Property sale on LEDC/LEAP slate
Sun, 11/13/2022 - 12:00am
The possible sale of property is on the agenda for Monday’s regular meeting of Lamesa’s economic development officials.
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OISD meeting Tuesday
Sun, 11/13/2022 - 12:00am
Special education services, a sick leave policy and an executive session on the removal of a communications pole are all on the O’Donnell school board’s agenda this week.
County plans light meeting
Sun, 11/13/2022 - 12:00am
Members of the Dawson County Commissioners Court have a fairly light slate of business for their regular meeting at 4 p.m. Tuesday in the county courtroom at the courthouse.
GOOD PATCH OF COTTON
Sun, 11/13/2022 - 12:00am
A rare scene this fall because of the drought and high temperatures that wiped out almost all of the cotton acreage in Dawson County, a cotton stripper moves through a good stand of irrigated cotton on Thursday in a small field just east of the former Sky-Vue Drive-In movie theater.
USDA gives update on status of cotton harvest
Sun, 11/13/2022 - 12:00am
For the week ending Nov. 6, the USDA Crop Progress report shows 62% of the U.S. cotton crop has been harvested — up seven percentage points in the last week, as well as seven percentage points ahead of the five-year average for early November.
Prison holding hiring events
Sun, 11/13/2022 - 12:00am
Preston E. Smith Prison Unit officials are conducting hiring programs from 9 a.m. until noon both this coming Monday and on Nov. 21.
Jarrett retires after many years of service
Sun, 11/13/2022 - 12:00am
During 29 years as a volunteer Lamesa firefighter, Alvin Jarrett has been to his share of fires, wrecks and other incidents.
Landfill updates hours
Sun, 11/13/2022 - 12:00am
Operating hours at the municipal landfill are changing starting Monday.
Higher calf prices projected for 2023
Sun, 11/13/2022 - 12:00am
Drought conditions in Texas and throughout the U.S. continue to take a toll on cattle numbers, with higher calf prices and less beef production projected for 2023, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service livestock economist.
Moments in time
Sun, 11/13/2022 - 12:00am
_ On Nov. 14, 1889, journalist Nellie Bly took a page from Jules Verne’s novel “Around the World in 80 Days” by following in the footsteps of the book’s protagonist, Phileas Fogg, and embarked on her own adventure, starting in Hoboken, New Jersey. She chronicled the trip in her book “Around the World in 72 Days.”