Castro County News

Abbott directs TCEQ To accept water offer for Rio Grande Valley

Governor Greg Abbott directed the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) to accept an offer of San Juan River water from Mexico under the 1944 Water Treaty and provide muchneeded water to communities in the Rio Grande Valley, according to a press release.“Water is essential forTexans...
SeveralresidentsatCountryViewLivingmadebrownieslastweek,incorporatingFUNctionalaspectsoftreatment during IADL (Instrumental activities of daily living) tasks. Such activity includes visual scanning, direction following, sustained attention, bilateral upper extremity incorporation, weight bearing, and social interaction, just one example of how something so “simple” such as meal preparation, can be utilized in such a therapeutic manner. (photos courtesy of Country View Living)

SeveralresidentsatCountryViewLivingmadebrownieslastweek,incorporatingFUNctionalaspectsoftreatment during IADL (Instrumental activities of daily living) tasks. Such activity includes visual scanning, direction following, sustained attention, bilateral upper extremity incorporation, weight bearing, and social interaction, just one example of how something so “simple” such as meal preparation, can be utilized in such a therapeutic manner. (photos courtesy of Country View Living)

Several residents at Country View Living

Patrick launches legislative initiative

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick issued a statement on Monday announcing a new major legislative initiative for the Texas Senate, the Dementia Prevention Research Institute of Texas (DPRIT).“One of the most successful existing health programs ever created in Texas is the Cancer Prevention Research Institute of...

State unemployment at 4.1

The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in Texas remained stable at 4.1 percent, the same as the September rate, though higher than October 2023 at 3.6, according to the Texas Workforce Commission and U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics U-3 report.The Midland Metropolitan...
Gov. Greg Abbott

Gov. Greg Abbott

Abbott extends freeze on tuition

Governor Greg Abbott recently sent a letter to Texas colleges and universities prohibiting tuition increases in the next two years.According to Abbott’s office, the board of regents at Texas university systems, an agreement was reached that tuition would stay frozen until the end of the 2026-27...
The DHS Bobbies softball team and head coach Isaac Martinez joinedJulia LaRue as she signed with Cisco College to play Wranglers softball. LaRue had a solid high school career at Dimmitt playing Region 1 District 2-3A softball. Cisco College is a part of the NJCAA Region 5. The head coach for the Wranglers is Cody Lecroy. (photos contributed by Dimmitt Sports Media/DISD)

The DHS Bobbies softball team and head coach Isaac Martinez joinedJulia LaRue as she signed with Cisco College to play Wranglers softball. LaRue had a solid high school career at Dimmitt playing Region 1 District 2-3A softball. Cisco College is a part of the NJCAA Region 5. The head coach for the Wranglers is Cody Lecroy. (photos contributed by Dimmitt Sports Media/DISD)

LaRue signs with Cisco Wranglers

Texas WIC celebrates 50 years of service

The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, popularly known as WIC, is commemorating 50 years of dedicated service to Texans since its opening in March 1974.The program provides healthy food, nutrition education and breastfeeding support at no cost to eligible...

Texas listed as high obesity state

The USA has one of the largest populations with overweight and obesity problems in the world, with Texas being in the leading states of prevalence.According to a study published in Lancet, an independent medical journal, in a little over two decades, almost 260 million people in the United States...

West Texas Endurance to hold Lights Run

West Texas Endurance will host the 12th Annual Carol of Lights Run on Dec. 15 on the campus of Texas Tech University.The evening run will begin at 6:45 p.m.There will be two distances offered, including a “family friendly” course of 1 mile that will take participants through the more than 25,000...

TAMU to disband low producing minor, certificate programs

The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents on Thursday unanimously directed its flagship university to disband 14 minors and 38 certificate programs, including the LGBTQ Studies minor, that administrators said were low producing according to a new process developed use to identify and...