The 2020 Census, the oncea-decade count of everyone who lives in the United States, is underway but has gotten off to somewhat of a slow start in Dawson County.
Development of a policy regarding the placement of permanent or temporary pipelines in the right-of-way of county roads will again be a focus of discussion by the Dawwson County Commissioners Court this coming week.
As the first final planting date approaches for the Plains Cotton Growers service area, conditions across the region are mixed, with some growers enjoying beneficial rains that will boost their early crop and others experiencing everything from painfully dry conditions to severe weather that will force some to start over – or plant something else altogether.
Cotton producers face an uncertain market future as demand for cotton and cotton products, like apparel, tumbled due to COVID-19 stay-at-home orders and economic recession, said a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service economist.
Members of the Klondike High School graduating class of 2020 who received local scholarships during their recent graduation ceremony are (from left) Marco Rodriguez, Amy Shofner Memorial Scholarship; Aaron Young, David Kirkland Memorial Scholarship and the Hardy and Bess Morgan Citizenship Award; Skylar Barkowsky, Jim and Pat Nance Memorial Scholarship; Maillee Weaver, Colton Kearney Memorial Scholarship; and Savannah Wiebe, Alfreida Sterling Memorial Scholarship.
Lyntegar Electric Cooperative has announced it has canceled its Annual Membership Meeting, scheduled for Aug. 11, in Tahoka due to concerns about the coronavirus.
A tentative purchase that will fill three aims for the school district was approved by the Lamesa school board during their regular meeting Tuesday evening.
This year’s high school graduates in Lamesa and surrounding schools will be recognized here Friday in a parade being organized by the Lamesa Area Chamber of Commerce.
Large U.S. fl ags placed by the Lamesa Kiwanis Club on Memorial Day provide a backdrop to numerous smaller fl ags arranged around grave markers at the Dawson County Cemetery this past Monday. Observed each year on the last Monday of May, Memorial Day honors and mourns the men and women who have died while serving their country in the United States Armed Forces.
Borden County High School will be holding graduation ceremonies for the 22 members of the Class of 2020 at 8 p.m. this coming Friday at Coyote Stadium in Gail.
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