The Richland Springs Report

It grieves me to look out over my beautiful trees and see the leaves turning brown. They are parched, and I fear I will lose more of them this year or next. I thought we might get some rain Saturday, but it passed us by. I know many people are praying for rain, but we need to get serious about it.

The Richland Springs Report

My poor grass is brown except for the large patch that was watered by the leak. It really proves how much importance should be given to careful monitoring of water. Farmers need to carefully use their water.

NNA joins 180 small business groups urging deductibility of Paycheck Protection business expenses

Congress should protect loan forgiveness under the Paycheck Protection Program. That was the message from more than 180 small business groups to Capitol Hill on August 4 as negotiators strive for a new stimulus financial package.

Letter to the Editor

Dear Editor: Local volunteer fire departments have fought dozens of fires so far this summer, and quick, aggressive responses usually keep them from growing larger. The remote, rugged terrain of the 4K Ranch Fire, however, resulted in an out-of-control blaze that volunteers fought for days.

State Capital HIGHLIGHTS

Instead of No. 2 pencils, PPEs top back-to-school list Back-to-school lists aren’t the same this year. Governor Greg Abbott talked last week about why the state is stockpiling personal protective equipment.

The Idle American

My late father, T. J. Newbury, was a grand story teller. Friends and neighbors in Early, Texas, gave him high marks for joketelling, and so do I.

Feds tap bio-manufacturing center in college station for “Warp Speed” production of COVID-19 vaccines

The federal government has reserved a high-tech bio-manufacturing facility here for mass production of a COVID-19 vaccine as part of a program discussed Monday by President Donald Trump.

State Capital HIGHLIGHTS

COVID-19 surge in nursing homes worries editor Thank you for all the well wishes after my first “Capital Highlights” column last week. I also appreciate the emails suggesting topics of high interest.

The Richland Springs Report

I have been a virtual class student for the last five days. As an adult, I found it interesting, and I gained valuable new information from it. As a student, I can feel the pain that so many of our kids have felt trying to assimilate a ton of material from a screen.

The Idle American

No Broken Bones…Yet Give me a break. There are pitfalls when one is in tall weeds trying to determine the origin of expressions. I’m “old school,” still delighting in reading newspaper comics. A recent Bizarro panel from the fertile mind of cartoonist Dan Piraro struck a chord.