Brr! We’re still freezing
Bone-chilling temperatures have made this past week one that local residents will long remember.
Bone-chilling temperatures have made this past week one that local residents will long remember.
Broken water pipes and electrical outages means repair bills. It also means local hotels and motels are filling up with people going without the utilities.
While the freezing weather drove many people out of their homes this week, it also is believed to be the cause of a blaze that reduced a Lamesa couple’s home to rubble early Wednesday morning.
Although the number of new and active cases here remains low, the death toll in Dawson County from CO- VID-19 has increased again, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services (TDSHS).
Firefi ghters from both Lamesa and Ackerly watch as a fellow fi refi ghter enters a smoke-fi lled barn Saturday evening behind the Foy O’Brien residence west of Patricia. The blaze essentially destroyed the barn, which is used for pig farrowing purposes.
The following were among the many calls received recently by the Lamesa Police Department:
The Lamesa City Council postponed their regular meeting Tuesday evening due to a power problem at City Hall.
Plans for the May 1 school board election, construction updates and the senior prom are among the items on the agenda for the Lamesa school board’s regular meeting at 6 p.m. Thursday in the school administration building.
When residents experienced power outages, frozen water pipes and freezing temperatures, several churches stepped up Tuesday to help meet the need.
The winter storm that has gripped Texas the past few days has left many local residents having to deal with having no water, or leaky or frozen pipes.
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Lamesa, TX 79331
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