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NRHC hosting 53rd

NRHC hosting 53rd

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NRHC hosting 53rd Annual Ranch Day

News Staff
Wednesday, March 23, 2022
Family members of all ages can enjoy a day at the ranch during the 53rd Annual Ranch Day from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 2 at the National Ranching Heritage Center (NRHC) on the Texas Tech University campus.

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Editor’s Message

Lynda Bryant Work
Wednesday, March 23, 2022
Abigail Allen recently wrote a column pertaining to the shutdown of the Texas A&M student newspaper. She was totally correct in her assessment that we still need university and student printed editions for many reasons. Her column can be viewed at The Texas Center for Community Journalism.

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Castro County Community Calendar

News Staff
Wednesday, March 23, 2022
Community April 1-2 Ogallala Quilt Festival. Check for information and deadlines at ogallalaquilters.org April 10 Culpepper & Merriweather Big Top Circus. Dimmitt Rotary is sponsoring. Show times: 2 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. at 1400 Western Circle Drive.
Firefighters and first responders from the Texas A&M Forestry, local VFD and interlocal fire departments battled Texas wildfire on record this past week. The Eastland Complex Fire resulted in mass evacuations, three deaths, the loss of about 100 structures and other property damage. The city of Carbon was destroyed.

Firefighters and first responders from the Texas A&M Forestry, local VFD and interlocal fire departments battled Texas wildfire on record this past week. The Eastland Complex Fire resulted in mass evacuations, three deaths, the loss of about 100 structures and other property damage. The city of Carbon was destroyed.

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Wildfires wreak havoc in Central Texas

News Staff
Wednesday, March 23, 2022
Multiple wildfires continued to scorch parts of Texas Monday after igniting under dangerous fire weather conditions in the state last week and this past weekend causing the destruction of many homes and the deaths of an Eastland deputy sheriff and two firefighters, one from Texas and one Oklahoma.

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Deadline for property tax renditions nearing

News Staff
Wednesday, March 23, 2022
The Texas Comptroller’s office is reminding business owners that for many property types, April 15 is the deadline to file property tax renditions with their county appraisal districts. Different deadlines apply for certain regulated property.
Dimmitt Rotary to host

Dimmitt Rotary to host

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Dimmitt Rotary to host circus on April 10

News Staff
Wednesday, March 23, 2022
The Dimmitt Rotary Club will be hosting the Culpepper & Merriweather ‘Under the Big Top’ Circus again and it should prove to be a lot of fun as always.

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VAERS data shows 1.18M COVID adverse vaccine events

News Staff
Wednesday, March 23, 2022
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released VAERS data which included a total of 1,183,495 reports of adverse events from all age groups following COVID vaccines, including 25,641 deaths and 208,209 serious injuries between Dec. 14, 2020, and March 11, 2022.

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NRCS announces funding for grants

News Staff
Wednesday, March 23, 2022
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) announced today $1 million investment to help support the adoption of innovative conservation approaches on Texas agricultural land.
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