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WHARTON – COVID-19 won’t stop more than 400 students from receiving associate’s degrees or certificates from Wharton County Junior College this spring.
Read moreThe process of turning groundwater and surface water into safe water for your home is complex and goes largely unseen. Unlike electricity, which you can see coming to your home through power lines, and natural gas, which can have a distinctive smell, water is processed and delivered out of sight and typically underground.
Read moreAUSTIN — From June to August each year, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) staff place leg bands on thousands of mourning and white-winged doves to monitor the factors that influence populations. Information from hunter-reported bands, or “recoveries”, provide estimates of harvest and survival rates, which are used with data from the Harvest Information Program, Parts Collection Survey and other harvest surveys to help manage populations and set annual hunting regulations.
Read moreIt’s summertime, and like it or not, snakes are out.
Read moreAs Texas’ coronavirus cases and hospitalizations continue to break records for a second straight week, leaders and health experts in the largest cities are warning that the state is heading down a dangerous path and hospitals could soon be overwhelmed.
Read moreSeven large planters around the courthouse square have recently been planted again with Red Head Coleuses. Columbus Garden Club committee members have discovered that the Red Head Coleuses do very well in full sun, part sun and even in mostly shade which encompasses conditions at the three separate seating areas around the courthouse.
Read moreOver 600 boxes of fresh produce were distributed at the Eagle Lake First Baptist Church to many families in our surrounding communities on Tuesday, June 16. This project was provided by the Eagle Lake Golf Club Association and was coordinated by club manager Richard Laughlin. Over 370 families - representing over 1,250 people - received these boxes.
Read moreMegan Shupak is a senior at Columbus High School, and is in the top 10 percent of her class. She is active in Varsity volleyball, tennis and will also be a Varsity cheerleader. After she graduates she wants to attend Texas A&M and major in Business. Be sure to visit her table at Saturdays on the Square in downtown Columbus. Courtesy
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