Count rebate up nearly 20 percent over 2020
Local sales during the first month of 2021 have Emory, Point and Rains County receiving around 20 percent more in sales tax allocations than March of last year. […]
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Meet Tammy McLaren
Tammy Jackson Mc-Laren’s mother, Helen Maxine Jackson, grew up on the Sand Flat road. […]
March 16, 2021
Good Samaritans March Schedule; Cat in the Hat at Alba Library; County Line Baptist Fundraiser; Catfish Tournament; Ben Wheeler Fire & Rescue Benefit; Rains Co. Business Expo Needs Vendors; Carter BloodCare At St. John’s; KEB Vendor Craft Fair; FOL Holds Book Sale; ET Expo Vendors Needed; Vendor Signups For Founders Day […]
Abbott removes mask mandate, limitations
After nearly a year of executive orders addressing the COVID-19 pandemic and its crippling limitations placed on individuals and businesses, Texas Governor Greg Abbott moved the state a step closer to normality with the announcement of his latest executive order on Tuesday, March 2, while addressing the Lubbock Chamber of Commerce. […]
District to continue with mask mandate
Rains ISD issued a press release on Friday, March 5, stating that the district would continue to require face-coverings for all staff and students in grades 4 through 12. […]
Vaccinations brought to Rains County
Texas Department of Emergency Management (TDEM) provided vaccine inoculations Friday morning, March 5, at the Emory City Centre. Residents 65 and older were the recipients of the vaccine. […]
Board deals with lost days
The Board of Trustees of Rains ISD held a regular meeting on Monday, March 1, to take action concerning the days lost due to winter storms and hear district updates. […]
Chamber news for March 9, 2021
The Rains County Chamber of Commerce is in the process of moving its office space. So if you are not able to get through to us on the phone, please leave a message and we will follow-up or you can reach us on Facebook. […]
Chamber luncheon
The Rains County Chamber of Commerce held its monthly chamber luncheon on Wednesday, February 24, at the Best Western Plus in Emory. […]
Meet Ericka Riggs
From the writers of romance, ladies who live out their dream jobs every day, celebrities we admire, change-makers, or even our history-making vice president Kamala Harris, Women’s History Month affords the opportunity to lift up all women. […]