Don’t Dawdle

‘What’s taking you so long? Don’t dawdle.’In days gone by, parents reprimanded their youngsters for dawdling; (wasting their time when they should have been doing what they’d been told). They knew it was time to leave for school or church and they still weren’t ready.

Texas short on mental health providers entering field

Texas has a shortage of mental health providers entering the field largely due to the lack of supervisors.

Listen with your inner ear

My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.John 10:27 You know, the hardest part of following God’s will is learning to hear his socalled, “still small voice”.

State sales tax revenue $4B in July

Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar said state sales tax revenue totaled $3.99 billion in July, 0.1 percent more than in July 2023.

Fifth Circuit lifts injunction against floating barrier

A federal appeals court ruled last Tuesday Texas can keep its floating barrier in the Rio Grande meant to slow illegal aliens from crossing into the state for the time being.Governor Greg Abbott issued a statement following the decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.“The Fifth...

Workforce Solutions launches SkillUp

Workforce Solutions Panhandle announced the launch of its new outreach campaign, “SkillUp Panhandle: Learn, Grow, & Thrive!”, designed to boost the local workforce by promoting skill development and employability through innovative eTraining opportunities.The “SkillUp Panhandle” campaign aims to...

Project 2025 calls for dismantling NOAA

The Heritage Foundation’s “Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise,” commonly known as Project 2025, proposes the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and its main offices “be dismantled and many of its functions eliminated, sent to other agencies, privatized, or...

Castro 4-H Ambassador

Castro 4-H Ambassador and freshman Asa Olson spent a week attending the Texas Youth Livestock and Agriculture Ambassador Short Course in the Texas Panhandle and South Plains learning to evaluate and harvest cattle, ag product ID and reproduction, feeder and carcass evaluations, and make sausage.

U.S. leads in Olympic medal count

The Paris Olympics Summer 2024features nearly 7,000 athletes from 206 delegations eyeing gold, silver and bronze medals.Team USA came into the games hoping to exceed their haul from Tokyo 2020 in 2021 where it won 39 gold, 41 silver, and 33 bronze medals for a total of 113 medals.