Agricultural producers can now apply for USDA’s Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP), which provides direct payments to offset impacts from the coronavirus pandemic.
The United States Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday sowed seeds of uncertainty among growers across the nation as they issued an order to vacate the registration of three dicamba-based herbicides, including XtendiMax, FeXapan, and Engenia.
The lengthy process of breeding better peanut plants can be sped up by using a biophysics technique, Raman spectroscopy.
The success of the High Plains cotton industry, like any group effort, is directly tied to the willingness of qualified individuals to volunteer to serve in various leadership positions.
Lamesa firefighter Emilio Barrientes is framed by burned boards as he uses a pole to pull up parts of a storage building which was destroyed by a fire in the 600 block of S. 5th St. on Saturday morning. Located at the same site as a fire which destroyed a house last year, Saturday’s blaze also engulfed a vehicle and killed some chickens which were caged just a few feet away in the neighbor’s back yard. LPR photo by Russel Skiles
What originally was planned as an an interim position is turning into a full-time job for Josh Peterson.
One new case of COVID-19 in Dawson County has been reported by the South Plains Public Health District.
An eight-foot-tall wooden carving of Lamesa High School’s Golden Tornado mascot was erected Wednesday morning in front of the high school. Carved from a Douglas Fir tree, the tornado is painted gold and stands on a base carved with the school’s GT emblem. Superintendent Jim Knight said the carving is being dedicated to the graduating class of 2020 and will become a permanent feature at the school. Cam Dockery of Whitharral, whose carvings can be found in 49 U.S. states and several foreign countries, completed the carving in about two days. LPR photo
It won’t be exactly like graduation ceremonies here in past years but members of Lamesa High School Class of 2020 will still get the opportunity to walk across the stage and get their diplomas.
Last Thursday’s regular monthly meeting of the Dawson County Hospital District’s board of directors concluded with somewhat of a changing of the guard as far as the board is concerned.
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