Dallam County News

The drought is back in Texas -- in varying degrees -- for more than 90% of the state.

Give credit to the person responsible for updating the Potter County Sheriff's Department Web site.

Strong thunderstorms moved through the area again Wednesday night sending four people from Hartley to area hospitals.

“In fact, I didn't even have to convince the commissioners, and they didn't know what I was going to put on it at that point”

Deaf Smith part of larger mission Henry Bargas / Amarillo Globe-News Nort Mowery holds up a sample T-shirt at the Carson County Courthouse. via Amarillo.com

“I really expected we'd get more than one”

Just one firm sent proposal for trade The competition to trade water rights with the city of Amarillo will be less than fierce. via Amarillo.com

“It's a part that faces the most pressure from other use. It has pretty decent pressure on three sides.”

Amarillo started Friday looking to make a big water deal. Let's make a deal City staff will judge proposals on several criteria including: The city prefers to deal with a single entity; The trade should be for ... via Amarillo.com

“If we can put an element of war on county property”

A group seeking rights to build a monument of the Ten Commandments on public land in Randall County made a similar pitch to officials in Potter County this morning. via Amarillo.com

“There's forces who want to take God out of everything. We shouldn't let them.”

A group wants to install a granite monument of the Ten Commandments in front of the Randall County Courthouse. via Amarillo.com

“I'm happy because it's my last spelling bee”

Anjali Raghuram of Potter County spells "epochal" Saturday as Christina Benitscheck of Curry County sits behind her during the Regional Spelling Bee in the Branding Iron Theatre on the campus of West Texas A&M ... via Amarillo.com

Texas Rangers have arrested a Dallam County man who they believe has been posing as a law officer. via MyHighPlains.com

“We disagree on the idea that we didn't have the authority to change the rules”

The city of Amarillo is asking for help to keep its lawsuit over water afloat. It has asked the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and the Texas Water Development Board to tell the North Plains ... via Amarillo.com

Water continues to be at the forefront of issues facing Texans, and it is no different for the residents of the Panhandle. When the Texas Legislature authorized the formation of Groundwater Conservation Districts in Texas, they foresaw the importance of water to the future of the state, and knew that a locally elected Board would be better able to ascertain local needs and manage the groundwater resources of their area than would a large state-wide governing body.

One of the duties carried out by the staff of North Plains Groundwater Conservation District each year, at the direction of the Board of Directors, is the collecting of data about the water levels in the Ogallala aquifer and how they have changed during the past year. This data is collected from monitoring wells located throughout the eight counties of the District, and the water levels are measured during the winter when the aquifer has had time to recover from any local drawdown due to irrigation wells. Read more