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Lamar Utilities Board meeting of May 27, 2025
Board President Doug Thrall was not present for the May 27 meeting, nor was board member Elmer Grett. In Thrall’s absence, Vice-Chairman Jay Brooke was in charge of the meeting. Purchase orders 630878 through 630908 were approved unanimously. Total cost of all purchase orders was $16,520.67. The largest purchase order was for $3,180.45 to BSI […]
Denver Police Department’s Crime Lab creates information-sharing system for latent fingerprints
If you leave an identifiable fingerprint at a crime scene along Colorado’s Front Range, it probably won’t be long before 32 different police agencies know about it. That’s because of a pioneering information-sharing system created by the Denver Police Department’s Denver Crime Laboratory that allows four different Colorado crime labs to connect fingerprint evidence across […]
Reconstructed fort at Bent’s Old Fort National Historic Site to open for guided tours
Park trails and grounds remain open; guided tours to begin on Saturday, May 24, 2025. The National Park Service is working to provide visitors to Bent’s Old Fort National Historic Site, and national parks throughout the country, with safe and memorable experiences. Guided, park ranger-led tours of the reconstructed fort will begin on Saturday, May […]
Lamar High School to have two Head Girls for 2025-2026 school year
LHS 2025/2026 Head Girls Addy Krug (left) and Tylee Greenlee Rather than a head boy and head girl, next year’s senior class will instead have two Head Girls, Addy Krug and Tylee Greenlee. The following statements from both girls are from the LHS Student Council Facebook page: “Hi! I’m Addy Krug. I’ll be a senior […]
Cael Buxton and Brooklyn Robbins named 2025 Lamar High School athletes of the year
Cael Buxton and Brooklyn Robbins, 2025 LHS Athletes of the Year Cael Buxton and Brooklyn Robbins were named 2025 Lamar High School Athletes of the year at the recent sports banquet at the Community Building. Cael was also the recipient of the 2025 Don Rohlman Lamar Thunder Football Scholarship. Cael will be attending Trinidad State […]
Zonta Club selects Roger and Leslie Stagner as Lamar Days parade royalty
Roger and Leslie Stagner, 2025 Lamar Days Parade Royalty People watching the Lamar Days parade may not know that the Zonta Club of Prowers County selects the Lamar Days parade royalty each year, as well as driving the royalty in the parade. They have been doing this for many years, beginning with the late Beverly […]
City’s Sales and Use Tax Report presented to City Council at May 12 meeting
The city’s Sales and Use tax report was presented to Lamar City Council at the May 12, 2025 meeting. The report was for March taxes collected in April. While March was down 3.10% from last year in the amount of $15,425.07, year to date numbers rose higher. Total taxes collected so far in 2025 are […]
SE Colorado Two Shot Goose Hunt donates to Wildcats shooting sports team
Pictured: Front row (left to right) are students Zayden Neugebauer, Lakin Neugebauer, Chase Ketels, Cooper Carter, Blake Wilger, Blayke Butler, and John Ritter, Two Shot Board Member. Back row (left to right) are Coach Nick Carter, students Sage Ketels, Collins, Heck, Colton Deforest, Xander Morlan, Doc Wilson and coaches Preston Neugebauer and Dusty Heck. Top […]
Lamar High School seniors graduate May 18th at Community Building
ThLamar High School Class of 2025 Lamar High School held its 127th annual commencement on May 18th at the Community Building, graduating 85 students. Of those,five students also received Associates degrees from Lamar Community College – Jason Bosquez, Kimberly Johnson, Aarmandeep Gill, Lucas Martinez, and Nikolas Ybarra. Thirteen were National Honor Society members. While the […]
Meet the artist behind Lamar’s newest mural
Mural Artist Cody Miell Lamar’s newest wall mural, located on the north side of the building at 123 N. Main (just across the street from Electro Pro) has garnered a great deal of attention recently. The mural was made possible by a Lamar Main Street mini-grant. Anyone driving into town from the north cannot miss […]
Zonta Club of Prowers County installs new officers, presents awards and scholarships at recent meeting
Zonta Club of Prowers County installed new officers at a recent meeting. They also presented several awards, pictured below New Zonta officers, left to right: Connie Jacobsen, Secretary; Cody Laughlin, President; Christine Chandler, 1st VP, Regina Jo Dorenkamp, 2nd VP; Vicki Bond, Treasurer; Theresa Emick and Debbie Widener, Board Members June Wolfe received Zontian […]
29th Annual Lamar Days Rod Run No Booze Cruise and Car Show a big success
The 29th Annual Lamar Days Rod Run started its weekend with the “No Booze Cruise” Friday, May 16. The lineup of 51 motorcycles, 68 cars and multiple Lamar Police, Fire Department and EMS vehicles began at Sonic Drive Inn, headed south on Main Street and then proceeded down several side streets to continue the poker […]
Pipeyard in Granada is honked by Chambers Honkers
On May 16, 2025, the Lamar Honkers honked Pipeyard. Pipeyard specializes in pipe/zimmatic sprinklers, PVC fittings and irrigation supplies. Located at 20997 US Highway 50 in Granada, their hours of operation are Monday through Friday 8 am to 5 pm and Saturdays from 8 am to noon. Their phone number is 719-762-0194. Pipeyard is owned […]
Lamar Days Parade and Park events had something for everyone
2025 Lamar Days Royalty Roger and Leslie Stagner The Lamar Days Parade on Saturday, May 17 followed a parade route that started on E. Olive Street before traveling south on Second Street to Parkview, where it ended at the south end of Willow Creek Park. The parade route was line with spectators, many with young […]
