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Hickenlooper Lifts State Fire Ban, Options Open for Counties
Governor lifts statewide fire ban, local bans may still be in place DENVER — Sunday, July 8, 2012 — Gov. John Hickenlooper today lifted a statewide fire ban because extreme fire conditions have abated in all 64 Colorado counties as a result of current rainfall and short- and long-term forecasts predicting cooler and wetter weather. Local fire restrictions may still be in place. “Mother Nature is finally giving us some relief,” Hickenlooper said. “Even though the 2012 wildfire … Read entire article »
Filed under: Agriculture, Business, Commissioners, community, County, Education, Featured, Granada, Health, Holly, Lamar, Law Enforcement, News, Notice, Public Safety, Recreation, Tourism, Weather, Wiley
Weekend Highway Fatality in Bristol Area
The Colorado State Patrol is investigating a one-vehicle crash that occurred July 7, 2012 on Highway 385, milepost 103 north of Bristol. A 1994 Plymouth Voyager mini-van was traveling northbound when the vehicle traveled off the right side of the road and struck a delineator post. The mini-van was corrected back onto the roadway, swerved back and forth to the left side of the road where it struck another delineator post. The vehicle then rolled back across … Read entire article »
Filed under: community, County, Featured, Granada, Law Enforcement, News, Police Reports, Public Safety
Big Timbers History Corner #9 – Fox Cafe
This poor little business card for the Fox Cafe has really seen the rough side of life, but somehow it survived to enhance the collection of the Big Timbers Museum. Notice what a big selling point air conditioning was back then! (Maybe even more so than now?) The Fox Cafe was on Main Street, where Bison Title is today. Speaking of air conditioning, Big Timbers Museum does have it. Bring the whole family out for a … Read entire article »
Business of the Week – 3rd Street Nest Bed and Breakfast
You help your community thrive when you shop locally! Be sure to read The Prowers Journal each week when the Lamar Chamber of Commerce and The Prowers Journal highlight a featured Business of the Week. This week we are proud to spotlight the 3rd Street Nest Bed and Breakfast located at 304 South 3rd in Lamar. Call them at: 719.336.5217. 3rd Street Nest Bed and Breakfast became part of the Lamar Chamber of Commerce community on May 14, 2004. The Bed and Breakfast is located at 304 South 3rd … Read entire article »
Filed under: Business, Business of the Week, Chamber/Local Business, community, Economy, Lamar, Recreation, Tourism
Business of the Week – Eagles Lodge
You help your community thrive when you shop locally! Be sure to read The Prowers Journal each week when the Lamar Chamber of Commerce and The Prowers Journal highlight a featured Business of the Week. This week we are proud to spotlight The Lamar Eagles Lodge, located at 1220 South Main Street in Lamar and you can call them at: 719.336.3780 Who are the Eagles? At one time everyone asks that question. The Eagles are a fraternal organization of over one million members worldwide and about 350 … Read entire article »
Filed under: Business of the Week, Chamber/Local Business, community, Economy, Employment, Lamar
Regional Airports Receive Project Funding
DENVER — Friday, March 9, 2012 — Gov. John Hickenlooper announced today that $20.4 million in state aviation fuel tax revenues will be distributed to 47 Colorado airports under the Aviation Discretionary Grant Program. The program is administered by the Colorado Aeronautical Board and the Division of Aeronautics of the Colorado Department of Transportation. “Colorado’s airports are an important part of our state’s economic engine,” Hickenlooper said. “By leveraging these grants with local and federal funds, … Read entire article »
Filed under: Business, community, Economy, Employment, News, Public Safety, Recreation, Tourism, Transportation
Business of the Week – Lamar Thriftway
You help your community thrive when you shop locally! Be sure to read The Prowers Journal each week when the Lamar Chamber of Commerce and The Prowers Journal highlight a featured Business of the Week. This week we are proud to spotlight Lamar Thriftway, located at 204 South 6th in Lamar. Every kid who ever ran his own lemonade stand knows that satisfying feeling. It’s the one that comes when his customers smack their lips and go ahhhh. It’s that special reward that comes … Read entire article »
Filed under: Business, Business of the Week, Chamber/Local Business, community, Economy, Employment, Lamar
Stranded by the Storm
Although our local region of southeast Colorado was not impacted by the snowstorm that hit hardest to the north, it was strong enough to cause a lot of experienced highway travelers to sit tight and wait it out. Some local motels also experienced a slight increase in patrons due to poor weather conditions. A lengthy row of semi’s found a comfortable spot to park, in back of North Love’s in Lamar this past Friday afternoon, biding their … Read entire article »
Filed under: Business, City, community, Lamar, News, Public Safety, Transportation, Weather
Snow Removal Efforts Continue
The familiar center lane of snow in many of Lamar’s roadways is being shoveled up and hauled off. With snow removal, first comes first. Get it scraped off the main roads and snow emergency routes and then deal with the secondary streets. Once that’s underway, the removal process begins. Crews were out on west Oak Street this morning, one truck with lift blade, digging into the pile of snow in the center of the street, while … Read entire article »
Filed under: Business, community, Economy, Law Enforcement, News, Police Reports, Public Safety, Recreation, Transportation, Weather, Youth
Colorado Employment Situation – November 2011
Nonfarm payroll jobs in Colorado decreased by 4,500 from October to November to 2,247,600 jobs, according to the survey of business establishments. Government declined by 1,600 payroll jobs and the private sector declined by 2,900. According to the survey of households, the unemployment rate decreased one-tenth of a percentage point to 8.0 percent. The number of people actively participating in the labor force increased 17,600 to 2,715,200 and total employment increased 21,100 to 2,499,000 causing the … Read entire article »
Filed under: Business, City, community, County, Economy, Employment, Featured, Granada, Holly, Lamar, News, The Journal Alert, Wiley
LCC Men’s Basketball Update
The Lamar Community College Men’s Basketball team fell to 3-6 on the season after going 1-2 in Casper, Wyoming this past weekend. The Lopes took on Cloud County Community College on Thursday. It took a few minutes for the Thanksgiving Turkey to wear off as Cloud County would jump out to a 14-0 lead. The Lopes struggled offensively in the half connecting on only 7/31 (22%) shots from the field. Lamar’s defensive efforts kept the … Read entire article »
Filed under: College, community, Education, Events, Lamar, Recreation, School, Sports, Youth
Local Lady Attends Girl Scout National Convention
Colorado Girl Scouts travel to Houston for Girl Scout National Convention Girl Scouts of the USA recently held their National Convention in Houston, Tex from Nov. 8-13, and Amy Montgomery from Lamar (4th from right, second row from back) was part of the Colorado Girl Scout delegation that was selected to attend to represent and bring a Colorado voice to the proceedings. This year’s National Convention held special significance for Girl Scouts as the organization officially … Read entire article »
Colorado Employment Situation – October 2011
Nonfarm payroll jobs in Colorado increased by 8,800 from September to October to 2,254,700 jobs, according to the survey of business establishments. Government added 900 payroll jobs and the private sector added 7,900. According to the survey of households, the unemployment rate decreased two-tenths of a percentage point to 8.1 percent. The number of people actively participating in the labor force increased 16,300 to 2,697,700 and total employment increased 19,100 to 2,478,000 causing the number of unemployed … Read entire article »
Filed under: Business, City, community, County, Economy, Employment, Featured, Granada, Holly, Lamar, News, The Journal Alert, Tourism, Transportation, Utilities, Wiley
4-H Kicks Off A New School Year
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – October 21, 2011 By Lacey Mann, CSU 4-H Extension Agent, Bent & Prowers Counties Southeast Area— Over 11,000 adults shared a most precious gift – their time – with Colorado 4-H youth in 2010-2012. Those numbers have steadily been increasing and we are fortunate to have numerous adult volunteers in the Southeast Area 4-H program. The majority of our volunteers are involved in direct service with youth – teaching, guiding and advising them in … Read entire article »
Filed under: Agriculture, community, Education, Youth
Granada Playground Taking Shape
The rainy weather from this past Saturday, October 8, postponed the work scheduled for the construction of all the playground equipment at the Granada Park. Mayor Leslie Baca said the work will be done mostly by volunteers and with some help from Summit Recreation, the playground suppliers. Some work was completed last weekend, while additional pieces of equipment are being assembled over a couple of days. The town of Granada teamed up with the school district … Read entire article »
Filed under: Business, community, Education, Entertainment, Festival, Granada, Health, News, Recreation, School, Sports, Youth
Holly Power Outage Planned for Tuesday
Holly, CO-October 17, 2011. Town of Holly Administrator Marsha Willhite announced today that two power interruptions will occur on Tuesday, October 18. Holly rate payers will be affected only briefly; at 7:30 a.m. and again at about 1-2:00 p.m. Throughout the intervening six hours between the Holly outages, Lamar Light and Power line crews will be repairing and making capital improvement upgrades to the Lamar system west of Holly. According to Willhite, Holly customers within the town’s … Read entire article »
Filed under: community, Economy, Energy, Holly, News, Public Safety, The Journal Alert, Utilities
Holly Town Board Meets Wednesday
AGENDA FOR REGULAR BOARD MEETING OF THE HOLLY BOARD OF TRUSTEES Wednesday, September 7, 2011 100 Tony Garcia Drive – 7:00 p.m. 1. Call to Order 2. Roll Call 3. Pledge of Allegiance 4. Addition(s) to Agenda 5. Approval of August 3, 2011 Regular Board Meeting minutes and August 22, 2011 Special Meeting minutes 6. Approval of current bills; subject to final approval of Finance Committee meeting on Monday, September 12, 2011 7. Notices and Communications 7a. Public Appearances (The mayor respectfully requests that … Read entire article »
Filed under: Business, community, Economy, Employment, Holly, News, Politics, Public Safety, Recreation
Holly Town Board Meeting Reviews Revenues
General utility revenue increased in Holly for the first six months of 2011, compared to the same period in 2010, according to Town Clerk, Mary Rushton. Trustee members met in a brief, regular monthly session this past Wednesday, August 3. Ruston informed board members that purchased power for the six month period was higher this year by $119,000 compared to 2010, but water revenue had increased for the same period by $13,000, refuse collections were … Read entire article »
Filed under: Business, City, community, Economy, Featured, Holly, Law Enforcement, News, Public Safety, School, Transportation, Youth
Signals Set to Control Traffic at Holly Bridge
PROWERS COUNTY – Traffic signals will be activated next week at the bridge reconstruction site on State Highway 89, one mile south of Holly. On Tuesday, July 5, signals will begin alternating northbound and southbound traffic through the work zone and across the old bridge, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Stop times will be approximately five minutes. Vehicles wider than 12 feet will not be allowed to travel through the area due to … Read entire article »
Filed under: Business, County, Economy, Holly, News, Public Safety, Transportation
SECCI Golf Tournament Raises $11,000 for Local Cancer Patients
Photos by Vincent Gearhart Sixteen teams combined sport and spirit on Saturday, June 11, helping raise $11,000 in the 3rd Annual Southeast Colorado Cancer Initiative golf tournament at Spreading Antlers Golf Course in Lamar. Team sponsorships contributed $5,760 to the goal and hole and flag sponsors added $5,225 to the local cancer group. Various other donations including team prizes, a garage sale and cash donations added several hundred more dollars. The winning teams in both rounds … Read entire article »
Filed under: Chamber/Local Business, community, County, Entertainment, Events, Featured, Health, Lamar, Recreation, Sports
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