Nominations being accepted for Chamber awards

The Dimmitt Chamber of Commerce is now accepting nominations for Citizen of/through the Years and Agricultural Family of the Year. The awards will be presented at the Chamber Annual Banquet set for Jan. 21, 2023.

Texas leaders warm up for 88th session

It isn’t just the elections that are nearing, but also the upcoming Texas Legislature’s 88th session in just four months, when state lawmakers will spend 140 days trying to sort out the issues in Texas.

Pet Talk

A diagnosis of chronic pain may sound scary to anyone. Fortunately, many treatment options are available to ease and improve the symptoms of chronic pain in pets.

Library Lines ...

'Open the floodgates' means to 'make something possible to happen that had been difficult, illegal, or impossible.' At least that is the definition according to the idiom section of www.usingenglish.com. Why do we care about that fun-filled fact here at Rhoads Memorial Library?

Call On His Name

On the day I called, you answered me; my strength of soul you increased. Psalm 138:3 I once interviewed a lady for my radio show, The Reality, who was severely abused as a child. We’ll call her Jas. Jas was not a Christian, she was of a polytheistic faith and believed in many gods.

Biden, Navajo Nation at odds over oil drilling ban

The Biden administration is expected to ban oil and gas leasing near a Native American historical site despite heavy opposition from local tribal leaders, who say the ban would prevent them from collecting royalties on their land.

Wayland receives grant for Virtual Center of Excellence for Veteran Student Success

A Virtual Center of Excellence for Veteran Student Success will be established at Wayland Baptist University with a $592,217 U.S. Department of Education grant.

Border agents disrupt human smuggling events

U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents near the Texas-Mexico border disrupted five human smuggling events on Monday and Tuesday, resulting in the arrests of 20 people. On Monday morning, in Mission, Texas.

TAJF awarded $20M to provide housing legal services

The Texas Access to Justice Foundation (TAJF), the state’s largest funding source for civil legal aid, today announced it received an additional $20 million in funding from the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs to continue the Emergency Rental Assistance Program.