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The Candidates Speak
The Candidates Speak In the next several editions of The Jal Record, we will be featuring questionsand answers from the candidates currently running for office in our local elections this November. Eachcandidate will be asked the exact same questions, with incumbents...

Senior News
Senior News By Evelyn Hales Edna Branin and her son, Dee, took a big road trip in June, ending up in Louisiana for a family reunion. A good time was had by all. One of the highlights of the trip was a visit with former Jalite, Gary Watkins. Gary is doing well and...

Local pastor helps train new ministers
Local pastor helps train new ministers By John Earp One of the hats this reporter wears, besides pastoring and driving two school bus routes, involves serving as the coordinator for the Ministerial Internship Program of the Church of God in the New Mexico and El Paso...
Local Sports

Panthers dispossessed by Demons
Panthers dispossessed by Demons By John Earp The undefeated Jal Panthers Varsity Football Team faced off against the undefeated Dexter Demons last Friday night in Panther Stadium, in what was expected to be a real challenge for the Panthers,...

Panthers fighting Demons
Panthers fighting Demons By John Earp This Friday at Panther Stadium, the Jal High School Panthers Varsity Football Team (3-0) will face the Dexter Demons, a likewise undefeated 3-0 team, for Homecoming. Head Coach Dusty Giles says Dexter is a “very much improved”...

JV Volleyball Team takes Lady Colts down
JV Volleyball Team takes Lady Colts down By John Earp The JV Jal Panthers Volleyball Team faced a tough NMMI Lady Colts team Tuesday afternoon in game one of three at the Panther Gym with the lead going back and forth for the first half, at which point the score was...
Around The Area

JPYS Cheer Signups!
JPYS Cheer Signups! Monday, July 31st & Tuesday, August 1st Jr. High Gym - 6:00-7:30pm Sample uniforms will be available to try on both days! Coaches Kinder-2nd: Victoria Contreras and Janice Cole 3rd & 4th: Priscilla Zamora 5th & 6th: Eddy...

Cook is a natural rodeo clown
Zack Cook Cook is a natural rodeo clown Lea County Fair & Rodeo Press Release July 18, 2023 LOVINGTON, N.M. – In the summer of 2019, Zack Cook was content in his job as a laborer at the Cody Nite Rodeo in his Wyoming hometown. He’d work during the day and through...

FRAUDSTERS NEVER GO ON VACATION
FRAUDSTERS NEVER GO ON VACATION Fraudsters will never take a break. While you are out enjoying fun and sun this summer, they are working hard to find new ways to scam you. Seniors and younger people are particularly vulnerable to scammers who claim to...
Energy News

Rig counts decline to 327 in Permian, 312 in Texas; New Mexico holds at 113
Only one of the top nine counties in Permian Basin added a drilling rig in the past week, according to Baker Hughes in its weekly report of Aug. 11. Lea County (64 rigs) and Eddy (47) in New Mexico lead Permian, but both their counts were unchanged in the past week. ...

Permian Basin rig count declines to 337, lowest in 14 monthsPBOG
Baker Hughes’ rig count in Permian Basin as of July 14 fell by 5 in the previous week to 337 rigs – its lowest count of rigs in 14 months since May 2022. There were 350 rigs in Permian Basin a year ago and 353 to start 2023. Also there were 329 rigs in Texas (337...

U.S. adds 6 rigs in past week to break streak of 9 weeks of declining rig countSarrah Barton
U.S. rig count showed an increase of 6 rigs in the previous week to break a streak of 9 consecutive weeks of declines. Baker Hughes said as of July 7 there were 680 rigs (674 previous week, 752 year ago) in U.S. The count declined from 755 to 674 during that...
News You Can Use

Extreme heat puts your heart and other organs at [email protected] (Heather Close)
Heat can be deadly, as this sign in Death Valley National Park warns. (Photo by David McNew, Getty Images via NPR)Extreme heat is the most deadly kind of weather for humans, and the body's main cooling mechanism, sweat, is not enough for extreme temperatures and...

Tips to Make Your Back-to-School Shopping Game Plan
Tips to Make Your Back-to-School Shopping Game Plan (StatePoint) Staying on top of consumer trends can make for a better shopper experience this back-to-school season, helping you land the best deals on the right products at the right time. The results of a new survey...

Weird and Wondrous American Byways
by Kim Kobersmith, The Daily YonderMay 26, 2023 Byway: a secluded, private, or obscure way; an out-of-the-way path or course. American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition Maybe nothing is as quintessentially American as a road trip. Whether an...
Opinion

Tinker: “No Form of Energy is Renewable”PBOG
Dr. Scott Tinker: “Energy and Economy are intertwined” At the International Energy Summit in Miami, Fla., held May 30-June 1, Dr. Scott Tinker, Director, Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin, delivered a talk challenging the idea of renewable...

Texas-based car company is most Made in America The climate change con rolls on – Pratt on Texas 6/21/2023
By Robert PrattThe news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Was Greta Thunberg correct? Of course not, and neither have been the other apocalyptic climate doomsayers been right. Even the models used by the top specialists have been wrong...

Biden’s Bizarre Oil Diplomacy
Wall Street Journal | March 7th, 2022President Biden is scrambling to contain soaring oil prices, which closed at more than $123 a barrel on Monday. It speaks volumes about this Administration that it's seeking help from Vladimir Putin's client in Venezuela and our...