The Nueces-Frio-Sabinal Soil and Water Conversation District is offering two $500 scholarships to graduating seniors who live in Uvalde County. Applicants must be planning to pursue education in an agriculture field. The deadline to apply is 4 p.m. on Friday, April 12. Applications can be submitted to school counselors or by email to nuecesfriosabinalswcd@gmail.com. They can also be delivered to […]
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Sahawe Dancers winter shows to begin March 9
The 58th-annual Sahawe Dancers winter shows will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 9 and Saturday, March 23 at the Sahawe Outdoor Theatre. The venue is located at the corner of South Wood and East Garden streets in Uvalde. General admission is $10 with each purchase offering a chance for door prizes. Tickets may be purchased at the […]
Uvalde schools going on break next week
Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District campuses will be closed on March 11-15 for Spring Break. March 18 is an intervention day, meaning students will not return to school until Tuesday, March 19.
Daylight saving time begins March 10
Sunset will come an hour later when daylight saving time begins Sunday, March 10 at 2 a.m., ending Central Standard Time until November. Follow the old adage “spring forward, fall back,” and roll clocks forward one hour. Most digital devices that have an internet connection will automatically adjust to the time change, but some analog devices such as watches and […]
Library closing monthly for training
El Progreso Memorial Library will be closing the second Monday of each month for staff professional development, beginning March 11. The library will reopen on the following Tuesday at 10 a.m. Library director Tammie Sinclair said that curbside assistance for checking out a book will be available during the closure. El Progreso Memorial Library is located at 301 W. Main […]
Knippa golfers compete in Leakey Invitational
The Knippa high school golf team competed at the Leakey Invitational Golf Tournament in Utopia on Feb. 21-22. All of the District 31-A golf teams were represented at the tournament. The boys team consisting of James Miller, Jackson Sanford, Victor Ortiz, Cash Collins, and Robert Garza won runner-up as a team with a score of 392. Miller finished fourth with […]
Memories are made of this
Utopia’s Lady Buffaloes fire up community with state runFifty years ago, in February of 1974, the teenage girls who made up the Utopia Lady Buffalo girls’ basketball team were having the time of their lives, reeling off one victory after another en route to a 29-3 season record. Basketball fever engulfed the small community. The high school basketball teams were having successful seasons and the girls set the […]