OPEN HOUSE

Parents sign up as Parent/Teacher Association volunteers and for other activities at South Elementary School during its open house Tuesday evening. Hundreds of parents and their youngsters took a tour of the campus, met with teachers and administrators, and ended their tours with a book fair in the school library. North Elementary School is hosting its own open house from 4 p.m. until 6 p.m. Wednesday. LPR photo ...
Stahl seeking second term

Terri Stahl announced this week she will be seeking a second term as Dawson County Treasurer as a candidate in the Republican primary next spring. ...
Local COVID cases waning somewhat

COVID-19 case activity in Dawson County continues to wane somewhat compared to the big surge in cases being reported here a few weeks ago. ...
EYE ON THE BALL

Lamesa’s Kaylee Castillo and Amaya Vasquez watch closely as Clariss Moreno returns the ball to the opposing side. LPR photo ...
Cougars looking for win after recent losses

Consistently making the playoffs year after year, the Klondike Cougars have to be considered one of the top Class 1A volleyball programs on the South Plains. ...
Final option

Otis and Bindi have a lot in common. They both sport black and white coats. They enjoy treats and attention, and both are looking for permanent homes. ...

News

Klondike gets Blue Ribbon designation

It’s official!

Klondike Independent School District has been recognized as a National Blue Ribbon School for a second time by the U.S. Department of Education.

OPEN HOUSE

Parents sign up as Parent/Teacher Association volunteers and for other activities at South Elementary School during its open house Tuesday evening.

Stahl seeking second term

Terri Stahl announced this week she will be seeking a second term as Dawson County Treasurer as a candidate in the Republican primary next spring.

Obituaries

Juanita 'Janie' Perez

Funeral service for Juanita “Janie” Perez, 56, of Lamesa will be held Monday, September 27, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. at Branon Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Larry Gamez officiating.

Rosa Lozada

Chapel service for Rosa Lozada, 67, of Lubbock will be held Thursday, September 23, 2021 at 1:00 p.m.

Betty Hooper

Funeral service for Betty Faye Hooper, 83, of Lamesa will be held on Wednesday, September 22, 2021, at 2:00 p.m. at Crestview Baptist Church with Pastor Keith Clower officiating.

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Sports

EYE ON THE BALL

Lamesa’s Kaylee Castillo and Amaya Vasquez watch closely as Clariss Moreno returns the ball to the opposing side. LPR photo

Tors fall in district match

The Golden Tornadoes got started off on the wrong foot as they opened the District 3-3A volleyball race Tuesday evening at Denver City.

Cougars looking for win after recent losses

Consistently making the playoffs year after year, the Klondike Cougars have to be considered one of the top Class 1A volleyball programs on the South Plains.

Forum

The business of busyness

If you don’t have time for things that matter, stop doing things that don’t.” Courtney Carver.

This column is dedicated to busy, and those of us who might describe ourselves as such.

By Slices Of Life By Jill Pertler

Broad disaster declaration follows Hurricane Nicholas

Seventeen Southeast Texas counties have been declared disaster areas after Hurricane Nicholas came ashore, dumping more than a foot of rain and cutting off power to a halfmillion customers in Texas

By Capital Highlights By Gary Borders

Money now rules college athletics

Blackie Sherrod – arguably the best sportswriter this side of the ancient Olympic Games begun in Greece seven centuries before the birth of Christ – had a name for us.

By The Idle American By Don Newbury

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