Big Lots files for bankruptcy

Big Lots has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection from its debts, with the discount retailer citing inflation and high interest rates as reasons. The filing comes just one month after the company announced it would close at least 315 stores across the nation.

Quinn Minute - Goldilocks and the bears

What’s the real meaning of the fairy tale about Goldilocks?To be frank (although Frank is not my name), “Goldilocks and the Three Bears” is more confusing than a stop sign on a roller coaster track.First, you gotta accept that a bear family owns a fancy two-story deep in the woods.

Editor’s Message

The battle for freedom of the press is ongoing and ever challenged as we see the powers that be trying to or pressured into censoring any news or opinions that the government or corporate entities may not like.

Castro County Community Calendar

Two-man scramble, entry fee $75 per person with sack lunch included in entry. Custom prices for winner of tourney, longest drive, closest to pin and much more. Send entries to DVFD or Dimmitt Recreation.Pink Ladies’ 12th Annual Highway to Hell*O Terlingua. Dimmitt Recreation and Country Club.

Pet Talk

The abandonment of pets has far-reaching consequences for the animals involved as well as for the community. Abandonment exposes dogs and cats to an uncertain fate, once on the streets they must fend for themselves and may suffer from hunger, thirst, injuries and diseases.

Library Lines ...

National Hispanic Heritage Month spans Sept. 15 to Oct. 15. The observance began in 1968 as Hispanic Heritage Week under President Lyndon Johnson and was expanded by President Ronald Reagan in 1988 to cover that 30-day period.

Panelists to share ideas on aquifer depletion

Is the Panhandle and South Plains doomed to witness a “race to the bottom” as irrigated agriculture continues its massive drawdown of the vital Ogallala aquifer?

SpaceX Crew Dragon launches four private astronauts

Four private astronauts launched into space on Tuesday morning from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in a modified SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule as a part of the company’s five-day Polaris Dawn mission.It is Crew Dragon’s fifth private mission so far.

The Beautiful Reality of Death

We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. (2 Corinthians 5:8) Paul said there is a confi dence; a preferable state beyond this life.

The Boys of Basketball

Family and friends will wonder why I’d choose basketball as a topic. I’ve never been interested in sports and hated gym. (I confess; I likely skipped class at least once). The girls’ gym uniforms were far from fashionable… Need I mention the embarrassment of group showers?