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The Dimmitt Police Department is stepping up to meet personnel and advanced tech needs with the promotion of Officer Ryan Hernandez, hiring of Eric Fuentes, new equipment and software. During

State Unemployment rate holds steady at 3.4

In August, the Texas economy added 18,200 seasonally adjusted total non-farm positions. The unemployment rate held steady at 3.4% matching the all-time record low set in June. This record is

King to hold town hall

Texas Representative Ken King will be touring a segment of House District 88 to discuss the 86th Legislative Session on Oct. 2. King will be in Dim-mitt at the City

Voter registration deadline near

With a big constitutional election coming up in Texas, the League of Women Voters of Texas is participated in the National Voter Registration Day (NVRD), a nationwide, nonpartisan effort to

DHS Robotics gears up

Dimmitt Robotics hosted its Parent Engagement Night this past Monday. Robotics teams prepared hamburgers and reviewed the game season, sponsorship and enjoyed fellowship with parents, robotics instructors and students. Leading

News

FCCLA students attend workshop

Students from the Dim-mitt FCCLA attended a Fall Leadership Workshop in Canadian, Texas recently and students took part in Family Consumer Science Assessments.

Drought conditions improved in West Texas

According to the Texas Water Development Board, as of Oct. 10, drought conditions have improved along the Texas Coast, Panhandle, and West Texas.

his Kurd Betrayal. DHS Robotics hosts scrimmage

Dimmitt Robotics hosted a scrimmage on Oct. 12 at the Dimmitt High School Robotics Laboratory.

Teams that were present were Bushland, Dimmitt, Nazareth, Lovington, New Mexico.

Sports

DHS Cross County Headed To Regionals

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DHS XC runners bound for Regionals

Dimmitt High School cross country varsity runners came through at the UIL 3A – District 1 meet and both the girls’ and boys’ teams are headed to compete at Regionals.

TGCA preseason girls basketball poll released

Texas Girls Coaches Association recently came out with the preseason 2019-2020 Girls Basketball Poll.

Opinion

Betrayal of the Kurds

For a while, there might have been a little hope that the damage done by Donald Trump’s incompetence, ignorance and impulsivity in foreign policy might be theoretical, and possibly reparable.