Castro County Community Calendar

Nov. 22Simply Christmas Holiday Classics. Texas AgriLife Lunch and Learn. Dimmitt Senior Citizens Bldg. Noon to 1 p.m. Eat lunch and receive a cookbook. $20 per person.

Pet Talk

This Thanksgiving holiday, many people will be gathering for smaller and safer celebrations amidst the pandemic.

Library Lines ...

Once upon a time I had a sweatshirt that showed a human brain bearing the caption of “normal brain” with an adjacent picture showing a brain strangled by a string of Christmas lights. That caption said, “your brain on Christmas.”

Remember Me

The lives of baby-boomers are made up of Kodak moments. Wanting to remember special people or occasions, we grabbed Kodak or Polaroid cameras. Pasting developed pictures in photo albums was the final step. Kodak has gone out of business and is now only a faded memory.

Amarillo Farm & Ranch Show set for Dec. 3-5

The IDEAg Amarillo Farm & Ranch show will be held on Dec. 3-5 at the Amarillo Civic Center.The show provides farmers and ranchers a place to network, learn and grow and bring the best in agribusiness from across the Texas panhandle, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Kansas.The event will have close to 500...

Fresh Vision

Where there is no vision, the people perish. Proverbs 29:18 (KJV) I opened the bread box yesterday afternoon with great ambition to make myself a big soft succulent sandwich for lunch. Inside was a loaf of bread. Taking it out I gave it a gentle squeeze. To my dismay, it was firm, not soft.

PRPC expands services to include arbitration

The Panhandle Regional Planning Commission Dispute Resolution Center will be expanding their services to include both binding and non-binding arbitration. The arbitration services will be offered beginning December 1, 2024.Currently the DRC focuses on mediation services.

Trump nominates JFK Jr. to head HHS

President-elect Donald Trump announced on Truth Social last Thursday that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is his choice for the next secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).Because the HHS secretary is a Cabinet-level position, Kennedy must be nominated and confirmed by the Senate...

THLN to focus on ethical pets sale as priority

The Texas Humane Legislation Network (THLN) unveiled the Ethical Pet Sales Bill as its legislative priority for the 89th Legislative Session.“We are excited to announce the Ethical Pet Sales Bill as our legislative priority to stop the puppy mill pipeline into Texas,” said Shelby Bobosky, Executive...

One dead, three injured following fatal crash

The Castro County Sheriff ’s Office responded to a major wreck south of Hart at FM 168 & FM 145 last Wednesday afternoon after receiving a 911 call.Deputies arrived to find two unresponsive people and one ambulatory person involved in the crash.