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Prowers County offices and courts to be closed November 27, 28 for Thanksgiving

November 13, 2025; Ethics commission to investigate 17 Colorado legislators accused of accepting illegal contributions; Zont ...
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Tommy Lee Allard – April 17, 1944 – November 13, 2025

A memorial service for Tom Allard will be held on Monday, November 24, 2025, at 10:30 AM at the Friends Church in Las Animas, ...
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Jonathan “John” Benson – July 1, 1968 – November 16, 2025

A memorial service for longtime Hartman, Colorado resident, Jonathan Benson affectionately known to his family and friends as ...
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Ethics commission to investigate 17 Colorado legislators accused of accepting illegal contributions

An American flag and a Colorado flag fly at the Colorado Capitol in Denver on June 10, 2025. (Quentin Young/Colorado Newsline) The Colorado Independent Ethics Commission advanced complaints filed ...
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Nitrate warning for cattle feed – high levels detected locally – CSU offering testing

Nitrates and Feeding Cattle Fall has come to Southeastern Colorado and winter will soon be here. This finds many livestock producers gathering hay or stubble leases to carry their livestock ...
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Quilts of Valor, local schools honor local veterans

Veterans Ron Grasmick and Manuel Gonzales, Sr. at one of the recent Quilts of Valor presentations at local schools Eighteen Prowers County veterans were presented with beautiful, hand-sewn quilts ...
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Colorado running out of options for new source of wolves after Washington rejects request

A relocated gray wolf stands outside of its crate for a brief moment at an undisclosed Colorado release site on Jan. 14, 2025. (Courtesy of CPW) With the third winter “release season” in ...
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Prowers Medical Center is visited by President and CEO of Eastern Plains Healthcare Consortium

Jessica Hays, Prowers Medical Center Compliance Data Analyst; Tina Sandoval, Prowers Medical Center CCO; Karl Nieschburg, Prowers Medical Center Compliance Officer.  Back ...
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Birth Announcement – Silva

Valerie and Dillon Silva of Las Animas, Colorado, welcomed a new baby girl on November 15, 2025 at Prowers Medical Center in Lamar, Colorado.  Willow Silva was born at 6:50 a.m., weighing ...
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Colorado’s Hispanic population has grown 77% in the past 25 years, but trails national growth, data shows

Costumed kids on the Adelitas de Colorado float at Denver’s annual Cinco de Mayo parade in 2023. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite) Colorado’s Latino population grew 77 percent in the past ...
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Colorado State Patrol: Refusing chemical testing has consequences in Colorado

Receiving a DUI comes with serious consequences due to the threat an impaired driver poses to other roadside users in a vehicle, bicycle, or on foot. This is why every state in the ...
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Prowers County Commissioners listen to complaints by Peacock Funeral Home regarding county coroner at recent meeting

During the morning work session of November 12, the Prowers County Commissioners heard updates from staff with the CSU Extension office.  Claudia Terrazas, Spanish Language Specialist, said that ...