Lamesa

Abel Rodriguez, Sr.

Mon, 11/02/2020 - 10:27am

Chapel funeral services for Abel Rodriguez, Sr., age 83, of Lamesa, TX. will be held at 10:00 a.m.

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2,441 ballots already cast in general election

Sun, 11/01/2020 - 12:00am

Although Election Day officially isn’t until Tuesday, more than one-third of all registered voters in Dawson County already have cast their ballots in the general election.

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Water district, schools also holding elections

Sun, 11/01/2020 - 12:00am

While the general election – with the presidential race at the top of the ballot – seems to have grabbed most of the attention, local voters will be deciding the outcome of several other races on Tuesday.

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COVID filling hospital beds

Sun, 11/01/2020 - 12:00am

Until recently, patients at Medical Arts Hospital in Lamesa needing more extensive treatment were transferred to bigger hospitals in Lubbock.

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COVID cases nearing 900

Sun, 11/01/2020 - 12:00am

If the number of new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Dawson County continues at its current pace, almost one out of every seven residents of the county will have had the virus before year’s end.

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LOOKING IN THE ATTIC

Sun, 11/01/2020 - 12:00am

Protected by breathing equipment, Cary White with the Lamesa Fire Department looks through a vent opening in search of hot spots in the attic after fi refi ghters were called Thursday to a house in the 1200 block of N. 11th Street. LPR photo