HPWD deadline approaching for proposals

Applications for research/demonstration funding with High Plains Underground Water Conservation District (HPWD) are due Monday, May 2. A standard application form is available on the HPWC district web site at hpwd.org/research and should accompany the proposal.

Dimmit Police Department Calls

Castro County Sheriff’s Office Report

CASTRO COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE Persons Arrested & Booked into Jail April 4 to April 17 All information of persons arrested and booked into the Castro County Jail are open records: April 4 Nabor Hernandez Jr., 56 of Olton, was transported back to Castro County from Hale County on a Castro County...

Naz FFA Updates

Nazareth FFA Homesite students advanced to qualify for the State competition after placing second against 11 teams and 38 students at Area. Team members include Dayson Schacher, champion individual; Harrison Meador, 4th; Payton Durbin, 10th; Max Snead and Maddie Leochner.

Fire scorches fence

Fires can quickly break out and do damage, as Dimmitt resident Glenn Hatla discovered. While in Amarillo, he received a call from his son that his fence was on fire.

National Telecommunicators Week

As a part of National Telecommunicators Week, Sheriff Sal Rivera offered a big “Thank You” to the Castro County Sheriff’s Office 911 operators for being the lifeline for law enforcement officers, fire departments, EMS and communities in the county. Rivera said they are the “unseen heroes.”

Castro County Community Calendar

Community Calendar May 10 Dimmitt Community Blood Drive. Dimmitt City Hall. 3:30 – 7 p.m. For an appointment, please go to yourbloodinstitute.org or call (806) 331-8833, toll free 1-877-574-8800. June 14 Soldier Boxes. Chamber of Commerce. 9 a.m. Come let your soldier’s know you care.

Driver killed in fatal car accident

A Hereford resident died after colliding with a truck and semi-trailer this past Thursday morning. Rachel Martinez, 39 of Hereford, was driving a 2016 Chevrolet Malibu traveling west on US 60 in the inside lane approximately 8 miles west of Hereford in Castro County.