SEMINOLE – The U.S. Census numbers for 2020 have been released. According to the latest figures, Gaines County has increased its population by 23.23 percent. In 2010, the people of Gaines County totaled 17,526 residents. The 2020 numbers reached 21,598.
West Texas Opportunities, Inc. will be holding an annual public hearing this coming Thursday on its Community Service Block Grant.
ANDREWS – State Rep. Brooks Landgraf filed a bill in the House this week that would prevent high-level radioactive waste from coming to Waste Control Specialists’ site in Andrews County.
SNYDER – Scurry County Commissioners voted to let Sheriff Trey Wilson hire three additional jailers in order to use the third pod at the Scurry County Jail and potentially generate additional revenue for the county through housing out-of-county inmates.
Dawson County Hospital District (DCHD) board members voted 3-2 Tuesday to increase the preliminary tax rate for the 2021-2022 fiscal year by eight cents amid concerns of a COVID-19 surge and in preparation for an unknown future.
Active COVID-19 cases here continue to increase, and the number of local residents who are fully vaccinated is creeping upward as well.
Lamesa’s middle school campus went into lockdown status on just the second day of classes for the fall semester as a precaution while police investigated a shooting incident just a few blocks west of the school.
Two buildings across the street from the courthouse on the north side of the downtown square are now slated for demolition after action Tuesday by the Lamesa City Council.
With a deadline looming to get construction started on the planned Vista Park housing project here, the developer on Tuesday asked members of the Lamesa City Council to give him some more time.
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