Police Blotter
Sun, 04/05/2020 - 12:00am
The following were among the many calls received recently by the Lamesa Police Department:
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KEEPING IT FULL
Sun, 04/05/2020 - 12:00am
David Sanderson with the Ackerly Volunteer Fire Department (left) and Eddie Schwartz with the Lamesa Fire Department dump water from trucks into a portable drop tank at the scene of a fi re south of Lamesa on Thursday night. Trucks shuttled water from Lamesa to ensure enough was on hand to battle the fi re that consumed a house and an RV trailer. A foaming agent was added to the water in the tank.
Council may name new city manager
Sun, 04/05/2020 - 12:00am
Members of the Lamesa City Council on Tuesday are scheduled to consider appointing a new city manager.
Budget, tax process on county slate
Sun, 04/05/2020 - 12:00am
Members of the Dawson County Commissioners Court are expected to take action Tuesday to begin the annual budget and tax process.
The Marfa Lights and other sites in the Big Bend area
Sun, 04/05/2020 - 12:00am
For years I had heard about the Marfa Lights in Marfa Texas. They supposedly moved around and changed colors. People have tried to explain them, find their origins, and film them. Clayton Williams had even gone so far as to build and donate a visitor’s center and rest stop on Highway 90 seven miles east of Marfa for people to attempt to see these lights.
We’re all ‘parked out back’
Sun, 04/05/2020 - 12:00am
Joe’s red truck is parked behind his house. It hasn’t moved in days. Joe gets in his red truck every morning and drives around. He’s a member of every fraternal orga nization, a regular at the brewpub, and has friends in every corner of town. Joe picks up a coffee and spends most mornings greeting people out the window of his red pick-up.
USDA prospective planting report
Sun, 04/05/2020 - 12:00am
This report contains the results from the March Agricultural Survey which was conducted during the first two weeks of March 2020. The estimates provided in this report are intended to reflect grower intentions as of the survey period. New acreage estimates will be made based on surveys conducted in June when crop acreages have been established or planting intentions are firm.
Small businesses begin signup for Paycheck Protection Program
Sun, 04/05/2020 - 12:00am
Last week, President Trump signed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, designed to protect public health and help individuals, businesses, health care, agriculture and others amidst the COVID-19 epidemic.
USDA seeks public comment on more revised conservation practice standards
Sun, 04/05/2020 - 12:00am
USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is seeking public comment on proposed revisions to 49 national conservation practice standards through a posting in the Federal Register. The proposed revisions posted this week with the public comment period closing April 23, 2020.
Q&A with doctors about COVID-19
Sun, 04/05/2020 - 12:00am
To help provide the public with factual information about COVID-19, questions were submitted to the Dawson County Hospital District. The answers are authored by Dr. Michael Sprys and Dr. Eileen Sprys, both PCP Primary Care Physicians at Medical Arts Clinic.