All Entries in the "Media Release" Category
Here we go again!!! Come see Vintage Motorcycles to Roll through Lamar, Colorado!
Sunday, September 17, 2023 11:00 to 2:00pm…On Beech Street by the Colorado Welcome Center & Lamar Chamber of Commerce. When the Vintage Cars rolled through Lamar, on July 1, 2023, The Great Race was a success! Thank you to these Sponsors! Event Host: Colorado Welcome Center and its 27 Ambassadors Committee: Leslie Stagner, Director […]
CO A.G Weiser Announces Walmart Customer’s Settlement
July 13, 2023 (DENVER) – Attorney General Phil Weiser announced today a settlement reached with Walmart over the company’s failure to ensure the price customers paid for its products matched the price listed on the shelf. This settlement is part of a partnership between Weiser and Attorney General Aaron Ford of Nevada. Under the […]
Two Survive Sinking Boat in Lake Pueblo; Pueblo County Divers Recover Body of Third Passenger
PUEBLO, Colo. – A small ski boat carrying three people began taking on water and quickly sank Saturday evening shortly after launching at Lake Pueblo State Park prompting a frantic rescue attempt by witnesses on shore and by Colorado Parks and Wildlife park rangers. Two boat passengers wearing life jackets resurfaced when the […]
Southern Colorado Economic Development District – Broadband Update
SCEDD Broadband Initiative The world of broadband is an active one, and SCEDD has been busy working towards the Colorado Broadband Office’s Capital Project Fund (CPF) grant application deadline on August 21st. We have reviewed and scored responses to our “Request for Partnership” and are very excited about the opportunities to collaborate and […]
Don’t Strikeout with a DUI
July, 2023 – Statewide Traffic Safety – 33% of Colorado crashes this year have involved impaired driving Statewide — Don’t strike out on the road with a DUI. The Colorado Department of Transportation, Colorado State Patrol (CSP), and local law enforcement agencies will have all the bases covered in the upcoming DUI enforcement […]
CROP PRODUCTION – JULY 1, 2023
COLORADO HIGHLIGHTS: Winter wheat production in Colorado, based on conditions as of July 1, 2023, is forecast at 68.40 million bushels, according to the July 1 Agricultural Yield Survey conducted by the Mountain Regional Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA. This forecast is up 30 percent from the June 1 forecast and […]
Arkansas River Watershed Collaborative June 2023 Report
According to the most recent U.S. Drought Monitor report, the entire state of Colorado is drought-free. The National Weather Service three-month outlook predicts above-normal temperatures through September and “equal chances” for normal precipitation for most of Colorado. Precipitation The CoCoRaHS (Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow) Network reports the following precipitation amounts, in inches, since […]
Arkansas River Power Authority Business Operations Report – July 2023
BUSINESS OPERATIONS – July 2023 CLP Engineering to Provide Technical Assistance for Distribution Planning Service to ARPA’s Members. The ARPA Board of Directors, at a special meeting held on June 20th, approved a Technical Assistance Agreement for Distribution System Planning Services with City Light and Power Engineering (CLP Engineering) based out of Greenwood Village. CLPE will […]
Severe Wx Statement from NWS Pueblo
Hazardous Weather Outlook 1146 AM MDT Thu Jul 6 2023 Colorado Springs Vicinity/Southern El Paso County/Rampart Range Below 7400 Feet-Pueblo Vicinity/Pueblo County Below 6300 Feet- Walsenburg Vicinity/Upper Huerfano River Basin Below 7500 Feet-Trinidad Vicinity/Western Las Animas County Below 7500 Feet-Crowley County-La Junta Vicinity/Otero County-Eastern Las Animas County-Western Kiowa County-Eastern Kiowa County-Las Animas Vicinity/Bent County-Lamar Vicinity/Prowers […]
2023 Special Interim News Letter from State Senator Rod Pelton, District 35
The Joint Chamber Eastern Plains Tour, which I helped plan with my fellow Eastern Plains colleagues, was a success. We had a total of 15 State Senators and Representatives (11 of whom represent urban/metropolitan districts) participate in either one or both days of this event and we traveled almost 750 miles from start to […]
Colorado Crop Progress & Condition, Week Ending July 2, 2023
AGRICULTURAL SUMMARY: Scattered precipitation provided beneficial moisture to northeastern and southeastern counties, while the western half of the State remained primarily dry, according to the Mountain Region Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA. Based on National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association data, several northeastern counties received over two inches of moisture, with portions […]
Colorado Department of Natural Resources: Water Availability Summary – 2023
Over the water year to date, conditions have been generally cooler than normal, with each month within the water year registering cooler than average temperatures. May took a different course and was actually warmer than average for the first time in the water year. May 2023 registered as the 16th warmest in the 129-year […]
USDA ACREAGE – JUNE 1, 2023
COLORADO HIGHLIGHTS: Colorado’s principal crop planted area, which includes acreage planted to all major crops and those expected to be cut for all hay, is up 2 percent from 2022 to 5.76 million acres, according to the June 1 Agricultural Survey conducted by the Mountain Regional Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, […]
HPCHC Appoints Dr. Claire Reed as New CMO
LAMAR, CO, June 21, 2023 — High Plains Community Health Center (High Plains) has announced the appointment of Dr. Claire Harrison Reed, MD, as the organization’s new Chief Medical Officer (CMO). Dr. Reed succeeds Dr. Barbara Taylor, MD, who has served as Interim CMO since October 2022. Dr. Reed begins her new appointment with High […]
Veterans to See Cost-of-living Benefit Increase with 2024 COLA
On Wednesday, June 14, 2023, President Joe Biden signed into law the Veterans Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) Act of 2023, which directs the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide a cost-of-living adjustment for Veterans benefits in 2024 equal to the COLA applied to Social Security benefits, as determined by the Social Security Administration […]
