 people are dead in Texas floods as the search continues for the many missing
A Texas sheriff says the deaths from flash flooding in central Texas has risen to 27 people By JOHN SEEWER and JIM VERTUNO – Associated Press KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) — Rescuers were searching Saturday for more than two dozen children from a girls’ camp and many others still missing after a wall of water rushed down a […]
Prowers Medical Center issues statement regarding Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing asking rural hospitals to return provider fee reimbursements
EDITOR’S NOTE: Karen Bryant, CEO of Prowers Medical Center released the following statement as a response to news that Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing is asking rural hospitals to return nearly $60 million due to a failed lawsuit against UCHealth. In it, she reiterates that PMC is currently in a stable financial […]
State of Colorado asks public hospitals to return nearly $60M in response to failed lawsuit against UCHealth
EDITOR’S NOTE: Please also read the news release from Prowers Medical Center’s CEO Karen Bryant regarding their reaction to the repayment requests from HCPF. It is a separate post titled “Prowers Medical Center issues statement regarding Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing asking rural hospitals to return provider fee reimbursements” Author: Marshall Zelinger/9News.com COLORADO, USA […]
Ancient Celtic Writings in Southeast Colorado presentation by Bent’s Fort Chapter of the Santa Fe Trail to be held July 12 in Rocky Ford
Douglas A. Young ANCIENT CELTS IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO The Bent’s Fort Chapter of the Santa Fe Trail Association invites the public to hear Douglas A. Young speak on the topic of Ancient Celtic Writings in Southeast Colorado. The presentation will be at 1:00 p.m. on July 12 at the Grand Theater in Rocky Ford. […]
Bent’s Old Fort National Historic Site special presentation July 5th – “Pompey: The Man on the Dollar”
La Junta, CO – Bent’s Old Fort National Historic Site announces special presentations for Saturday, July 5th , 2025, as part of its Stories of the Borderlands program series. This presentation will be offered at 10:00 a.m. in the corral at the rear of the Fort, and 2:00 p.m. at Woodruff Memorial Library […]
