COVID takes 4 more lives

While the weekly number of new cases confirmed here has ebbed somewhat during the past couple of months, COVID-19 continues to take a deadly toll in Dawson County. ...
Chase ends at gunpoint

What began as an officer attempting to stop a vehicle in Borden County led to a high-speed chase which resulted in a man being arrested at gunpoint in a cotton field just outside Lamesa on Thursday evening. ...
Oil drilling going again

After almost grinding to a halt for a while, oilfield drilling activity in Dawson County is picking back up. ...
Local firm playing role in road work here

A local trucking company is working in familiar territory after winning the subcontractor bid on the current project to renovate portions of Highways 180 and 137 through Lamesa. The company, D&E Logistics, won the bid to provide hauling for contractor Allen Butler Company of Lubbock. D&E’s trucks haul away the asphalt being scrapped away from the roadway. New material eventually will replace it during the construction. ...
LHS girls down Dimmitt

Fresh off of Tuesday night’s nail-biting win at Denver City, Golden Tor head girls basketball coach Shai Young went into Friday’s home against Dimmitt expecting some kind of hangover effect. ...
O’Donnell boys win; girls fall to Lorenzo

Coach Rocky Feliciano’s O’Donnell boys took another big step toward returning to the playoffs Friday night by holding off Lorenzo, 36-31,in a key District 6-1A match-up. ...

News

Audit gives LISD high marks

Lamesa Independent School District’s (LISD) finances for the 2019-2020 school year got high marks Thursday when school board members reviewed the annual audit.

School eyeing project to replace HVAC units

Plans to install new heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems in local school buildings took another step toward reality Thursday when Lamesa Independent School District (LISD) boar

COVID takes 4 more lives

While the weekly number of new cases confirmed here has ebbed somewhat during the past couple of months, COVID-19 continues to take a deadly toll in Dawson County.

Obituaries

C.B. Singleton

Graveside service for C.B. Singleton will be held Saturday, January 23, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. at Dawson County Cemetery with Pastor Dennis Adams officiating.

Dawna Davis

Memorial service for Dawna Janell Davis, 56, of Lamesa will be held Friday, January 22, 2021 at 10:30 a.m. at Second Baptist Church with Pastor Tobey Clements officiating.

Philip Ray Paul

Philip Ray Paul, 78, of Midland, passed away January 6, 2021 in Odessa, Texas.

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Sports

LHS girls down Dimmitt

Fresh off of Tuesday night’s nail-biting win at Denver City, Golden Tor head girls basketball coach Shai Young went into Friday’s home against Dimmitt expecting some kind of hangover effect.

Coyotes top Garden City

Borden County’s hoopsters didn’t have much trouble enjoying another District 8-1A clean sweep Friday night at Garden City.

Tor girls win 2nd straight power lifting competiton

The Golden Tornadoes turned in another good showing in their second power lifting meet of their young season Thursday at Lubbock Roosevelt.

Forum

A warning, at least this time

Texas automobile driver was “tooling” down a rural highway on a lazy Saturday afternoon. Most motorists had already reached destinations, or maybe decided not to go.

By The Idle American By Don Newbury

My stretch pants lifestyle

I don’t remember exactly when I took to living in stretch pants full time. I

By The Postscript By Carrie Classon

Live with a ‘why not’ attitude

George Bernard Shaw made those words famous. His actual quote: “You see things and you say ‘Why?’ But I dream things that never were… and I say, ‘Why not?’”

By Behind The Mike By Michael Aun