Police Blotter
Wed, 02/24/2021 - 12:00am
The following were among the many calls received recently by the Lamesa Police Department:
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Dawson extends Galdean’s contract
Wed, 02/24/2021 - 12:00am
Dawson school board members approved a pair of administrative contracts and handled several other items during their regular meeting last week at the school in Welch.
Dawson releases six-week honor roll
Wed, 02/24/2021 - 12:00am
Honor roll students in the Dawson school system have been announced for the fourth six-week grading period.
NRCS offering storm assistance
Wed, 02/24/2021 - 12:00am
In response to the winter storms that hit Texas recently, the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is offering farmers and ranchers technical and financial assistance to repair and replace certain damaged conservation practices.
Moments of joy
Wed, 02/24/2021 - 12:00am
We all experience different seasons in life and those seasons are accompanied by emotions –joy and sadness and everything in between.
Millions of Texans dealing with water supply issues
Wed, 02/24/2021 - 12:00am
Warmer temperatures over the weekend and continuing this week melted most of the snow from the state’s roadways and roofs. But Texans are still dealing with broken pipes and businesses, damaged municipal water systems, and continued power outages in scattered areas, mainly in East and Central Texas.
COOKIES!
Wed, 02/24/2021 - 12:00am
It was cookie time at the Dawson County Public Library Tuesday afternoon. Lucy’s Flour Shop baked 300 chocolate chip cookies to go along with the children’s book, “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie,” by Laura Numeroff and Felicia Bond. Baker Matthew Hernandez and his future wife, Heather, along with library staff, distributed the cookies to passersby while rocking out to children’s music and Disney movie songs. LPR photo
Sales tax rebates on the rise
Wed, 02/24/2021 - 12:00am
After consecutive months of lower sales tax reimbursements from the state, Lamesa is finally beginning to see an upturn in its fortunes.
Hospital board to meet Thurs.
Wed, 02/24/2021 - 12:00am
Dawson County Hospital District board members have a light agenda for their regular monthly meeting at 5 p.m., Thursday in the Medical Arts Hospital committee room.
Virus numbers going downhill
Wed, 02/24/2021 - 12:00am
ANDREWS – Through recent statistics and numbers, it appears COVID-19’s peak in Andrews County has passed and the virus that has inflicted untold damage is now on a downhill turn.