Dumas News

Life has been rough lately for Empty Stocking Fund Recipient No. 2. She has bone marrow cancer and was approved for government housing benefits in September.

T he local food pantry in Moore County needs some help. The Moore County Press reports that the pantry is in need of donations to help meet the needs of the community.

CHAMPS Academy, an alternative high school for high risk students in our area, will close after 16 years.

Campbell Funeral Home of Spur. John Cariker , 52, of Lubbock died Oct. 20, 2009, at Lubbock Health Care Center.

Roger Dale Weatherred, age 43, of Scotland, Texas, passed away Saturday, November 14, 2009, at his residence.

Winter weather is on the way, and TxDOT is ready. "Our crews are basically standing by and waiting to be called out," said Paul Braun, TxDOTa s Spokesperson.

Two men were transported by medical helicopter to an Amarillo hospital Friday afternoon after they were injured in separate accidents outside of Dumas.

We can now, along with higher taxes, health care reform, the objectivity of Fox News and President Obama and the Nobel Peace Prize, add another hot-button topic for Texas Panhandle residents.

A single-story home in west Dumas was destroyed after a fire broke out about 5:35 p.m. Thursday, city firefighters said.

Moore County and Nixle are providing residents of Dumas, Sunray, Cactus and other residents of Moore County with a new way of receiving important information like storm warnings, or missing children alerts.

Vanessa Dawn Harper, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Gilbert Harper, of Booker, TX, and Stephen Michael Stewart, son of Taylor Bertram and Mr.

Bivins, who had been battling a long illness, died at his home in Amarillo, said family spokeswoman Sharon Miner.

The Moore County Press in Dumas reports that the well known A&E channel will be setting up shop soon.

Heath Roark performs with the Bushland High School band at the Division I University Interscholastic League marching band event Saturday at Dick Bivins Stadium in Amarillo.

Driving the horse-drawn hearse, Roy Lynn Davis, sitting left, and Sgt. Byron Farley pull up to the memorial service at the church.

Amarillo ISD City Meet Where: Thompson Park When: Today Time: Junior varsity, 4:15 p.m.; varsity girls, 4:35 p.m.; varsity boys, 4:50 p.m. Course: Girls approximately 2 miles, boys approximately 3 miles.

Potter County Democratic Party Chairman Abel Bosquez knows that recent history is not on his side, but he thinks that next year he will do what no Panhandle Democrat has done since 1994 - win a Texas Legislature seat.

Project CHART, Children's Healthcare Access in Rural Texas, is being launched by TTUHSC and is their newest network of health care for children in rural Texas.

We thank Dr Movahed for his interest in our study1 and for raising the issue of the classification of coronary bifurcations.

Concern about water management and high input costs prompted Dumas, Texas, farmer David Ford to look into incorporating conservation strategies into his operation.