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Lamesa Service Club member Richard Leonard places flags Monday morning on the east side of the county courthouse in remembrance of 9-11 attacks. Monday was the 22th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center’s Twin Towers, the Pentagon and hijackers’ attempts to divert a commercial plane into the national capitol in Washington, D.C. Three thousand workers, passengers on four hijacked planes and first responders died in the attack or after the Twin Towers collapsed in Lower Manhattan in New York City.

A mother and two children are without shelter after an early morning electrical fire damaged their home.

It couldn’t have been said better when a county staff member uttered the words, “Won and Done,” when it came time for Dawson County commissioners Tuesday to finish the final chapter of officially adopting the 2023-2024 budget and tax rate.

Dawson County Public Library Director Angie Martinez went before county commissioners Tuesday with requests to close the facility for two days, renew a membership and declare withdrawn materials as surplus items.