After the regular meeting of the Lamesa economic development boards was cancelled this past Monday, that meeting has been rescheduled.
No matter the outcome of O’Donnell High School’s homecoming game this Friday, the town is still going to celebrate on Saturday as it decks out for the 32nd annual Cotton Festival.
Klondike school officials have cancelled plans for a school board election in November, as only four candidates filed for the four positions that are up for election this year.
A joint investigation by Lamesa and Seminole law enforcement officers has led to the arrest of a Lamesa man on a felony charge in Dawson County alleging sexual assault of a charge, according to Lamesa Police Chief Josh Peterson.
Vista Park, a planned housing development in the northwest part of town, garnered the Lamesa City Council’s approval Tuesday for a 100-percent tax abatement over a five year period.
The coronavirus pandemic has curtailed some homecoming traditions, but it has not put a complete halt to the annual event.
Changes in school activities due to the coronavirus pandemic has not only affected the classroom, but has trickled down to businesses who make and sell homecoming mums.
Lamesa’s elementary schools celebrated this weekend’s Grandparents Day a bit early on Friday, inviting grandparents to drive by in a parade and greet the students as they lined the streets around both South Elementary (shown) and North Elementary. Jimmy and Kay Beatty (right) were waving U.S. fl ags as they drive by South Elementary. LPR photos by Mary Elizabeth Davis
Twelve new confirmed cases of COVID-19 were reported here on Wednesday and Thursday, according to the South Plains Health District.
Public opposition and frustration regarding the decision by the Dawson County Hospital District’s board of directors to extend the contract of Chief Executive Officer Letha Stokes continued to be voiced during a special called meeting of the board this past Thursday.
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