Raquel Villarreal has been working as a nurse at Covenant Plainview for almost 40 years, but in her free time, she sits and crochets hats. Villarreal said she makes them and gives them to children in the hospital. She said a lot of the children at the hospital are sick and need something to help […]
Drought Claims 2,000 Jobs in Panhandle
February 19, 2013 by Leave a Comment
PLAINVIEW – A beef processing plant in Plainview, Texas will close its doors today, citing a dwindling cattle supply in the region. Wichita, Kansas-based Cargill Beef said in a press release that about 2,000 jobs will be lost. The supply issue was brought on primarily by “years of drought in Texas and the Southern Plains states,” the company says.