Cougars facing test as area teams open season
Wed, 08/26/2020 - 12:00am
The Klondike Cougars will kick off the football season Friday night with lofty expectations.
News
Vera now unopposed for city council
Sun, 08/23/2020 - 12:00am
Former Lamesa City Manager Fred Vera apparently will succeed Marie Briseno as the District 2 representative on the Lamesa City Council.
Active COVID tally here remains at 42
Sun, 08/23/2020 - 12:00am
The number of active COVID-10 cases in Dawson County remained steady even as the total number of confirmed cases jumped again during the latter part of the week.
School gets underway with COVID changes
Sun, 08/23/2020 - 12:00am
The first day of school Wednesday for 1,800 Lamesa Independent School District (LISD) students did not exactly go without a few minor challenges.
Farm Bureau policy begins at local level
Sun, 08/23/2020 - 12:00am
Issues facing agriculture here and across the state were the focus of a Texas Farm Bureau (TFB) district policy development meeting held here Thursday.
Water district holds steady with new tax rate
Sun, 08/23/2020 - 12:00am
Although it will mean a decrease of about 10-percent decrease in revenue, directors of the Mesa Underground Water Conservation voted Wednesday to keep the district’s tax rate unchanged at 1.4998 cents per $100 worth of property value.
Area schools getting new year underway
Sun, 08/23/2020 - 12:00am
Pre-kindergarten though 12th grade students in three rural Dawson County school districts have returned to the classroom, while students in another district do not begin classes until this coming Monday.
Police Blotter
Sun, 08/23/2020 - 12:00am
The following were among the many calls received recently by the Lamesa Police Department:
Council grants reprieve to two property owners
Sun, 08/23/2020 - 12:00am
Two property owners got a reprieve Tuesday from the Lamesa City Council when it came to cleaning up or repairing their rundown homes and buildings.
County to review new tax figures
Sun, 08/23/2020 - 12:00am
Voting locations and corrections to the calculation worksheets for the county’s 2020 tax rate are among the items to be considered by members of the Dawson County Commissioners Court during their regular meeting on Tuesday.