USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) announced that organic producers and handlers can apply for federal funds to assist with the cost of receiving and maintaining organic certification through the Organic Certification Cost Share Program (OCCSP). Applications for eligible certification expenses paid between Oct. 1, 2019, and Sept. 30, 2020, are due Oct. 31, 2020.
Shortly after noon on Tuesday, August 11, Gaines County had its first bale of cotton roll in at the gin.
After having the same employer for more than three decades, Dionicio Garza Jr. admits that life is going to be somewhat different after Friday.
Lamesa City Council members are conducting two regular meetings at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday at 601 South First Street to consider the 2020-2021 budget and tax rate, a resolution declaring properties near downtown as slums, establishing a reinvestment zone and holding public hearings on several vacant properties declared nuisances set for removal or demolition.
Dawson ISD will hold its school board election this November for four positions. Each is for a four year term. Currently, these positions are being held by Kanyon Brown, Marlin Mahan, Cesareo Meledez, and Andrew Phipps. The filing period for this election is July 18 through Monday, August 17.
Directors of the Mesa Underground Water Conservation District are expected to adopt a property tax rate and approve a budget for the 2020-2021 fiscal year during their regular meeting Wednesday morning.
The board of the Lamesa Economic Alliance Project on Friday approved an incentive package for the Tractor Supply retail store set to locate in the former Walmart facility at the Pioneer Square Shopping Center.
Gregg Moreland admitted this past week his job as the Golden Tornadoes’ Athletic Director has gotten a lot busier due to all of the increased rules and regulations related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
After welcoming only 70 to the first day of high school football practice back on August 3, Golden Tornado new head football coach Joseph Hood is happy to report that things are looking up.
Despite once spending a lot of her time growing up on the golf range with her parents Guy and Gay Price, Kari (Price) Brantley admits that she still would have never imagined how things would have turned for her later in life regarding the sport.
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