Local taxpayers will see a slight increase in the property tax rate assessed by the Mesa Underground Water Conservation District this year, but it won’t be as much as originally proposed.
They are considered burrowing vermin in need of eradication by some. Others see them as just plain cute even though they are classified as rodents. If you’re a longtime resident, they don’t really capture notice. For newcomers, the realization that Lamesa has prairie dogs living within the city limits is an interesting fact. There’s at least one West Texas city that has a community of the animals protected by the city. Prairie Dog Town, formed in the 1930’s, has become a favorite tourist site in Lubbock. “A lot of folks don’t like them. They are voracious eaters,” said Sam Har
The following were among the many calls received recently by the Lamesa Police Department:
Just a couple of weeks after returning to school, Lamesa High School students already are preparing for the annual homecoming festivities.
After lots of discussion, adjustments and public hearings, Lamesa city council members are finally scheduled Tuesday to take a vote to adopt a tax rate for the fiscal year which begins Oct. 1.
Most hunters are so gungho, they’ll hunt anything that’ll run from ‘em. Similarly, TV news folks salivate at the prospect of all-out chases to pluck credible opinions on controversial topics.
Forty-one years ago this month the Lamesa Press-Reporter printed its fi rst submission from a relatively new cartoonist named Barry McWilliams. Ever since then, McWilliams’ “JP Doodles” drawings have appeared about once a week in this newspaper, providing an insightful view of small-town life either by lifting it up or good-naturedly poking fun at it.
My husband, Peter, and I have matching folding chairs.
A downtown Lamesa business will be getting a facelift with the help of a facade improvement grant from the Lamesa Economic Alliance Project (LEAP).
On June 9, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Army Corps of Engineers announced their intention to repeal the current Navigable Waters Protection Rule (NWPR), implemented during the Trump Administration, with a new definition of “Waters of the U.S.” (WOTUS).
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