WTAMU Festival of Lights, Winter Carnival set for Dec. 2

A beloved 30-year holiday tradition will return in an expanded format Dec. 2 as West Texas A&M University’s Christmas lights officially are illuminated for the season.

Naz FFA LDE Senior Quiz headed for state

Nazareth FFA students competed in the Area 1 LDE contest at WTAMU this past weekend. Senior Quiz teams won second and third overall and are qualified to compete at the state competition.

Contract livestock producers get $270M in pandemic aid

(Successful Farming) Payments totaling $270 million are being made to so-called contract producers to offset revenue lost to the pandemic in 2020, said the Agriculture Department this past Thursday.

Deere, UAW agree on contract to end strike

John Deere factory workers have agreed to a new contract, ending a month-long strike that symbolized a surge in labor action amid the pandemic recovery, the Washington Post reported.

Nazareth honors veterans

Nazareth community honored it veterans in a ceremony held at Nazareth High School on Veterans Day. More than 20 veterans were treated to breakfast at the school cafeteria and joined citizens and students at the Naz High School gym where the ceremony began with the presentation of the colors.

Deer hunting restrictions require testing in CWD zone

In response to the discovery of Chronic Wasting Disease (CDW) in a free-ranging mule deer southeast of Lubbock County in February 2021, The Texas Parks & Wildlife Commission has approved a CWD zone that encompasses southeast Lubbock County, northeast Lynn County, southwest Crosby County, and...

Texas Farm Bureau set to hold annual meeting

Farmers and ranchers across the Lone Star State will meet in Corpus Christi in December as part of the 88th annual meeting of the Texas Farm Bureau (TFB), the state’s largest general farm and ranch organization. The annual meeting is set for Dec. 3-5 at the American Bank Center in Corpus Christi.

Editor’s Message

The FDA has asked a federal judge to make the public wait until the year 2076 to disclose all of the data and information it relied upon to license Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine. It wants 55 years to produce this information to the public.