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The Navasota City Council held an Emergency Meeting Tuesday, March 17, to discuss the impact of COVID-19 on the health, safety and welfare of Navasota citizens, city staff and the City’s daily operations. Before the meeting’s call to order, Mayor Bert Miller signed a disaster declaration that will enable citizens and business owners to apply for assistance if necessary. The meeting was streamed live on both the City of Navasota and Navasota Examiner’s Facebook pages. Officials from the city, county and school district were available to answer viewers’ questions.
Read moreGrimes County Commissioners Court held a Special Meeting Wednesday, March 18, and approved a motion offering to extend its Emergency Services Agreement with CHI St. Joseph to May 27. The current expires April 1 and the proposed term of the new contract will be for five years with two possible extensions of two years each.
Read moreThe local National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) Robert Raines Chapter placed first in state for their World War I monument unveiling ceremony at Historic Anderson Park April 6, 2019.
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Amid the cold and drizzle, Grimes County Republican Party precinct chairs convened in Anderson Saturday morning to cancel their precinct and county conventions. Following a precise prescribed process, precinct chairs called their meetings to order only to adjourn them due to “extreme emergency.” GCRP chairman Susan Patrick followed suit with the county convention.
Read moreGrimes Health Resource Center (GHRC) is temporarily conducting business from the Madison Health Resource Center beginning Monday, March 23.
Read moreAs the number of people and communities affected by the COVID-19 pandemic grows, so do the scams associated with it. Scammers use public health emergencies as opportunities for new fraud schemes, and because older adults are at greater risk for serious illness from COVID-19, they may target older populations.
Read moreWhile the media focuses on health care facilities in major metropolitan areas, there are thousands of community clinics navigating the COVID-19 crisis, and one of those is in Grimes County. The B.I.S. Community Clinic, a CMS designated Rural Health Clinic, located in Bedias, opened Sept. 28, 2017, in the midst of the Hurricane Harvey devastation. The only health care facility in the north end of Grimes County, B.I.S. Clinic continues to serve the community and neighboring counties during these uncertain times.
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ANDERSON- Grimes County Sheriff Don Sowell announced that visitation at the Grimes County Jail will be suspended until further notice.
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