Opinion

Pros and cons of meal subscription plans

4 years ago By News Staff

From time to time, I feel it is a clever idea to subscribe to one of the several meal subscriptions plans available because I just want something different to eat. Another, and perhaps the biggest reason is because I can have the ingredients sent to my house, and I don’t have to grocery shop.

Pork Chops with Tomato Caper Sauce by Green Chef

It’s time to rein in government agencies

4 years ago By News Staff

By now, many of you have heard about the Securities and Exchange Commission’s plan to require publicly traded companies to disclose their greenhouse gas emissions.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

4 years ago By News Staff

Dear Editor, As a taxpayer in Pecos County, I’m opposed to the two school bonds on the Nov. 8 ballot for the following reasons: 1.

Today and every day I am here to serve you

4 years ago By News Staff

As the congressman for the Texas 23rd Congressional District, I am committed to serving the needs of my constituents. I take great pride in the hard work my team and I are doing for Texas.

Today and every day I am here to serve you

If rocks can get along, then why not us?

4 years ago By Faith Column

When I was in a college geology class in West Texas, our professor decided that we needed to go on a field trip together. We first went down to the Big Bend, where we saw many interesting things in the rocks and the mountains. Then we went to a place none of us had ever been before.

New growth coming up from pecan stump

4 years ago By News Staff

Dear Neil: We need some help identifying and controlling this wild growth. It originated where we had a non-producing pecan cut to the ground last winter. It came up in the spring, and has grown more rapidly than anything we have ever seen.

September is Apple Month

4 years ago By News Staff

September is Apple Month. When school starts and September is here, who can’t start to think about all those wonderful apples ready for picking and eating. Apples are easy to cut and place in school lunches, for snacks, and salads. There are over a 100 ways to use apples.