All Entries in the "Media Release" Category
Shore Arts Center, Winner of Downtown Excellence Award
DENVER – March 14, 2018 — Downtown Colorado, Inc. (DCI), a nonprofit organization dedicated to revitalizing Colorado’s downtown districts, is pleased to announce the 2018 winners of the Governor’s Awards for Downtown Excellence. This year’s winners will be honored at the 2018 Governor’s Awards Ceremony, on April 13 at the Rembrandt Yard Art Gallery & […]
USFS Reminds Public to be Careful with Fire
Pueblo, March. 14, 2018 – It is no easy task to make predictions for what the fire season will look like in our area compared to previous years. The outlook is determined by examining many variables such as precipitation, snowpack, wind events, relative humidity levels, temperatures, sea surface temperatures, expected weather patterns, fuel dryness […]
Prowers County Democrats Prepare for March 20 Caucus
The Prowers County Democrats will have their County Assembly on March 20 at 7:00PM in the Lamar High School Auditorium. Doors will open at 6:30pm. The primary purpose of the County Assembly is to elect delegates for the CD4 Assembly which will be held on Friday, April 13 and the State Assembly, […]
Prowers GOP Prepares for March 20 Caucus
The Prowers County Republican Assembly will be held on Tuesday, March 20 at the Lamar Community Building gymnasium. Check in starts at 5:30pm at the meeting starts at 6:30 p.m. Purpose of the Assembly will be for the Delegates chosen at the Caucus to vote on the candidates who are running for positions in […]
Registration is Open for CCA’s 2018 Annual Convention
Registration is now open for Colorado Cattlemen’s Association’s (CCA) 2018 Annual Convention, which will be held on June 18-20, 2018 at the Embassy Suites in Loveland, CO. Last year was monumental for CCA as we celebrated our 150th anniversary, and the year 2018 is all about looking toward the future — look out, Loveland! […]
City Sales Tax January 2018 Revenue Report
City Sales Tax for the City of Lamar for January 2018 showed a slight increase of 1.24% or $2,914 over the previous year. Collections for 2017 were $235,142 compared to 2018 of $238,056. Total Sales and Use Tax collections were up 10.09% over the previous year with a gain of $25,630. Collections for […]
CSP Investigating Hwy 50 Single Vehicle Crash
The Colorado State Patrol is currently investigating a single vehicle crash Monday, March 12th at approximately 5:31pm involving serious bodily injury that occurred on Colorado 50 at Mile Post 428, approximately six miles west of Lamar. A 1999 Ford F350, driven by Omar Ayala, age 24, of Wiley, Colorado, was westbound on Colorado 50 […]
Kiowa County WIFE Chapter Hosts Ag Day Art Contest
Kiowa County Women Involved in Farm Economics (WIFE) Chapter # 124 is sponsoring an Ag Art Work Contest in honor of National Agriculture Day, March 20, 2018 during National Ag Week which kicks off on Sunday, March 18th. Kiowa County WIFE is working to help agriculture in our rural communities to survive and thrive. The […]
Colorado Employment Situation in January, 2018
Employers in Colorado added 7,100 nonfarm payroll jobs from December to January for a total of 2,693,900 jobs, according to the survey of business establishments. Private sector payroll jobs increased 7,300 and government decreased 200. According to the survey of households, the unemployment rate was unchanged from December to January at 3.0 percent. The […]
Las Animas Youth Dies in Vehicle Accident
The Colorado State Patrol is investigating a single vehicle fatal crash on Bent County Road 12 .1 miles north of JJ road on Thursday, March 8, 2018 at approximately 2130 hours (9:30pm). The crash is approximately 2 miles north east of Las Animas, Colorado. 16 year-old Cutter Nicholas of Las Animas CO was northbound on […]
Journey into the Past at Bent’s Old Fort
The National Park Service is offering an opportunity for individuals to “step back in time” and experience life as it might have been 170 years ago at a trading post on the Santa Fe Trail. On Saturday, March 17 the fort will host “Frontier Skills Day.” This one-day experience will allow adults […]
Commissioner Brown Announces Yezak as Deputy Commissioner
BROOMFIELD, Colo. – Jennifer Yezak has been named Deputy Commissioner for the Colorado Department of Agriculture. The vacancy was created when Chris Wiseman retired from CDA in November 2017. Yezak was raised in Texas in a small rural community where she still helps run the family’s cow/calf operation. She was a Senior Advisor […]
Regional Science Fair Features 123 Student Projects
(Lamar, Colorado; March 1, 2018) On Wednesday, February 14, Lamar Community College’s Wellness Center was packed with area students and their projects for the annual Southeast Colorado Science Fair. The science fair featured 123 projects from the elementary through high school levels and included students from Alta Vista, Campo, Cheyenne Wells, Eads, […]
Prowers County Republican Caucus Set for Tuesday, March 6th
PRESS RELEASE – Tuesday, March 6, 2018 Precincts 2 & 13 (Holly) will meet at the Holly City Complex. Open doors at 5:30pm for s meet and greet with Candidates. Caucus meeting starts promptly at 7pm. Precincts 1,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11 & 12 will meet at the Lamar Community Building in the gymnasium. Check in will start at […]
Nickelson Withdraws from Local Treasurer Race
PRESS RELEASE – PROWERS COUNTY REPUBLICAN CHAIRMAN, JANET MARRIOTT Today, March 1, 2018, I received a Letter of Withdrawal by Candidate Tamara Nickelson for Prowers County Treasurer. Three candidates, Tamara Nickelson, Judy Wittman and Kayla Koehn all announced their candidacy to run for the office of retiring Treasurer, Lorraine Woolley. Tamara Nickelson’s letter states: “After […]
