The pilot of a small airplane which crashed between Lamesa and Gail on Friday night has been identified as 70-year-old Dennis Harrington of Hobbs, N.M.
The following were among the many calls received recently by the Lamesa Police Department:
With the current resurgence here of COVID-19 in Lamesa – along with flu, strep and other illnesses – the Lamesa Service Club has opted to postpone Lamesa’s big annual pancake supper.
Having been at the school in Welch for less than a year, Gary Jones now has an extension to his original twoyear contract as the Dawson school superintendent.
School district administrators canceled a meeting set for this past Monday before announcing the agenda for the board’s regular meeting later this week
Lamesa Mayor Josh Stevens called off the city council’s regular meeting Tuesday due to illness among the city staff.
For the last 14 months I’ve been anticipating it. Waiting. Knowing it was lurking in the corners or behind a large, formidable rock. I figured I was immersed in grief and that would lower my defenses and I’d be overcome eventually by some sort of bug – COVID or otherwise.
Any article about any school in Lamesa ISD has to start with the most important aspect: the students. I am in my first full year as principal at North Elementary and our students make every one of my days great. From the time we greet them outside in the morning to the moment they walk out our doors, our students show up ready to give us our best. That is a tribute to them, that is a tribute to their homes and the people that raise them, and that is a tribute to the Lamesa community that takes great pride in our young people.
Several dozen school districts across the state were forced to close last week due to the omicron variant of COVID-19 sending home students, staff and teachers. Most school districts planned to reopen on Tuesday following the MLK holiday.
It was fun for the Golden Tornado girls basketball team for just over a half here Tuesday evening at Follis Gym.
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