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AUSTIN—The Texas Railroad Commission issued a total of 779 original drilling permits in July 2021 compared to 351 in July 2020. The July 2021 total includes 672 permits to drill new oil or gas wells, 11 to re-enter plugged well bores, and 83 for recompletions of existing well bores.

CANYON—Companies looking for West Texas A&M University student employees can recruit them on campus at an upcoming event. WT’s Back-to-School Job Fair will run from 10:30 am to 1:30 pm on Aug. 26 at the Charles K. and Barbara Kerr Vaughan Pedestrian Mall in the center of the Canyon campus.

The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will host the 23rd annual Wheatheart Wheat Conference on Aug. 12 at the Ochiltree County Expo Center, 402 Expo Drive in Perryton.

CANADIAN—Ed Hedgecoke, financial advisor, and Kinsey Burrus, associate financial advisor, both with Ameriprise Financial, recently changed the name of their practice to Hedgecoke and Burrus Financial Advisory Group, a financial advisory practice of Ameriprise Financial Services, LLC, located at 123...

AUSTIN—During the pandemic, Texans headed back to nature in record numbers, with more people visiting state parks, hunting, fishing, and boating than ever before.

AUSTIN—In another move to take advantage of improvements in technologies, the Railroad Commission this week launched its new Pipeline Inspection Permitting Evaluation System (RRC PIPES).

President Joe Biden signed a new executive order on Friday that could have broad impacts on agriculture and corporate business, covering competition in various industries.

AUSTIN—The Texas Railroad Commission issued a total of 739 original drilling permits in June 2021, compared to 312 in June 2020. The June 2021 total includes 638 permits to drill new oil or gas wells, seven to reenter plugged well bores, and 84 for recompletions of existing well bores.

AUSTIN—Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced today he will send cities, counties, transit systems, and specialpurpose taxing districts $893.2 million in local sales tax allocations for July, 20 percent more than in July 2020.

COLLEGE STATION—“A feverish demand for land, accompanied by a dearth of listings for sale, propelled Texas prices up a remarkable 16.29 percent in the second quarter,” says Dr. Charles Gilliland, a land expert for the Texas Real Estate Research Center (TRERC) at Texas A&M University.