With only three members in attendance, the Dawson County Hospital District board gave final approval to the district’s 2021-2022 tax rate on Tuesday evening with two members voting for the measure and one abstaining.
Law enforcement offi cers and fi refi ghters work at the scene of a Tuesday morning accident which claimed the life of 73-year-old Manuel Reyes Sandoval of Lamesa, the driver of this pickup. The accident happened about six miles south of Lamesa at the intersection of State Highway 349 and FM 2051. LPR photo
Officers are continuing to look for a tractor-trailer rig that left the scene after being involved in a fatal accident a few miles south of Lamesa on Tuesday morning.
With the new school year just barely a month old, area school district officials are already seeing COVID-19 cases among students and staff.
Medical Arts Hospital (MAH) nurses inoculated only four patients with their first dose of the Moderna vaccine during a drive-thru vaccination clinic Tuesday morning outside the hospital’s main entrance.
The following were among the many calls received recently by the Lamesa Police Department:
Although hopes for federal funding assistance in the wake of the June storm have been dashed, city officials still plan to move forward with several needed projects.
Much like last week when they gave their stamp of approval to the 2021- 2022 city budget, Lamesa City Council members on Tuesday took little time to go through a series of votes to set the tax rate needed to fund that budget.
Surrounded by family and friends, Jose Castillo (center) celebrates the grand opening and ribbon cutting of Los Castillos Food Truck at 1102 N. 10th Street Monday afternoon. Members of the Lamesa Area Chamber of Commerce were on hand to congratulate the family members on the opening of their new business. The business is open from 6 a.m. until 9 p.m., Monday-Thursday, and from 6 a.m. until 10 p.m. every Friday and Saturday. The food truck features breakfast menus, and lunch and dinners of hamburgers, hotdogs, fish filet plates, tortas and tacos, french fries, and canned drinks. LPR photo
Two girls takes a trip down a water slide Saturday. Students came out to sign up for 4-H activities at the Lee Roy Colgan building and the Dawson County AgriLife Extension facility. Besides the slide, youngsters enjoyed free hamburgers and snow cones. LPR photo
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Lamesa, TX 79331
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