The 68th annual Texas A&M Beef Cattle Short Course, BCSC, wrapped up after more than 80 speakers addressed the “meat and potatoes” of ranching necessary to help ranchers survive the current drought.
The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will offer Panhandle District Quick-Books Pro Desktop Short Courses on Aug. 31 in Amarillo and Sept. 8 in Lubbock.
While active COVID-19 cases numbers this week dropped to just half what they were the previous week, the virus has apparently claimed the life of yet another Dawson County resident.
_ On Aug. 19, 1812, the U.S. Navy frigate Constitution, known as “Old Ironsides,” catches the British warship Guerriere 600 miles east of Boston where the Constitution delivered its first broadside. The British man-of-war was de-masted and rendered a wreck while the Constitution escaped with only minimal damage.
With an increase of about $200 million in taxable property values this year, Dawson County Hospital District (DCHD) board members unanimously agreed Tuesday to a preliminary tax rate that is six cents lower than the current rate.
A father and son were both shot here Sunday evening, and a relative has been charged in connection with the incident, according to Lamesa police.
Dawson County officials are planning to cut the county’s property tax rate while giving employees a nice pay hike and boosting the overall budget for the 2023 fiscal year.
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