County adjusting vacation pay plan
Wed, 09/30/2020 - 12:00am
Employees of Dawson County may no longer have the option of being paid for unused vacation time after the new fiscal year that began Wednesday.
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Police Blotter
Wed, 09/30/2020 - 12:00am
The following were among the many calls received recently by the Lamesa Police Department:
Escape added to charges
Wed, 09/30/2020 - 12:00am
Originally headed to jail on two misdemeanor charges, a Lamesa man is now facing a felony charge as well after temporarily escaping from officers Sunday morning.
COVID relief funds on hospital agenda
Wed, 09/30/2020 - 12:00am
Use of COVID relief funds will be among the items discussed by members of the Dawson County Hospital District’s board of directors during a meeting Thursday evening.
Church hosting meal for law enforcement
Wed, 09/30/2020 - 12:00am
Cornerstone Fellowship Church members are hosting their first ‘Back to Blue’ Breakfast at 8 a.m. next Wednesday, Oct. 9.
Well permits top slate for water district board
Sun, 09/27/2020 - 12:00am
The number of requests for domestic well permits to be considered this week by officials with the Mesa Underground Water Conservation District outnumber those for irrigation wells.
COVID claims 4th life
Sun, 09/27/2020 - 12:00am
With an average of more than 10 new COVID-19 cases popping up here every day, Dawson County has recorded its fourth death from the virus, according to the South Plains Public Health District.
Upcoming election features local, state, national races
Sun, 09/27/2020 - 12:00am
When balloting in the Nov. 3 election gets underway, voters in various locations across the Dawson County will have more choices to decide on than just who will live in the White House for the next four years.
COTTON OPENING
Sun, 09/27/2020 - 12:00am
A lack of rainfall has made it something of a rarity to see anything growing in some areas of the county this year. However, cotton bolls are beginning to pop open in this ir- rigated organic fi eld a few miles west of Lamesa, signaling that harvesting activity could soon be following the cooler weather that has fi nally arrived here. LPR photo