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Whether you’re traveling or staying close to home as you celebrate the Fourth of July this year, there’s bound to be an event close to you. In Texas Spur Country, the 2022 lineup of parades, contests...

LET THE BIG DOG EAT Gary Robertson and his Holy Smokers BBQ team took home the top trophy in the brisket category and also ranked in ribs. | TEXAS SPUR PHOTO
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Spur’s Swenson Park welcomed visitors and barbecue aficionados last weekend for its fifth annual Big Dog BBQ Cook-off, an IBCA-sanctioned event that draws some of the top cooking teams in the...

FIRING UP to support Spur’s new firehouse project June 23 were (front row, from left) Dale Ancell, general manager, South Plains Electric Cooperative; Spur mayor Louise Jones; Spur VFD chief Wess Abbott; SPEC lineman Landon White; Dean Church, vice president, CoBank; Kayla Bateman, SPEC supervisor of office services; (back row, from left) SPEC retiree Robert Daughtry; Dickens County commissioner Charlie Morris; SPEC operations manager Kevin Swaringen; SPEC retiree Bobby Baker; SPEC board member Scott Martin; Dickens County commissioners Dennis Wyatt and Mike Smith. | COURTESY PHOTO
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Spur’s Volunteer Fire Department last week received a $10,000 donation from South Plains Electric Cooperative (SPEC) and CoBank to help them build a new fire station.
This donation comes as the...
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What better way to beat the heat than an ice-cold treat? Two-year-old Callan Moeller, son of Bandy and Jordan Moeller of Spur, is a fan of the red variety. | COURTESY PHOTO
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SPUR ISD SUMMER FEEDING PROGRAM Spur ISD is required to...