Hartley County News

Thursday night Hartley County got socked with round two of bad weather. The storms pummeled that area Wednesday night as well.

Thunderstorms cut through the Texas Pan- handle on Sunday after-noon, spawning a handful of tornadoes and dropping hail.

At least three weak tornadoes touched down in the Texas Panhandle on Sunday, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service said.

“That's nothing compared to what he'll do to the rest of the world if they don't quit the fighting.”

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

Crews battled two grass fires north and west of Amarillo Thursday. The first fire occurred north of Lake Meredith near the junction of Farm-to-Market Road 1913 and 3395 in southern Moore County. 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

“We are particularly concerned about the closure of all rural schools as these are the heart of the small isolated communities throughout sparsely populated Shropshire”

A couple who are helping to bring up their young grandson after the death of both of his parents in road accidents are now fighting to keep his school at Maesbury, near Oswestry, open. via Shropshire Star

“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

“If they were able to bond on those charges, my jail wouldn't nearly be as full. That would help us”

I've argued repeatedly that, from a flat, statistical perspective, it's false to argue that Mexican and Latin American immigration increases crime. via Grits for Breakfast

“The taxpayer: That's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination.”

Illegal immigrants are taking roost in three Panhandle jails and causing crowding issues. via The Voice

“By ensuring no child travels more than six miles to a rural school, some schools with less than four classes will need to form an important part of the network.”

A sweeping review of Shropshire's primary schools will be carried out because of falling pupil numbers. via BBC