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.

Pet Talk

A dog’s health depends on dozens of bodily organs and systems working in tandem with one another, so when even a single vital organ struggles to perform, a pet’s entire lifestyle can be disrupted.

Library Lines ...

When I was a child, I was puzzled when grownups bemoaned the fact about how fast time flies. (Of course, I considered these to be elderly adults, which encompassed everyone 30 years or older.)But now that I am in my considerably older-than-30 -year-old stage of life, I get it.

New law allows for removal of sports fans

High school sports fans will have to watch their behavior more closely at sporting events after the passage of Texas Senate Bill (SB) 2929 which became effective for the 20252026 school year.