Lamar Ledger

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Lamar Ledger
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Lamar Ledger newspaper office, Lamar, CO
TypeWeekly newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Owner(s) Digital First Media
EditorMike Bowen [1]
LanguageEnglish
Headquarters222 South Main St. (P.O. Box 1217)
Lamar, Colorado 81052
United States
Website LamarLedger.com

The Lamar Ledger is a twice-weekly newspaper in Lamar, Colorado. The Lamar Ledger is published by Prairie Mountain Publishing, a division of Digital First Media.

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References

  1. "Contact Us". The Lamar Ledger. Retrieved 2018-02-14.