Castro County Community Calendar

Community April 13 – June 8 Dimmitt Chamber of Commerce. Office will be temporarily closed. Call 806-647-2524 and leave a voicemail. April 20-29 Free Diabetes Education Classes. The South Plains, District 2 Diabetes Education is offering a free four-class series on managing Type 2 diabetes.

Castro County Community Calendar

Community April 13 – June 8 Dimmitt Chamber of Commerce. Office will be temporarily closed. Call 806-647-2524 and leave a voicemail. April 20-29 Free Diabetes Education Classes. The South Plains, District 2 Diabetes Education is offering a free four-class series on managing Type 2 diabetes.

Editor’s Message

The Second Amendment is under attack – and so is the Constitution. According to the Federalist Society, oral argument in the seminal case of District of Columbia v.

Editor’s Message

Rewriting or eliminating United States history is putting our democracy in crisis. The famous George Santayana quote: “Those who forget the past are condemned to repeat it.” None of us have forgotten. Darned if we're not repeating it anyway...

Editor’s Message

Easter is a Christian holiday that celebrates the belief in the resurrection of Jesus Christ. In the New Testament of the Bible, the event is said to have occurred three days after Jesus was crucified by the Romans and died in roughly 30 A.D.

Editor’s Message

After one year of the pandemic, the pandemic has taken a mental toll on most people. As people struggle to return to normal, they aren’t sure what normal is anymore after months of isolation or semi-isolation. Many lived in high-stress fear of catching C-19.

Editor’s Message

Too many people are willing to settle for the first thing that comes their way or what someone has told them they should do rather than pursuing their dreams. Settling has a funny way of making a person feel like this is just what they deserve.

Editor’s Message

Playoff season is always one of high anticipation and high hopes for high school athletes, coaches and parents.

Editor’s Message

Texans are a legendarily hardy people often recognized for an assortment of traits like pridefulness, bragging and even stubbornness. Toss in friendly and resilient. Bootstrapping resilient. While some of these may be ascribed to the mythic Texan – they are still alive.

Editor’s Message

We are and have been facing the threat of authoritarianism for many years. Authoritarianism is characterized by highly concentrated and centralized government power maintained by political repression and the exclusion of potential challengers.