Water district approves permits
Thirty permits for new water wells were approved Wednesday by the board of directors of the Mesa Underground Water Conservation District.
Thirty permits for new water wells were approved Wednesday by the board of directors of the Mesa Underground Water Conservation District.
The tax rate and COVID-19 days for staff members are on the agenda for O’Donnell school board members to consider at their 7 p.m. Tuesday regular meeting in the board room at 400 Small Street in O’Donnell.
A trio of items dealing with defense attorneys in criminal cases here are on the agenda for a special called meeting of the Dawson County Commissioners Court on Monday morning.
Jokes and stories attributed to US Presidents – true or not – have to make some of them blush with embarrassment. File drawers of the late President Harry S. Truman must have bulged nigh unto disintegration. He was arguably the most plain-spoken president of the 20th century. (Admittedly, in the 21st century, he probably would have been a distant second to President Donald Trump.)
When it comes to saving local newspapers, the solutions won’t be found in web metrics, ad rates or shrinking news holes. The solution, seemingly simple yet terrifying complicated, is for newspapers to reconnect with the people they’re supposed to be serving.
My husband, Peter, and I are at my parents’ cabin in the woods. The weather was perfect for a bike ride so we took a long one. We had not all been riding together in almost two years and I am not an experienced rider. So, in order to prevent my butt from getting sore, I have a big, soft seat on my bicycle. My mother, an avid cyclist, does not approve.
The Dawson Dragons are hosting homecoming festivities this week in Welch.
Students in the Sands school system at Ackerly will be participating in dress-up days throughout the week leading up to the school’s big homecoming football game and celebration on Friday night.
Harvest is just around the corner in the Plains Cotton Growers, Inc. service area and producers have been blessed with relatively warm, sunny weather over the past couple of weeks.
Plans for the 2022 Beltwide Cotton Conferences (BWCC), Jan. 4-6, 2022 at the Marriott Rivercenter Hotel in San Antonio are moving forward and online registration for producers and cotton industry representatives is open.
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