Lamar Fire Department Quickly Extinguishes Monday Morning Vehicle Fire
Lamar Fire Department Quickly Extinguishes Vehicle Fire Near Memorial and Parkview At approximately 0800 this morning Lamar Fire was toned to Memorial Dr and Parkview Dr for a vehicle on fire. Upon arrival the crews found a pickup with heavy smoke...
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Sadie Joy Buhr Receives 2025 Golden Plains Insurance Scholarship for Academic Excellence and Community Leadership
Congratulations to the 2025 Golden Plains Insurance Scholarship Recipient – Sadie Joy Buhr Lamar— May 6, 2025 —Golden Plains Insurance is thrilled to announce Sadie Joy Buhr as the recipient of the prestigious Golden Plains Insurance Scholar...
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Otero College and Otero County Partner to Launch $150,000 Annual Scholarship Program Through COSI Achieve Grant
Otero College and Otero County Partner to Launch $150,000 Annual Scholarship Program Through COSI Achieve Grant La Junta, CO – The Otero College Foundation is thrilled to announce its partnership with Otero County in the application for the Colo...
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Trooper Sean Yoshimiya Named Colorado State Trooper of the Year for Exceptional Service and Leadership
Colorado State Patrol Names the 2025 Trooper of the Year (Colorado, Golden) – Each year, the Colorado State Patrol selects a trooper who best demonstrates outstanding work performance, initiative, leadership, character, and integrity and whose a...
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La Sandia Project Wins $35K Arts in Society Grant to Bring The Art Project to Downtown Rocky Ford
Transforming Rocky Ford: La Sandia Project Awarded Arts in Society Grant to Enrich Downtown with Community-Driven Art Rocky Ford, Colorado - April 22, 2025 - Small Town Project is excited to announce that the La Sandia Project has been awarded the...
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Lamar Fire & Emergency Services Busy with Storage Shed and Vehicle Fires
Lamar Fire & Emergency Services Busy with Storage Shed and Vehicle Fire This morning Lamar Fire responded to a reported structure fire in the 300 Block of S 7th at 0650 hours. Chief 1 arrived on scene and reported a 10’ by 10’ shed fully invol...
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Crowley County Sheriff Condemns SB25-003 as Nation’s Worst Gun Law, Vows to Limit Enforcement
Crowley County Sheriff Condemns SB25-003 as Nation’s Worst Gun Law, Vows to Limit Enforcement Last Week Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed into law Colorado Senate Bill SB25-003. At the stroke of his pen the Governor finalized the worst gun co...
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Otero County Opposes SB25-003, for Constitutional Violations and Negative Rural Impact
Otero County Adopts Resolution Opposing SB25-003, Condemns New Gun Law as Unconstitutional and Harmful to Rural Communities... Resolution # 2025-11 A RESOLUTION OPPOSING COLORADO SENATE BILL 2025-3, AND AFFIRMING THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OF OTERO...
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Colorado Parks and Wildlife Reports Canine Distemper Impacting Raccoons in the San Luis Valley
Canine Distemper Impacting Raccoons in the San Luis Valley MONTE VISTA, Colo. – Colorado Parks and Wildlife has responded to multiple cases of raccoons that have been positive for canine distemper in recent weeks in Alamosa and Monte Vista.A rac...
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