Challenges continue to mount for this year’s Texas High Plains cotton crop, as many growers, including those in the northern Panhandle, saw their young plants burn and wither away earlier this week under a canopy of blowing dust.
Agricultural producers who have not yet enrolled in the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) or Price Loss Coverage (PLC) programs for 2020 must do so by June 30. Although program elections for the 2020 crop year remain the same as elections made for 2019, all producers need to contact their local USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) office to sign a 2020 enrollment contract.
After a long interviewing process this spring, Borden County ISD has officially hired Stephanie Behrens as their new superintendent.
The State Bar of Texas and legal aid providers across the state remind Texans that a toll-free legal assistance hotline is available to low-income individuals and families confronted with civil legal problems as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Just like the COVID-19 virus created a strange ending to high school for this year’s graduating seniors, it did the same for the careers of five Lamesa school district employees.
Preparations for the upcoming year and possible improvements to school facilities are among the items on the agenda for the Dawson school board’s regular meeting on Monday.
The lobby and dine-in remain closed until further notice. We continue offering curb side meal service on the south side of the building starting at 11 am and until 12:15 for seniors 60 and over. We will continue delivering home delivered meals to our existing clients.
Contrary to ominous rumors that had been ramping up over the past few days, a “Peace & Love, Peace and Power Rally” held on the courthouse square Monday afternoon turned out to be the peaceful and prayerful event planned by local organizers.
No new cases of the COVID-19 virus have been reported among Dawson County residents since late last week, a spokesperson for the South Plains Public Health District reported Wednesday morning.
Local economic development officials opted Monday to delay action on a proposal to fund development of a strategic plan for Lamesa.
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