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Nobody likes keeping track of all those paper tags.Why not give the new digital tags a try?

Nobody likes keeping track of all those paper tags.Why not give the new digital tags a try?

Digital tagging options now available in Texas

News Staff
Friday, August 26, 2022
Digital tagging is now available as an option with select 2022-23 resident Super Combo licenses, including the Super Combo, Senior Super Combo and Lifetime Super Combo. With any one of these digital licenses, you can digitally tag your deer, turkey and oversized red drum harvests.
TPWD Photo

TPWD Photo

Promising dove season predicted

News Staff
Friday, August 26, 2022
If you're wondering if the heat has affected the doves, don't worry. Like most Texans, most doves are well-adapted to hot, dry conditions, particularly white-winged doves, and the season looks promising.
ERCOT Photo

ERCOT Photo

New CEO with Texas ties to oversee ERCOT

News Staff
Friday, August 26, 2022
The Public Utility Commission of Texas today approved the Electric Reliability Council of Texas’ selection of Pablo Vegas as chief executive officer.  The PUC’s approval came immediately following the ERCOT board of director’s vote to hire Vegas as CEO.
TPWD Graphic

TPWD Graphic

5 ways to keep things cool in the field

News Staff
Friday, August 26, 2022
This summer's been a hot one, and it's not over quite yet. Before it starts feeling like actual hunting weather, however, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department shared the following five heat hacks to help keep you cool until the temperatures become so: 1. Hunt in the morning  2.
TPWD Photo

TPWD Photo

Big Time Texas Hunts, entries open for 2022-23 season

News Staff
Friday, August 26, 2022
This season, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s (TPWD) Big Time Texas Hunts (BTTH) program is offering Texans some of the very best hunting opportunities in the state. Ten premium guided hunt packages are offered in this year’s Big Time Texas Hunts drawing.

CLARIFICATION

News Staff
Friday, August 26, 2022
The DeWitt County Grand Jury indictment report published in the Aug. 24 issue of the Yoakum Herald-Times listed an indictment of a Daniel Squyres for controlled substance possession in a drug-free zone.
DeWitt County Constable Precinct 1 Kelly Phelps addresses the commissioners court during the proposed tax rate and budget public hearings Aug. 22. Photo by Hans Lammeman.

DeWitt County Constable Precinct 1 Kelly Phelps addresses the commissioners court during the proposed tax rate and budget public hearings Aug. 22. Photo by Hans Lammeman.

DeWitt County adopts tax rate, budget

Hans Lammeman
Tuesday, August 23, 2022
The DeWitt County Commissioners Court approved a 10% decrease in the property tax rate for fiscal year 2022, expected to raise property tax revenue by 49.3% – more than $9.5 million.
YISD teachers and staff attend the active attacker training at Yoakum High School Tuesday, Aug. 9.

YISD teachers and staff attend the active attacker training at Yoakum High School Tuesday, Aug. 9.

YISD, YPD host active attacker training for staff

Hans Lammeman
Friday, August 12, 2022
With the tragic mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde fresh on the minds of educators across the nation, Yoakum Independent School District (YISD) teachers and staff attended an active attacker training Tuesday, Aug. 9.
Yoakum Primary School students are required by school dress code to wear tennis shoes and sneakers for the 2022-2023 school year to optimize PE class time. Courtesy Photo

Yoakum Primary School students are required by school dress code to wear tennis shoes and sneakers for the 2022-2023 school year to optimize PE class time. Courtesy Photo

Primary School dress code requires sneakers and tennis shoes

Hans Lammeman
Friday, August 12, 2022
Yoakum Primary School’s dress code now requires students to wear sneakers or tennis shoes as footwear to maximize Physical Education (PE) class time for the 2022-2023 school year.
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