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A GRAND TIME Last week in Stamford, Texas—a city with strong ties to Spur—members of the Dickens County Historical Commission (chair Harry Bob Martin, Mary Martin, Kay Ellington and Barbara Brannon) visited with Stamford mayor James Decker and chamber of commerce director/theater manager Angie Johnson to learn about small-town movie house operation.

Wed, 01/19/2022 - 7:54am

Spur’s Palace receives $12K relief grant

In mid-December the historic Palace Theater in downtown Spur received one of the best Christmas presents ever. The Palace, and its parent organization the Dickens County Historical Commission (DCHC...

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BOUNTIFUL BALES About 300 modules remain on the yard at the Spur Farmers’ Co-op Gin as of mid-January, and final ginning is expected to wrap up in about a month. The photo above was taken on Christmas Day. | TEXAS SPUR

Wed, 01/19/2022 - 7:54am

2021 cotton crop likely to wrap up in Spur in late February

The 2021 cotton growing season is coming to a close, a year that had a lot of ups and downs for cotton farmers and ginners. According to Bryan Thomas of Spur Farmers Co-op, about 60 percent of area...

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Wed, 01/19/2022 - 7:53am

In Dickens County, it’s Argo-go-go

Anyone who’s watched a major television event in recent days, browsed the Internet or read the national news can appreciate that blockchain technology and bitcoin are the hottest trends going in the...

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Wed, 01/19/2022 - 7:53am

WINNING STREAK The Spur Spurettes continued on their district winning streak by defeating the Motley County Lady Matadors 63 to 20. The Spurettes are 20–6, 3–0 in district and at press time were...

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Wed, 01/19/2022 - 7:53am

What's Happening

Submit your community announcements (maximum 75 words) to news@ thetexasspur.com for events within the coming month, to run up to 4 issues. DICKENS COUNTY JUNIIOR LIVESTOCK SHOW will be held Friday...

TOP HEADLINES

Spur’s Palace receives $12K relief grant

01/19/2022 - 7:54am
2021 cotton crop likely to wrap up in Spur in late February

01/19/2022 - 7:54am
In Dickens County, it’s Argo-go-go

01/19/2022 - 7:53am
WINNING STREAK

01/19/2022 - 7:53am
What's Happening

01/19/2022 - 7:53am
Argo announces Helios facility exterior complete

01/12/2022 - 7:22am
West Texas town wraps filming stint for hit TV series

01/12/2022 - 7:22am
Dickens Commission approves consideration of reinvestment zone for Broad Reach Power

01/12/2022 - 7:19am
Exhibitors ready for 80th Annual Kent County Livestock Show, Jan. 14–15

01/12/2022 - 7:19am
What's happening

01/12/2022 - 7:18am
SPUR WINS

01/12/2022 - 5:00am
Turnaround time for Spur restaurant scene

01/05/2022 - 6:55am
Lanier’s love for livestock—and learning

01/05/2022 - 6:55am
100th WIN

01/05/2022 - 6:55am
TOURNAMENT WINNER

01/05/2022 - 6:55am

spur weather forecast

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01/20/2022 - 12:00am

Walmart moves into Crypto

• Walmart moves into NFT’s, crypto. The retail giant is planning to offer consumers goods in the metaverse, according to MSNBC. com. In this virtual world, shoppers will be able to buy and own goods in a matrix-like universe. They’re also apparently...

Youth score big in Big Buck Contest

Picadillo pockets with beef, potatoes and Pepperidge pastry

Seed companies in Texas

Game night brings laughter to the stacks

Spur Senior Citizens

Community & Opinions

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AT THE NEWSPAPER OFFICE Sample issues from The Texas Spur from 1909 onward quaintly describe everyday visits to the newspaper office. | THE TEXAS SPUR

01/20/2022 - 12:00am

Pleasant callers at the newspaper office

Back in the day, when this West Texas weekly was young and this 64-year-old editor’s parents were not yet a glimmer in their own parents’ eyes, dropping in at the newspaper office was the most common way to share news of any sort. Allow your...

Dozens of school districts close due to Covid-19 outbreaks

2022 Community Calendar

Corrections & clarifications

Thank you for being a friend

Spur mayor seeks community ideas; council approves rezoning for Family Dollar, authorizes transfer of golf management

Sports & Schools

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01/20/2022 - 12:00am

Jayton boys ranked #8 in this week’s basketball poll

CLASS 1A 1. Texline (19-2) 2. Calvert (12-4) 2. Calvert (12-4) 3. Graford (22-3) 4. McMullen County (22-4) 5. Dime Box (15-6) 6. San Perlita (16-7) 7. Wildorado (20-2) 8. Jayton (18-4) 9. Irion County (18-3) 10. Dodd City (17-5) 11. Lingleville (11-...

JAYTON AT STATE DEBATE

RANKED #8

COMMUNITY MEMBER OF THE MONTH

Gamma Eta remembers the late Lindy Stafford

Obituaries

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01/05/2022 - 12:00am

Guadalupe “Lupita” Castillo, 1945–2021

Lupita Castillo, 76, of Spur, Texas, passed away peacefully on December 26, 2021. Born Octob er 15, 1945, she was the sixth child born to Leandro Molina and Epifania Moreno in Ecleto, Texas. Lupita had various skills and talents that led her to work...

Kenneth “Chip” Stoneman, 1964–2021

Brenda Joy (Reagan) Swain, 1943–2021

Robert Keith Beeson, 1939–2021

Bobbie Green Rider, 1948–2021

Richard Estel McArthur, 1944–2021

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