The good, bad of our water situation

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service Castro/Hale/Lamb County I recently attended the Plant Protection Conference in College Station, where the theme “Water: Essential but Limited for Texas Agriculture” could not have been more timely.

USDA Announces January 15 National Batching Deadline for Major NRCS Conservation Programs

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service established a national Jan. 15, 2026, batching deadline for the first funding round of key conservation programs. Texas agricultural producers are encouraged to contact their local USDA Service Center for more information.

$20 billion from Proposition 4 is far short of state water funding needs

There’s an elephant in the room that nobody talked much about concerning the overwhelming voter approval of Proposition 4 on the November 4 constitutional amendments ballot. Prop 4 is supposed to dedicate up to $1 billion a year for 20 years to the Texas Water Fund.Here’s the rub.

If you live in the country

f you live in the country, you have mice. Particularly if you keep animals of any kind. It's not really the animals that draw the mice, but the feed. All farmers know this.

COMMISSIONERS COURT MINUTES

STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF CASTRO BE IT REMEMBERED ON THE 24th DAY OF NOVEMBER 2025, COMMISSIONERS COURT MET IN A REGULAR MEETING WITH THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS PRESENT: MANDY GFELLER- COUNTY JUDGE TIM ELLIOTT- COMMISSIONER PCT. 2 MICHAEL GOOLSBYCOMMISSIONER PCT. 3RALPH BROCKMANCOMMISSIONER PCT.

FIRST DEAN’S LIST

In an effort to recognize the leadership and dedication of the most outstanding secondary school students from FIRST, the Kamen family sponsors awards for selected 10th and 11th-grade students known as the FIRST Tech Challenge FIRST Dean's List Award.

Jose Anibal Ramos graduates from Wayland Baptist University

PLAINVIEW, TX – Jose Anibal Ramos of Dimmitt, TX has graduated from Wayland Baptist University with a Bachelor of Applied Science degree in Criminal Justice Administration.Fifty-nine Wayland graduates received diplomas during ceremonies held at 2 p.m.

COAT DRIVE CREW

The First Grade Class of Nazareth ISD along with their teacher, Kristin Braddock helped with the coat drive hosted by Communities in Schools that benefits Dimmitt ISD students. Mrs. Braddock's First Grade Class made signs for the coat drive, collected and even folded and organized the bags of coats.

The 2016 Clown Panic ... a fool’s errand

In the long, storied history of Texas panics, (like finding an affordable generator in November of 1999, or being able to purchase toilet paper and hand sanitizer almost twenty years later), none was as inexplicable or inane as The Great Murder Clown Panic of 2016.