It’s going to be a blue Christmas for Dawson County and mot area cities as the monthly sales tax rebates distributed by the Texas comptroller’s office continue to lag behind last year’s figures.
Directors of the Lamesa Economic Development Corporation have only one item of action to consider during a special called meeting scheduled for Monday evening.
Klondike school board members are expected in early January to select a contractor-at-risk to serve as construction manager for work planned at the school during the coming year.
The Dawson school system at Welch has received a superior rating from the Financial Integrity Reporting System of Texas for the 2019-2020 school year, according to Superintendent Layne Sheets.
Crews have been busy recently conducting seismic surveying across a broad area west of Lamesa to evaluate the subsurface for future oil and gas exploration activities. LPR photo
Three individuals from Lamesa and one from O’Donnell were conferred degrees from Angelo State University during virtual commencement exercises on Dec. 6 for summer and fall 2020 graduates.
USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) noted this past week the agency has helped farmers, livestock producers and foresters weather a tough 2020, marked with a pandemic and natural disasters.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) is extending the exemption of agriculture Continuing Education Unit (CEU) requirements.
TAHOKA - In a joint statement, J. Pat Hickman, chairman of Happy State Bank, and Frederick B. Hegi, Jr., chairman of the First National Bank (FNB) of Tahoka, announced that Happy State Bank is acquiring, through a merger, First National Bank of Tahoka. The bank holds approximately $56 million in total assets and has one location in Tahoka.
BROWNFIELD – At the Terry County Commissioners court meeting Monday, on the agenda to be discussed and possibly approved was whether or not the county offices, such as the courthouse and county annex, should go to a four-day work week and to change the funeral time-off policy. However, before the court could consider making changes , they first needed to amend the county employee handbook.
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