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Dixie Bitner is recipient of Prowers County Farm Bureau Scholarship for 2026

Dixie Bitner is recipient of Prowers County Farm Bureau Scholarship for 2026

Prowers County Farm Bureau is pleased to announce the recipient of its scholarship for high school seniors in Prowers County. To be eligible for the scholarships, high school seniors completed an application and submitted it to the Prowers County Farm Bureau. In the application, the seniors included a list of their hobbies, organizations that they […]

Op-Ed by Lauren Garduno, President and CEO of Ports to Plains Alliance

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. […]

Are you registered to vote? - Important information from Prowers County Clerk

Are you registered to vote? – Important information from Prowers County Clerk

ELECTION NEWS Rules for Determining Residency: C.R.S. 1-2-102 (1) (a) The residence of a person is the principal or primary home or place of abode of a person. A principal or primary home or place of abode is that home or place in which a person’s habitation if fixed and to which that person, whenever […]

House Bill 26-1011 bans cat and dog sales in pet stores

House Bill 26-1011 bans cat and dog sales in pet stores

Colorado state Rep. Karen McCormick speaks Wednesday at the Colorado Capitol during the bill signing for legislation that bans cat and dog sales in pet stores. Gov. Jared Polis, seated at left, holds his dog, Gia. (Photo by Sara Wilson/Colorado Newsline) Pet stores in Colorado will not be able to sell cats and dogs starting […]

Peter Page, Frontier Bank's Chief Operating Officer, recently graduates from GSBC Executive Development Institute for Community Bankers program                                                                             Page, Among Select Group of Bankers to Complete GSBC’s  Executive Development Institute for Community Bankers®

Peter Page, Frontier Bank’s Chief Operating Officer, recently graduates from GSBC Executive Development Institute for Community Bankers program Page, Among Select Group of Bankers to Complete GSBC’s Executive Development Institute for Community Bankers®

Frontier Bank’s Peter Page (center), graduate of GSBC’s Executive Development Institute for Community Bankers Peter Page, Chief Operating Officer of Frontier Bank recently graduated from the Graduate School of Banking at Colorado’s (GSBC) Executive Development Institute for Community Bankers® (EDI), completing the rigorous program as a member of its 13th cohort. The graduation ceremony was […]

Congresswoman Lauren Boebert hosting "teletownhall" Tuesday April 28

Congresswoman Lauren Boebert hosting “teletownhall” Tuesday April 28

Washington, D.C.– Congresswoman Lauren Boebert will be hosting a teletownhall on Tuesday April 28th at 6:00 pm Mountain Time to discuss her work in Congress for the 4th District, as well as answer submitted and live questions from callers. Constituents interested in participating can sign up at the link HERE to ensure they receive a live phone call to […]

Colorado Employment Situation – February 2026 Nonfarm Payroll Jobs Decrease by 7,200 in February; Unemployment Rate Unchanged at 3.9 Percent

Colorado Employment Situation – February 2026 Nonfarm Payroll Jobs Decrease by 7,200 in February; Unemployment Rate Unchanged at 3.9 Percent

        Household survey data  According to the survey of households, the number of unemployed individuals increased by 1,000 to 127,300 from January to February. Colorado’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was unchanged over the same time period at 3.9 percent. The national unemployment rate increased by one-tenth of a percentage point to 4.4 percent from January to […]

Representative Ty Winter Op-Ed - "Demonstrating Rural Fairness in Colorado"

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 County Clerk's office temporarily closed Thursday from 12-1:30 pm

Prowers County Clerk’s office temporarily closed Thursday from 12-1:30 pm

Prowers Economic Prosperity's "Project One" advances with annexation and rezoning milestones

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 […]

Election Information from Prowers County Clerk and Recorder's office

Election Information from Prowers County Clerk and Recorder’s office

Election Information Jana Coen -Prowers County Clerk and Recorder ELECTION NEWS: Is your voter registration record up to date? Is your address correct or did you add a PO Box, had a name change, want to change your party affiliation? If you are not sure about your voter registration information, check it on the Secretary […]

— Project Announcement — CDOT begins region-wide bridge rehabilitation project in southeast Colorado Project begins April 27 on US 50 in Otero County

— Project Announcement — CDOT begins region-wide bridge rehabilitation project in southeast Colorado Project begins April 27 on US 50 in Otero County

Custer, Huerfano, Otero and Pueblo Counties — The Colorado Department of Transportation, in partnership with TLM Construction, will begin construction on the region-wide bridge rehabilitation project in southeast Colorado on April 27. This project spans across Pueblo, Custer, Otero, Las Animas and Huerfano counties on US Highway 50, US 350, Colorado Highway 10, CO 69, CO […]

Prowers County Farm Bureau announces its 2026 scholarship program - deadline to apply is April 28

Prowers County Farm Bureau announces its 2026 scholarship program – deadline to apply is April 28

Prowers County Farm Bureau is pleased to announce its 2026 scholarship program for high school seniors in Prowers County. The Prowers County Farm Bureau will award a $1000 scholarship to a senior that most exemplifies high qualities and community involvement. To be eligible for the scholarship, a high school senior must reside in Prowers County […]

Local high school seniors honored by Zonta Club of Prowers County as 2025-2026 "Zonta Girls"

Local high school seniors honored by Zonta Club of Prowers County as 2025-2026 “Zonta Girls”

At their monthly meeting in April, the Zonta Club of Prowers County honored 6 local high school  girls as “Zonta Girls” for their respective high schools.  These outstanding senior girls were chosen by their school counselors based on their all-around good character and their involvement in making a difference in their schools.  Each girl honored […]

Prowers Medical Center 2025 "Report to the Community"

Prowers Medical Center 2025 “Report to the Community”