The Bustin' Buns for Boobs Virtual Walkathon fundraiser for the non-profit organization Panhandle Breast Health (PBH) that was the subject of an article in the weekend edition of the News-Press has been postponed until the spring of 2022, according to a press release. No reason for the post…
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"The Little Libraries show that as a community we care about early literacy," said director of Storybridge Dumas and early literacy activist Kinsey Bellar on Thursday, July 8, as she opened the newest Little Library in Moore County in the waiting room on the second floor of the new patient c…
In an effort to increase the COVID vaccination rate in Moore County, JBS USA will be conducting a company-sponsored, free COVID vaccination clinic during the Dumas Downtown Association's July 23 Sip and Shop event in downtown Dumas. To sweeten the deal, the company is offering everyone who …
The D'Town BBQ Cook-Off, cancelled in 2020 because of COVID, returns this weekend, July 16-17, to McDade Park in expanded form with the addition of live music, food trucks, and beer vendors, according to Dumas/Moore County Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Carl Watson, host for the event.
Across the Texas Panhandle, hospitals and other medical facilities face a critical shortage of the blood and blood products used to treat trauma victims, mothers giving birth, and a variety of others who, without transfusions of blood or blood products, would likely die, according to Acacia …
Jagrut "JC" Shah, chairman and founder of an organization called Beyond the Call of Duty, along with 13 other people who "one way or another are related to law enforcement," made a stop at McDade Park in Dumas Wednesday. Some were on motorcycles; some rode in trucks. One of the trucks was …
Ruben Terrazas, a 33-year-old Dumas man, was pronounced dead at the scene Sunday after a one-vehicle, roll-over accident on Dumas Avenue.
Nilsa Latoni, a young Dumas woman, was on the carnival midway Saturday night at McDade Park as Dogie Days 2021 was nearing the end. She encountered her old friend and former neighbor, Allen Dean. Latoni had known Dean and his late wife, Rose, for six years or so. Dean is a member of the D…
JBS USA acknowledged Wednesday that the company had paid "the equivalent of $11 million" ransom during the recent ransomware cyberattack against the company that resulted in the temporary shut down of operations at many facilities in the United States, including Cactus.
People in the mood to travel to Lake Meredith National Recreation Area to do some fishing or boating or to Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument to hike and other things will no longer have to wonder what conditions are like in the area. They can go to www.nps.gov/lamr/learn/photosmulti…
Two passengers died, including a Dumas resident, and the driver was seriously injured following a traffic accident that took place Monday evening in Hartley County.
Dogie Days returned live and in person this week offering everything Moore County residents and visitors alike have come to love: curly fries, hamburgers and other carnival foods, a community barbecue, rides, games, a parade, fellowship, and the drawing for a new vehicle, among other things…
Members of the Dumas Independent School District (DISD) Board of Trustees, administrators, and others came together on North Maddox Avenue Tuesday afternoon at the site of the soon-to-be-built new Dumas North Elementary School to watch 10 students in hard hats from Green Acres and Hillcrest…
JBS USA officials said in a press release Tuesday that they were making "significant progress" returning to normal operations at their facilities in the United States and Australia after a cyberattack over the weekend affected operations and forced the company to halt production at beef pla…
The Moore County Health Foundation more than doubled its previous fundraising record of $14,000 Wednesday, May 26, from the organization's annual Nursing Scholarship Luncheon. According to MCHF Executive Director Kathie Fuston, the more than 200 guests and other donors contributed nearly $3…
JBS USA was the victim of a cyber attack over the weekend by unknown persons that has affected operations at the JBS Cactus plant. According to Moore County Judge Rowdy Rhoades, who has been in contact with local JBS officials, only shipping and maintenance operations would be performed on …
Former Dumas Police Department Chief Marvin Trejo, who died on May 10, 2020 from complications due to COVID, was recently awarded a posthumous Medal of Honor from the American Police Hall of Fame, according to current Chief Ray Resendez. Resendez spoke to the Dumas City Commission during th…
The Dumas Rotary Club awarded seven Dumas High School (DHS) graduating seniors with $500 scholarships Wednesday during the club's regular meeting at The Art Center in Dumas. The seven recipients were Broc Kinikin, Grace Jester, Cade Cox, Galylea Davila, Valeria Loya, Erin Davis, and Doe Mai Na.
"Everybody was ready to get out and do stuff," said Jackie Wiswell, executive director of the Moore County United Way. She was talking about the 2021 United Way Day of Caring that took place Saturday. "We had a great turnout. It was a beautiful day."
Five generations of Lilia Castro's family, some coming from as far away as El Paso and San Antonio, turned out Saturday at Memorial Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Dumas to celebrate her life and wish her a happy 101st birthday. The family members paraded by her in vehicles decorated w…
Many of the people responsible for educating generations of Dumas students came together Tuesday, April 20 at the home of Ruth Ann Grice, instructional coach at Dumas Junior High School (DJHS), to eat, reminisce, and renew friendships at the first DJHS faculty reunion. Anyone who spent time…
The Sunray City Council and Sunray Independent School District Board of Trustees will each have one new face after Saturday's election.
Dumas Junior High School (DJHS) teacher and coach Rebecca Bonine recently realized a dream she has nurtured since college: after four and a half years of work, she completed her dissertation and was awarded a PhD. Bonine, who teaches Texas history to seventh graders and is the DJHS coach,…
The Dumas Education Foundation awarded scholarships ranging from $500 to $1000 to 56 Dumas High School seniors Tuesday during a reception in the DHS cafeteria. Nine students also received scholarships ranging from $100 to $500 from the gifted and talented program known as PEGS.
Deputies of the Moore County Sheriff's Office (SO) found one man with a gunshot wound to the chest Sunday morning about 2:25 am when they responded to a call of a shooting at Roosters Dance Hall just outside the Dumas city limits on North Dumas Avenue, according to a press release from the S…
Early voting in person for the May 1 school board and city council election in Sunray gets underway Monday, April 19 at 8:00 am. Those wishing to cast votes for city council candidates or for the single proposition on the ballot must vote at Sunray City Hall at 415 Main Street from 8:00 am …
Quita Jones, pastor of the First United Methodist Church in Dumas was at the Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church Pastoral Center Thursday to present a check for $2,350 to Teresa and Cleo Castro of the Dumas Education and Social Ministries (DESM), a non-denominational non-profit organizatio…
"I drove a 1986 AMC Eagle. It did not go in reverse. It was a challenge when parking. I promise you it was a big deal," said Audra Rea, Panhandle Community Services (PCS) Assistant Director for Family Development. Rea was in Dumas recently to attend a ceremony marking the beginning of th…
"I love it. I love watching them learn. … I have taught so many people. I have been pulled over by the police before. This happened on a Mother's Day. The lights are going. I am just running to the store. I have company in my house. I am looking for my insurance. I roll my window down…
"It is a beautiful show. Everybody is really impressed and happy about it," said Risa Franco of The Art Center in Dumas. Franco and others have recently finished hanging and arranging the works of 25 artists -- students and instructors -- from the Amarillo Art Institute for an exhibition t…
Comics have long been a part of Sam White's life. The former Dumas minister and Memorial Home Health and Hospice chaplain, who now serves as a hospice chaplain in Amarillo, has been drawing comic strips since the first grade. His work has been featured on the Entertainment pages of the News-…
Dumas High School (DHS) students from the Leo Club, National Honor Society, and Student Council joined Jackie Mikeska from the Bridge Children's Advocacy Center in Amarillo and local Bridge Children's Advocacy Advisory Board members Jill Williams and Brenda Koehn Tuesday in planting 64 littl…
Officials from the Moore County Resource Center (MCRC), Panhandle Community Services (PCS), the Dumas/Moore County Chamber of Commerce, and LA Fuller and Sons Construction came together in Dumas Friday at the 19th Street location of what they hope will soon be the centralized location of mos…
Last year's United Way Day of Caring was cancelled due to COVID, but this year United Way Executive Director Jackie Wiswell says that with the governor's recent order lifting restrictions on activities and with increasing numbers of Moore County residents being vaccinated against COVID, the…
The Dumas Noon Lions Club donated a $1000 Friday to help Dumas Police Department Officer Iram Avila with medical bills and other expenses as he battles cancer. The Lions join Avila's fellow officers, City of Dumas employees, and others who have come together to help the young officer confro…
"We had a big, blue bus that sometimes worked and sometimes didn't, so this will help us out a lot," said Paula Elsheimer, the director of Sonshine Place Preschool in Dumas. The preschool, which is associated with the First Baptist Church, had been awarded a Community Grant from the Dumas E…
A medical unit of the Texas National Guard will hold a first-dose vaccination clinic Thursday, March 11 and Friday, March 12 from 8 am to 7 pm in the Moore County Community Building in Dumas, according to Moore County Emergency Management Coordinator Tommy Brooks.
A group of Sunray students were recently recognized for their efforts in a NASA-sponsored challenge in which they simulated a Mars landing/research mission.
On Saturday Feb. 27, at approximately 10:50 p.m., deputies with the Moore County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to U.S. Highway 287 in reference to a deceased individual in the roadway. Upon arrival, deputies identified the deceased individual as Elizabeth Loera Lujan. Elizabeth sustained …
In a move that provoked criticism from some local leaders in Texas and federal authorities, Governor Greg Abbott issued an executive order Tuesday, March 2 effective March 10 ending the requirement that Texans wear a mask in public and lifting all the restrictions on business operating capac…
The Moore County Hospital District (MCHD) is now receiving small batches of the Moderna vaccine from the State of Texas to be administered as a first dose to qualifying patients at district physician clinics, according to MCHD CEO Jeff Turner. He was speaking Wednesday, February 24 to the M…
City workers took advantage of relatively warm and wind-free weather Monday and removed the signal light that has hung over the intersection of 7th Street and Bliss Avenue for decades. Workers erected stop signs on Bliss Avenue to control the traffic that goes through the intersection. The…
Cassie Hataway and Paul Leiva of JBS Cactus were at the Care Net Pregnancy Resource Center of Dumas temporary offices in the Calvary Baptist Church Friday, February 5 to present a check for $10,000 to Care Net Executive Director Monica Sullivan. The money will go to support Care Net's annua…
Lieutenant Brandon Jones of the Moore County Sheriff's Office spoke to the Moore County Commissioners Monday in their regular commissioners' court and recounted to them the story of a recent incident that landed a local man in jail charged with multiple felonies and earned two sheriff's depu…
When former Canyon Police Department Captain Ray Resendez took over as chief of the Dumas Police Department (DPD) in October, he identified domestic violence and vehicle theft as two areas of crime needing extra attention. Resendez says domestic violence calls to the Dumas Police Department …
Xcel Energy released a statement late Tuesday saying that the controlled electricity outages that some Moore County residents experienced Tuesday morning were over for the time being but could return if electricity production continues to be hampered by the frigid temperatures in the state's…
"If you are not afraid, there is something wrong with you, but there is something about police. That is why it is so prestigious to wear the badge and to wear the uniform. It is because they seem to be a little crazy. Police run to the danger when people are running away from the danger. …
The Dumas/Moore County Chamber of Commerce is preparing for its upcoming busy spring/summer season. The organization will be conducting its annual banquet on April 13, and that will be followed up by two more big events — The D’Town Barbecue and the 4th of July Celebration.
Moore County and the Moore County Hospital District (MCHD) will be holding COVID vaccination clinics in the Moore County Community building on South Maddox next week on the 10th, 11th, and 13th for people over 65 years of age, emergency workers who did not receive a vaccination in the first …
Moore County Judge Rowdy Rhoades administered the oath of office Thursday to Keith Quirk as the new chief of the Dumas Independent School District (DISD) Police Department. "Excited to be in this position," said Quirk after taking the oath. "I know it is a big opportunity. … I look forward…
Dumas High School (DHS) graduate Rilee Weatherford, class of 2014, was in the new patient care wing of Memorial Hospital Monday to accept a $500 scholarship from Phyllis Palser and Nedra Napp of the Moore County Hospital Auxiliary. The money will help Weatherford pay expenses as she studie…
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