Donley County, TX

The Donley County Senior Citizens will hold its second “That Senior Thang” on Saturday, August 20, at the corner of Gorst and Fourth from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. There will be a full concessions and a County Store full of home baked goodies. The free street games will range from pull-the-rubber-duck and sidewalk chalk art to football toss, cornhole, and horseshoes.

Donley County Commissioners are proposing a $4.37 million budget for fiscal year 2023, an increase of about $880,441 compared to the current budget, but a large portion of that increase will not come from local tax dollars. A public hearing on the budget and on the tax rate to support...

AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) - Wholesale water customers supplied by Greenbelt Lake may be getting help from the state in the form of low interest funding of $18 million. The Texas Water Development Board gave preliminary approval Wednesday for a loan to develop a wellfield to add to the water supply which is suffering from low lake levels.

WFO AMARILLO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Thursday, August 4, 2022. ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT. FOR EASTERN ARMSTRONG...EASTERN CARSON...SOUTHEASTERN HUTCHINSON... GRAY...ROBERTS AND DONLEY COUNTIES... At 632 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line. extending from 17 miles north of Skellytown to...

The District Court heard five pleas when it met in Clarendon on Wednesday, July 13, and it also heard three local cases when it met in Memphis on July 7. District Attorney Luke Inman along with Assistant District Attorney Harley Caudle, prosecuted the cases for the State of Texas, with the Honorable Judge Stuart Messer presiding.

A 22-year-old Amarillo man died and another person was injured after a vehicle rollover crash involving a wild animal on US 287 in Donley County early Sunday. According to a news release from the Department of Public Safety (DPS), at about 12:50 a.m., a 2001 Toyota Tundra was westbound on US 287, about three miles east of Hedley, when the driver struck a wild animal in the roadwayand lost control of the vehicle. The Tundra left the roadway, traveled into the center median, and rolledover, ejecting an unsecured passenger. The Tundra came to rest facing northeast in the center median.

Sales tax revenues were mixed for Donley County municipalities when Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar delivered monthly allocations last week. The City of Clarendon slipped for the second month, dropping 0.74 percent for July with an allocation of $40,682.97. Despite the setbacks this month and last month, Clarendon is still ahead...

A patriotic crowd assembled Saturday, July 2, for the 145th annual Saints’ Roost Celebration at the Donley County Courthouse in Clarendon to celebrate America’s independence. The Liberty Electric / Masonic Lodge Kids’ Parade started the day with the youngsters peddling or driving from Third Street down Sully Street...

DONLEY COUNTY, Texas (KVII) — Two close calls over the July Fourth Holiday in Donley County as the volunteer fire department in Clarendon responded to flames ignited by fireworks. In one of the fires overnight, careless use of fireworks put a lake community in danger. “We live about a...

WFO AMARILLO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, June 25, 2022. ...FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Small stream flooding caused by excessive rainfall. continues. * WHERE...In the Texas Panhandle, northwestern Donley County. * WHEN...Until 930 PM CDT. * IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and...

The City of Clarendon will partner with Donley County in an effort to open more grant opportunities for the community following the June 9 meeting of the city council. County officials are working to more accurately report the average income of local households, which is used as a determining factor for state and federal grants.

Signs thefts are on the rise in Donley County, and that puts public safety at risk, according to the Texas Department of Transportation. TxDOT Donley County Supervisor Brian Miller says they are seeing a rash of sign thefts across the county. The vandals are taking all forms of highway markers – stop signs, LED stop signs, deer crossing, FM roadways, and more.

Donley County Commissioners on Monday approved a plan to employ survey takers in an effort to expand local eligibility for several grants. As reported last week, federal agencies currently operate with a survey that says 42 percent of Donley County households are of low to moderate income. However, some grants are only available to communities with 51 percent or more households are of low to moderate income. Local officials believe the number is under reported and are pursuing doing an independent survey.

Donley County Commissioners appointed Sarah Hatley as the new Justice of the Peace for Precincts 1&2 during a called meeting last Tuesday, May 31. Hatley sealed her party’s nomination to be the Republican candidate for the JP position a week earlier. With no Democratic opponent in the November General Election, Hatley is the de facto winner of the office. The JP’s position has been vacant since former judge Pam Mason resigned late last year.

My political life began in a slightly unlikely place: in the pickup with my grandfather in Donley County. A rancher by heritage and profession, he was always interested in the news and somehow imparted upon me the understanding that decisions being made a long way off affected our daily lives.

Donley County Commissioners will be talking about health insurance and a possible way to get more grant funds for local communities when they hold their regular meeting next Monday. County Judge John Howard says the county’s health insurance has gone up $93,000 in the last seven years, and commissioners are...

The Saints’ Roost Museum will hold its Member Appreciation Day in conjunction with the Clarendon Chamber of Commerce’s quarterly Shop Donley County drawing on Thursday, June 16, from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. Refreshments and heavy hors d’oeuvres will be served, and door prizes will be given away for...