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After a lengthy Budget Workshop, Grimes County Commissioners held a Special Meeting, Monday, Aug. 22, and arrived at terms and figures for the preliminary draft of the final 2022-2023 budget. They approved a proposed tax rate of $0.48/$100 valuation, increasing the anticipated percentage of taxes collected from 96.5% to 97.12%, and adding two clerical positions. One clerk is slated for the Tax Assessor/ Collector’s office and the other for the Grimes County Sheriff’s Office. Commissioner Chad Mallett was absent.
Read moreA new dimension has been added to Navasota’s diverse community of artists. Joining illustrators, musicians, painters, poets, thespians and writers is award winning, internationally recognized Master Quilter Barbara McCraw. Her colorful, exquisitely detailed handiwork hangs in private collections, has been exhibited in almost every state in the union and in Africa, Canada and Europe.
Read moreTexas Department of Public Safety is investigating a three-vehicle accident that claimed the life of a Houston man Wednesday, Aug. 10, near the intersection of Texas State Highway 105 east and County Road 417. DPS Sergeant, Justin Ruiz, said the preliminary investigation indicates at approximately 1:05 p.m., a 2014 Dodge Ram Pickup traveling westbound on Hwy. 105 stopped for vehicles turning onto CR 417. A 2009 Chevrolet Equinox was traveling westbound and for an unknown reason failed to drive in a single lane and came to a stop in the eastbound lane facing north.
Read moreAt a Special Meeting of the Navasota City Council Monday, Aug. 15, City Manager Jason Weeks and department heads presented council members with a department-by-department review of the City’s proposed 2022-2023 budget.
Read moreA public meeting to discuss plans for youth soccer in Navasota is scheduled Wednesday, Aug. 17, in the council chambers at Navasota City Hall beginning at 5 p.m.
Read moreRecord-setting temperatures in Texas has the community searching for relief by cranking down the air-conditioning. Electricity costs are anticipated to rise in the summer, but electric bills doubling, and in some instances tripling, have Texans scrambling for answers. It isn’t just one electric company sending out higher bills, multiple electric companies throughout the state are having to charge their customers higher rates. Reasoning provided by electric companies is the WPCA, Wholesale Power Cost Adjustment, which refl ects the cost of fuel needed to produce electricity in Texas.
Read moreCommunity members and representatives from across Grimes County were on hand to celebrate the ribbon cutting of HealthPoint's new Navasota clinic.
Read moreA large crowd was on hand this week to welcome Grimes County's newest restaurant with a Chamber of Commerce ribbon-cutting at the Red Board Tavern and Table in the heart of Navasota's beautiful Railroad District.
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