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Lamar City Council votes against proposed increase in building permits, approves moving to Stage 2 water restrictions in meeting on May 11, 2026
Lamar Mayor Kirk Crespin began the May 11, 2026 City Council meeting addressing the audience about the myriad of events coming up within the next week, including the Friday barbeque at the Lamar Chamber to kick off next weekend’s Lamar Days. Also on Friday, he said, was the “No Booze Cruise”, the parade and car […]
VA Secretary Doug Collins Visits Eastern Colorado VA Healthcare System
On Wednesday, May 6, 2026, Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins visited the Eastern Colorado VA Healthcare System in Aurora, Colo., meeting with staff, volunteers and Veterans. Colorado Governor Jared Polis, Congressman Gabe Evans (R-Colo.-08), Congressman Jeff Crank (R-Colo.-05) joined Secretary Collins for a tour of the medical center highlighting the facility’s advancements in […]
Op-Ed by Lauren Garduno, President and CEO of Ports to Plains Alliance
“Now is the Time to Build New Interstates” What an incredible event we witnessed this month with the lunar orbit of the Artemis II and its four-member crew. News coverage spent considerable time comparing the Artemis mission to the Apollo program which was the last time humans had left low- earth orbit in December 1972. […]
Representative Ty Winter Op-Ed – “Demonstrating Rural Fairness in Colorado”
Demonstrating Greater Fairness in Rural Colorado: The Realities ofAgricultural Overtime Thresholds By Representative Ty Winter Colorado’s agricultural community is facing a growing, preventable crisis from policies that ignore the realities of farm work and overtime thresholds. This, paired with circumstances out of our control, such as skyrocketing input costs, unpredictable markets, and a fragile […]
Prowers Economic Prosperity’s “Project One” advances with annexation and rezoning milestones
Project One Advances w/ Annexation &Rezoning Milestones Lamar, CO — Project One, the inaugural development under Prowers Economic Prosperity’s (PEP) Shovel Ready Program (SRP), has reached a major milestone as it advances through the annexation and rezoning process. This marks a significant step toward bringing new commercial development to Lamar and Prowers County. On April […]
Amid crisis in tiny Colorado community, bill would make it easier to declare towns abandoned
Senate Bill 157 comes in response to collapse of Hartman’s government, imminent collapse of water supply The town of Hartman, Colorado, on Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post) By Sam Tabachnik | stabachnik@denverpost.com | The Denver Post and Seth Klamann | sklamann@denverpost.com | The Denver Post A bipartisan pair of Colorado lawmakers introduced a bill this week that […]
Rep. Lauren Boebert Announces 20 Community Project Funding Requests – 2 in Prowers County
EDITOR’S NOTE: WE INCLUDED ONLY THE TWO PROWERS COUNTY FUNDING REQUESTS FOR STORY LENGTH Congresswoman Lauren Boebert (CO-04) is proud to announce the 20 Community Project Funding requests made for her district in Fiscal Year (FY) 2027. The requests are focused on water and infrastructure projects that affect a majority of the 21 counties in […]
Senator Pelton, Representative Winter sponsoring Senate Bill 26-060
Rural Kids Need Coaches Who Can See the Signs By Senator Rod Pelton and Representative Ty Winter In rural Colorado, Friday night lights are a way of life. In the towns and counties we represent, the local high school game is the heartbeat of the community. Families pack the bleachers, businesses close early, […]
Colorado’s wildfire season predicted to be worse this year
The Waldo Canyon fire destroys houses in Mountain Shadows on June 26, 2012. (Jerilee Bennett, The Gazette file) By: Nick Smith/Denver Gazette Colorado’s blistering, dry and breezy conditions have fire officials on edge as the state braces for a wildfire season forecast to be worse than during the Waldo Canyon fire in 2012. Officials […]
Colorado farmers face high fertilizer prices ahead of growing season
Fertilizer-intensive crops like corn could suffer this year because of shortages caused by the war in Iran. File photo: Joshua Vorse, Rocky Mountain PBS DELTA, Colo. — For farmer Brent Hines, spring is a stressful time of year, full of last minute decisions that will affect how his crops fare months in advance. But […]
Colorado’s growing share of unaffiliated voters is making it harder for candidates to get on the ballot
Democratic and Republican candidates collecting signatures to make their party’s primary ballot can only collect signatures from voters in their party. With unaffiliated voters now making up half of the statewide electorate, partisans are harder to find. The dwindling number of Democratic and Republican voters in Colorado is making it increasingly harder for candidates from […]
Prowers County Commissioners speak with County Coroner during morning work session of March 10, 2026
The Prowers County Commissioners held a discussion with County Coroner Tommy Dunagan at their morning work session concerning his 2025 budget. They asked him to attend the meeting to discuss the $12, 245.50 his office was over budget for 2025. His office’s budget had been increased from prior years per the Commissioners, but he said […]
In a tiny Colorado town, infighting dissolved the government. Now the water’s running out.
By Seth Klamann | sklamann@denverpost.com | The Denver Post and Sam Tabachnik | stabachnik@denverpost.com | The Denver Post PUBLISHED: March 8, 2026 at 6:00 AM MST HARTMAN — Tammy Lucero and Velma Casanova Cooper were leaving a Board of Trustees meeting at the old schoolhouse on Jan. 13 when they ran into familiar trouble. For years, tensions had been building in this tiny southeast […]
Prowers Medical Center receives prestigious COPPER verification designating it as a Pediatric Advanced facility – one of only 36 in State of Colorado
Prowers Medical Center ED and ancillary department staff members are shown in the newly-designated pediatric ED room Prowers Medical Center just added another feather into its already-impressive cap. In January, the hospital was honored for becoming a COPPER-verified Pediatric Advanced facility. Prowers Medical Center joins an elite group of only 36 such-verified hospitals in the […]
Domestic Safety Resource Center in dire need of financial help
Domestic Safety Resource Center (DSRC) in Lamar provides a vital service to victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, human trafficking, and stalking not only in Lamar and Prowers County, but also for victims in Baca, Kiowa, and Cheyenne Counties. It operates under the umbrella of an IOG (Interagency Oversight Group) for the About F.A.C.E. (Families […]
