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Sheriff’s Report

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Wednesday, January 18, 2023
Castro County Sheriff’s Office Persons Arrested & Booked into Jail Jan. 10 to Jan 15 All information of persons arrested and booked into the Castro County Jail are open records: Jan. 10 Medardo Conrado Reyes, 23 of Hart, was arrested by the Sheriff’s Office for No Driver’s License. Jan.

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USDA expands eligibility, enhances benefits

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Wednesday, January 18, 2023
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) updated several conservation, livestock and crop disaster assistance programs to give more farmers, ranchers, and tribes the opportunity to apply for and access programs that support recovery following natural disasters.
Nazareth Team #22952 is the most recent rookie addition, with team members Reid Backus, Simon Snead, and Aiden Chea.

Nazareth Team #22952 is the most recent rookie addition, with team members Reid Backus, Simon Snead, and Aiden Chea.

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Robotics teams aiming for league title

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Wednesday, January 18, 2023
Robotics teams from Nazareth, Dimmitt and Hart competed at the FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC), Meet 3 this past weekend. The Naz robotics teams have been rising to the top of their league again this season. Team 18570 is currently ranked third and 16617 is ranked fourth.
Hart VFD recently received a grant enabling the department to acquire a 2022 Freightliner brush truck. Hart VFD is an intricate part of fire safety, not only in Hart, but in the county with Dimmitt VFD and Nazareth VFD being called out to grass fires, residence fires as well as answering calls to car and truck crashes.

Hart VFD recently received a grant enabling the department to acquire a 2022 Freightliner brush truck. Hart VFD is an intricate part of fire safety, not only in Hart, but in the county with Dimmitt VFD and Nazareth VFD being called out to grass fires, residence fires as well as answering calls to car and truck crashes.

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Hart VFD acquires brush truck

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Wednesday, January 18, 2023
The Hart Volunteer Fire Department of Castro County received a $220,000 grant from the Texas A&M Forest Service Rural Volunteer Fire Department Assistance Program to purchase a large brush truck. The 2022 Freightliner has a 1,500-gallon tank.

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Hegar distributes $1.8B in sales tax allocations

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Wednesday, January 18, 2023
Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced today he will send cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose districts $1.07 billion in local sales tax allocations for January 2023, 7.6 percent more than in January 2022. Castro County showed a positive change at 14.

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Texas Legislature gavels in for session

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Wednesday, January 18, 2023
Texas lawmakers returned to Austin last Tuesday on the heels of State Comptroller Glen Hegar’s announcement of an optimistic revenue estimates which sets a limit on how much can spent on state services that cannot exceed revenue.
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