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Southeast Area Extension and Lamar Community College announce hosting of the 2026 Lamar Wheat Field Day on June 25th
The Southeast Area Extension and the Lamar Community College are happy to announce the hosting of the 2026 Lamar Wheat Field Day on June 25th at 9am at the Tiered Classroom at the Lamar Community College. We will discuss the 2025 Winter Wheat Variety performance trials, wheat diseases, decision tree, and go over description of […]
Colorado House Bill 25-1135 requires all public and charter school to adopt formal cell phone/electronic devices by July 1, 2026 – how local school districts are complying
An assistant principal at Girls Athletic Leadership School, a Denver charter school where cellphones were already prohibited, takes a phone from a student in September 2025 This fall, all Denver students will have to turn off or tun in their phones at school. Photo credit: Rachel Woolf for Chalkbeat The use of cell […]
VA ECHCS Earns Designation as ALS Treatment Center of Excellence
AURORA, CO – VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System’s (VA ECHCS) Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center (RMR VAMC) was recently designated as an Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Association Certified Treatment Center of Excellence. According to the Mayo Clinic, ALS is a disease of the nervous system, that leads to the weakness of muscles and other […]
Fort Hays State University releases spring 2026 Dean’s Honor Roll
HAYS, Kan. (June 16, 2026) – Fort Hays State University has named 1,996 students to the Dean’s Honor Roll for the spring 2026 semester. The Dean’s Honor Roll includes undergraduate students only. To be eligible, students must have completed 12 or more credit hours and earned a minimum grade-point average of 3.60 for the semester. […]
Fort Lyon Canal Company Responds To CPW Announcement Regarding Adobe Creek And Thurston Reservoirs
LAMAR, Colo. — The Fort Lyon Canal Company recognizes the importance that Adobe Creek Reservoir and Thurston Reservoir have held for generations of southeastern Colorado anglers and appreciates Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s efforts over the past several decades to provide public recreational access at these facilities. For more than fifty years, Fort Lyon Canal Company […]
Colorado Department of Local Affairs publishes new rules to streamline factory-built construction
Building More Housing Coloradans Can Afford DOLA’s Division of Housing Publishes New Rules Implementing Senate Bill 25-002 to Streamline Factory-Built Construction, Rules to Take Effect June 30 STATEWIDE – New state rules set to cut through red tape and accelerate the production of affordable housing and other factory-built structures will take effect on June 30, the […]
CPW concludes lethal removal efforts for uncollared gray wolf in Routt County
DENVER – On June 12, 2026, CPW and its agents lethally removed an uncollared wolf in Routt County. Visual evidence obtained at the scene confirmed the removed wolf is the same one that was depredating in Rio Blanco County in 2025 and early 2026. This wolf was originally a member of Copper Creek Pack but has […]
Colorado Parks and Wildlife declare fish salvage at Blue Lake and Thurston Reservoir – public access permanently ceases July 15, 2026
Thurston Reservoir (photo credit: CPW) LAMAR, Colo. — Colorado Parks and Wildlife declared a public fish salvage at Adobe Creek Reservoir (known locally as Blue Lake) and at Thurston Reservoir today through July 15. The Fort Lyon Canal Company formally notified CPW that the current recreational lease agreement will not be renewed, permanently ending public access to both fisheries on the last day […]
Mental Health Colorado Awards 2026 Legislators and Advocates of the Year, Continuing Champions Awards
From left: Senator Rod Pelton, Senator Cleave Simpson, Vice-President of Government Affairs for Mental Health Colorado Wendy Buxton-Andrade (a former Prowers County Commissioner), and Representative Ty Winter at the 2026 Mental Health Colorado awards ceremony DENVER — On Wednesday, June 10th, Mental Health Colorado honored and celebrated its annual Legislators and Advocates of the Year Awards for the 2026 […]
Celebrate America, Colorado, and Lamar at the 4th of July Wet & Dry Parade
The Lamar community is invited to come together this Independence Day for a special celebration honoring three remarkable milestones: the 250th birthday of the United States, the 150th anniversary of Colorado, and Lamar’s 140th birthday. This year’s Fourth of July falls on a Saturday, creating the perfect opportunity to host a community-wide Wet & Dry […]
Fly-in and pancake breakfast Saturday, June 27, 2026 offer fun for the whole family!
Are you looking for something fun and different to do with your family? A fly-in and pancake breakfast in Lamar on Saturday, June 27, 2026 is just the thing! Hosted by EEA Chapter #301 (EEA is the Experimental Aircraft Association), the festivities begin at 9 am with a pancake breakfast courtesy of the Lamar […]
Dixie Bitner attends Positive Athlete Awards event in Denver to formally receive O.P.E.R.A.T.E. awards
Left to right: College Football Hall of Famer Montee Ball, Dixie Bitner, and Denver Nuggets Community Ambassador Mark Randall As previously reported in a Prowers Journal article, recent Wiley High School graduate Dixie Bitner was the recipient of an O.P.E.R.A.T.E. Scholarship from the Positive Athlete organization. Dixie was presented with her award and $2,500 check […]
Lamar Utilities Board meeting of June 9, 2026
At its June 9, 2026 meeting the Lamar Utilities Board approved purchase orders 2025-05186 through 2025-05411, which totaled $814,329.14. Board approval was needed for $803,505.66 of this amount. Estimated power purchase for May amounted to $562,956.66 and a purchase from High to Low Voltage, LLC for spare transformers amounted for $235,000 of this amount. The […]
Prowers County Board of Commissioners work session of June 9, 2026
At the June 9, 2026 morning work session, the Prowers County Board of Commissioners heard an update from Tallie Harmon, Executive Director of Prowers Economic Prosperity. She said PEP’s BEAR committee recently held a roundtable discussion with local financial institutions that was very insightful and helpful. She has been in communication City Administrator Mitch Hammes […]
