Schaeffer to be honored at Fall Gather

Longtime West Texas A&M University supporter Dr. Stanley Schaeffer, formerly of Dimmitt, will be honored at the third Fall Gather at WTAMU on Sept. 27.The event, a celebration of Panhandle agriculture, is put on by students in WT’s Department of Agricultural Sciences.

DVFD golf tourney set for Sept. 20

The Dimmitt Volunteer Fire Department golf tournament will be held in conjunction with the Pink Ladies Highway to Hell-0 Terlingua chili cookoff at the Dimmitt Country Club on Sept. 20.

Texas unemployment holds at 4.2%

The Texas Workforce Commission in a press release stated that Texas had 14.3 million total nonfarm jobs after adding 8,700 positions over the month of July.Over the year, the state added 232,500 jobs for an annual nonfarm growth rate of 1.6 percent, outpacing the national growth rate by 0.

August sales tax revenue $4.1B

Acting Texas Comptroller Kelly Hancock released the figures for August state sales tax revenue and state revenue totals for fiscal 2025 State sales tax revenue totaled $4.31 billion in August, 7.7 percent more than in August 2024.

DPD to host National Night Out

The Dimmitt Police Department will be hosting its “National Night Out” on Oct. 7.The 2025 site for the event will be at the Dimmitt Splash Pad (currently under construction) on Western Circle Drive and will begin at 5 p.m.

Harvest Days Fair gearing up

The Castro County Harvest Days Fair is fast approaching for lots of fun and competition on Sept. 27 to be held on the Dimmitt town square.This year will feature bounce houses, goat roping, corn hole tournaments, fair entries, live music and street dance, and food vendors among many other activities.

Quinn Minute - Nursery rhyme revisit

As I get older, I try to learn something every day. That’s not always possible, because some days I just watch reruns.I’m not alone in this mission. My friend Lucas spent months trying to read deeper meanings into old nursery rhymes.For instance, “Incy Wincy Spider climbed up the waterspout.

New state laws went into effect Sept. 1

Morethan800newlawswent into effect in Texas on Sept. 1, ranging from school vouchers and water infrastructure funding to a ban on city and countyfunded abortion travel funds.After signing 1,155 bills from the regular legislative session, some went into effect immediately. Gov.