May 9, 2023 - Notices of Appraised Value are soon to be sent out. The Appraisal District would like to reach out and inform the public of our activities. In late January we learned that we had once again failed the State Property Value Study in four school districts. Due to this, we once again must raise property values to comply with state law. We conducted analysis of each school district and each type of property to determine where we did not meet the state requirements. For this reason, some types of homes will show a substantial increase in value.

May 8, 2023 - The week of April 30th through May 6th yielded 3 calls for the Joaquin Volunteer Fire Department. Here’s a summary of the week’s events.

May 5, 2023 - The National Weather Service in Shreveport has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 1:30am for Panola County in northeastern Texas, Rusk County in northeastern Texas, Nacogdoches County in eastern Texas, Western Shelby County in eastern Texas, Northwestern Angelina County in eastern Texas, Northwestern San Augustine County in eastern Texas, Southeastern Cherokee County in northeastern Texas

At 12:42am CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Joinerville to Minden to near Trawick to near Forest, moving east at 50 mph.

The water on East Lamar Water Supply no longer requires boiling.

May 3, 2023 - On April 29, 2023, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality required the East Lamar Water Supply, #2100006, to issue a Boil Water Notice to inform customers, individuals or employees that due to conditions which occurred recently in the public water system, the water from this public water system was required to be boiled prior to use for drinking water or human consumption purposes.