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Colorado Parks and Wildlife sponsors 2025 International Sportsmen’s Expo
DENVER – Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) is sponsoring and hosting educational booths at this year’s annual International Sportsmen’s Exposition at the Colorado Convention Center in downtown Denver on Jan. 9-12, 2025. A digital coupon for a $3 discount off one adult ticket is available on the CPW website. The International Sportsmen’s Expo is […]
Colorado’s wildly popular black license plates are powering programs for people with disabilities
A new office funded by license plate sales is giving out $5 million this year to help people with disabilities find jobs and live at home Colorado’s throwback license plates — especially the cool black ones — are powering a new state office created to help people with disabilities get jobs and live independently. The […]
Prowers Economic Development says goodbye to Cheryl Sanchez – welcomes Tallie Harmon as her replacement
Cheryl Sanchez, retiring Prowers Economic Prosperity Executive Director A surprise retirement party was held on December 6th at Tavern 1301 for Cheryl Sanchez, who has retired as Executive Director of Prowers Economic Prosperity, a position she has held since 2020. Before taking the helm at PEP, Cheryl was working in a similar community development capacity […]
Colorado General Assembly looking to cut funding for wolf reintroduction program to cover shortfall for new budget
The hunt for coins in the couch cushions — the Colorado General Assembly’s budget crafters are scrambling to find hundreds of millions of dollars to cover a shortfall projected for the 2025-26 budget and are eyeing wolf funding as a potential area to cut — is getting pushback from Colorado Parks and Wildlife. And the agency has […]
Building a grid good enough to support thousands of new EVs and heat pumps will cost Colorado Xcel customers $5 billion
Visible power lines surrounding the Xcel Cherokee Power Station with the Denver skyline in the distance on December 4, 2024. (Kathryn Scott, Special to The Colorado Sun) State’s largest utility wants new and improved substations to meet “a demand on the grid we haven’t seen since the advent of air conditioning” Xcel Energy, seeking […]
Rocky Ford police officer suffers skull fracture during arrest
Adam Apocaca arrested for attack on police officer (ROCKY FORD, Colo.) — A Rocky Ford Police Department (RFPD) Officer who has been with the department a little under a year was injured during the arrest of a suspect in the overnight hours of Monday, Dec. 23, suffering a skull fracture. According to RFPD, on Monday […]
Colorado’s fiscal deficit picture less bleak than expected
Colorado’s fiscal deficit is just a little less bad than it was a few months ago. Meanwhile, there are signs that Colorado’s economy is slowing, even as unemployment is trending up. The December forecast from the General Assembly economists showed lightly improved revenues — the deficit for the 2025-26 budget year would be in the […]
Avian disease is killing invasive Eurasian doves along lower Ark River
LA JUNTA, Colo. – An avian virus is causing a significant die-off of invasive Eurasian collared doves in the lower Arkansas River valley near La Junta and Rocky Ford, Colorado Parks and Wildlife reported Monday. Wildlife Officer Jordon DePriest said CPW offices in the region are receiving a high volume of calls about hundreds of […]
Merry Christmas from Robinson Printing and The Prowers Journal
Robinson Printing and The Prowers Journal wish everyone a wonderful holiday season filled with love, family and peace. As a reminder, our offices will be closed from December 24 through January 1, reopening on January 2 so that our staff can spend time with family during the holiday. Look for our Dec. 25 newsletter […]
City Council hears update on Ports to Plains Alliance before December 9, 2024 meeting
Prior to the regular Lamar City Council meeting on December 9, 2024, a presentation was made by Lauren Garduno concerning the Ports to Plains Transportation Alliance. Mr. Garduno is President and CEO of the organization and is based out of Abilene, Texas. The Alliance is led by mayors, council persons and other local elected leaders, […]
Rare “one of a kind” fish nearly wiped out by Colorado wildfire is making a comeback
A CPW aquatic biologist displays a Hayden Creek cutthroat trout in a net during a July 20, 2016, rescue of fish during the Hayden Pass Wildfire. Photo: Colorado Parks and Wildlife. As the lightning-sparked Hayden Creek Fire rolled through Colorado’s Sangre de Cristo Range in 2016, officials feared that the 16,754-acre blaze could wipe out […]
Proposed bonus cuts for federal prison staff could worsen staffing levels in facilities already facing high turnovers
A view of the entrance to the Florence Federal Correctional Complex The Bureau of Prisons intends to cut retention bonuses by 10% for federal prison staff in Colorado, according to union leaders who represent staff members. The bonus cuts raise concerns for union leadership that the prisons will be unable to maintain adequate staffing levels. […]
Lamar Rotary Club helps kickstart Lamar Lions Club flag project
Presenting a check from the Lamar Rotary Club to help kickstart the Lamar Lions flag project are (left to right): Leslie Stagner, Colorado Welcome Center Director; John Davis with the Lamar Lions club; Meagan Hillman, Lamar Rotary Club President and Courtney Neuhold, Lamar Rotary Club member The Lamar Rotary Club recently presented a check […]
