With winds gusting over 30 miles per hour at times, firefighters couldn’t keep the flames that destroyed one house east of Lamesa Tuesday afternoon from eventually engulfing another just yards away.
The following were among the many calls received recently by the Lamesa Police Department:
Lamesa should see a nice economic boost from the planned Vista Park Living residential development, according to a major study by the National Association of Home Builders.
Thanks largely to a donation of land and funding from two grants, the Lynn County Hospital District (LCHD) now has a new home for its Family Wellness Clinic in O’Donnell.
Lamesa firefighter Paul Sanchez (center) and Ackerly firefighter Jody Howard (right) watch as Ackerly’s Peter Enns sprays water to control flames spreading across the ground as a blaze engulfs a house about six miles east of Lamesa on Tuesday afternoon. Two houses and a small shed were destroyed but firefighters helped save four other houses at that location.
Madisyn Ruiz, who graduated last week from Lamesa High School, has been chosen as this year’s recipient of the $2,000 Buckel-Kiwanis Club Scholarship.
Sixty-nine bundles of marijuana were seized following a traffic stop just south of Lamesa on Thursday night, according to Sheriff Matt Hogg.
Although it has slowed somewhat from a month or so ago, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Dawson County continues to increase.
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Lamesa, TX 79331
806-872-2177