After lots of discussion, adjustments and public hearings, Lamesa city council members are finally scheduled Tuesday to take a vote to adopt a tax rate for the fiscal year which begins Oct. 1.
A downtown Lamesa business will be getting a facelift with the help of a facade improvement grant from the Lamesa Economic Alliance Project (LEAP).
On June 9, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Army Corps of Engineers announced their intention to repeal the current Navigable Waters Protection Rule (NWPR), implemented during the Trump Administration, with a new definition of “Waters of the U.S.” (WOTUS).
Plains Cotton Cooperative Association (PCCA) is set to host a Producer Sign-Up Day for the U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol on Wednesday, September 1, 2021.
Anyone who owns livestock in Texas, including horses, cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, fowl and honey bees in a managed colony, needs to be aware of key changes to the Texas Farm Animal Liability Act that will be effective Sept. 1, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service agricultural law expert.
The Cotton Board recently held its 2021 Annual Meeting, in-person, in Durham, North Carolina, along with Cotton Incorporated’s Board of Directors. Board members serving the Cotton Research and Promotion Program voted to recommend Cotton Incorporated’s 2022 budget of $82 million to the Secretary of Agriculture. This budget recommendation reflects a $2 million increase from 2021.
TAHOKA – A historic brick building that has stood for more than a century on the southwest corner of the square in Tahoka, at South 2nd and Ave. J, will soon be coming down.
SLATON – The Slaton Economic Development Corporation (SEDC) approved Leading EDG to help existing and future businesses with coaching.
SEMINOLE – In the presence of a standing-room-only crowd, residents of Seminole spoke passionately against Texas Department of Transportation’s (TxDOT) proposed one-way relief route, and the city council listened intently. As a result, no one on the council, seated in front of the crowd of 100 plus citizens, made a motion to accept TxDOT’s resolution, and the much-debated issue died. The move was greeted with thunderous applause.
ANDREWS – The city erected half a dozen signs at Lakeside Park this week to caution residents about a possible blue-green algae bloom in the city lake.
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Lamesa, TX 79331
806-872-2177