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REFUGIO – The deadline to apply for benefits under the Livestock Forage Disaster Program and the Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees and Farm-Raised Fish Program is Jan. 30. “It is imper...
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Farm Service Agency (FSA) Administrator Bruce Nelson traveled to Texas last Wednesday to tour areas of the southern parts of the state devastated by drought and wildfires. Nelson said that USDA w...
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Despite the drought, county farmers sustained a “fair cotton harvest,” according to David Wyatt, manager of Bayside-Richardson Gin near Bonnie View. The gin is geared up, running 24 hours a day, s...
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Tyler Galbreath fixes his gaze and takes his mark. The 15-year-old shooter sets his feet at each station, shifting his weight from one foot to the other in what some of the onlookers call “a dance....
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Two Refugio High School graduates received the Richard Wallrath Educational Foundation Scholarships during the 4H Opportunity Scholarship Banquet at the Texas State 4H Roundup in College Station on...
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Skidmore-Tynan ISD school board members joined trustees from across the state at the Texas Association of School Boards’ (TASB) Summer Leadership Institute June 9-11 in San Antonio. Approximately ...
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The annual crop tour revealed grain sorghum that’s holding up, considering drought conditions. “The grain is OK but not exceptional,” said Richard Niemann, whose family has farmed the Bonnie View ...
national news
Reuters - Among the slick, million-dollar ads for the likes of Pepsi and Honda during the Super Bowl this Sunday, viewers in Washington will see a far more modest spot. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Boston Mayor Thomas Menino will be sitting on a couch touting an issue most politicians avoid like the plague: gun control.
Sat Feb 04 12:19:03 UTC 2012
Reuters - Police removed bedding and most tents on Saturday at an "Occupy" protest site just blocks from the White House, enforcing a no-camping rule at a public square that has housed protesters for months.
Sat Feb 04 11:08:40 UTC 2012
Reuters - A major winter storm that dumped two feet of snow on the Denver area marched eastward on Saturday, buffeting the Central Plains with heavy snowfall and wind gusts of 25 miles per hour.
Sat Feb 04 12:43:22 UTC 2012
Time.com - Gingrich ended his campaign against Romney in Florida with the same message strategy that Romney's senior advisers had used in another Republican primary two years earlier: Attack Goldman Sachs. There was a good reason
Fri Feb 03 23:20:00 UTC 2012