Early COVID-19 Cases Begin to Increase
New Positive Cases of COVID-19 have been identified in a Health Care Worker and an area youth in Prowers County as of May 12, 2020.
This brings the total of cases in the county to nine. None have required hospitalization and prior cases have either been listed as isolated or quarantined until their cases have been updated.
The CDPHE website provides a daily summation of cases in the state with only four counties not listing any contagion as of May 12th. The website is updated daily at 4pm.
These are the current regional cases that have been noted for the southeast Colorado region: Baca-12, Bent-1, Cheyenne-5, Crowley-39, Kiowa-0, Kit Carson-25, Las Animas-4 and Otero-10.
City Council Conducts Video-Zoom Meeting
The council adopted Resolution No. 20-04-01 as well as No. 20-04-02 pertaining to measures taken to deal with the Coronavirus pandemic. The first resolution allows for the conduct of all city public meetings to be held by electronic means as a way of maintaining safe, social distancing. The second resolution is a Declaration of State of Emergency in the City of Lamar due to COVID-19. The declaration ensures that all units of government maintain the ability and option to any emergency funding from FEMA or other aid that would become available.
Lance Clark took his oath of office as City Attorney, administered by Judge Lane Porter. Clark is replacing Garth Nieschburg and is employed at the Steerman Law Offices in Lamar. Clark’s first charge of duties will be to rework a council motion, initiated by Mayor Kirk Crespin, which is a hardship deferral sales tax program. It would be a sales tax deferral which would assist those l
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The Inter-Mountain photo by Edgar Kelley
Paula Mullenax, left, representing the Randolph County Homeless Shelter, accepts a donation check for $520 from fourth-grader Laila Cade, 9.
ELKINS Anyone looking for kindness and selflessness in today’s children need look no further than to a 9-year-old Elkins girl, who without the urging of anyone, took it upon herself to brighten the lives of many people she doesn’t even know.
Laila Cade, a fourth-grade student at Highland Adventist School, told her mother, Danielle, that 2020 has been rough for everyone and that she wanted to do something to help others. So Laila decided to make a Christmas box and take it to her school to collect some pantry items for the Randolph County Homeless Shelter.
The first shipment of the COVID-19 vaccine arrived today at Prowers Medical Center, according to hospital Chief Executive Officer, Karen Bryant. “The hospital has received 175 doses of the Pfizer vaccine and we expect 100 doses of the Moderna vaccine will also be forthcoming once it has been approved for general distribution by the Food and Drug Administration,” she explained. Bryant said Prowers County Public Health is also expecting their first shipment from Pfizer as well with a similar number of doses. The hospital CEO said all of these doses are provided at no cost.
PMC Pharmacist Robin Thacker and Courier
Pharmacist Robin Thacker and assorted health care providers met the courier at the entranceway of the hospital Thursday morning, shortly before noon to give him an official greeting and welcome for the much-anticipated vaccine.