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Spur’s own fairgrounds

News Staff

Tue, 06/11/2024 - 19:26

In Dickens County, we’re fortunate to have quite a few experts on local history—some, from their depth of reading, others, from visiting sites of the past, and still others, from living it. Three of these experts have teamed up to offer an occasional feature in The Texas Spur.

According to our local-history expert H.E.W., the former Spur fairground grandstand was removed and used to build the Roaring Springs park pavilion, where the Motley-DickensReunion&Rodeowelcomesdancingandjustplain ol’ visiting each August. This year’s dates are August 22-24. Mark your calendars now! | TEXAS SPUR PHOTO

RAFTERS FOR REUNION

News Staff

Tue, 06/11/2024 - 19:26

35 Texas counties eligible for individual disaster aid

News Staff

Tue, 06/11/2024 - 19:26

AUSTIN— Residents in a total of 35 Texas counties now qualify for individual disaster assistance following a series of severe storms and flooding that began in late April, The Dallas Morning News reported.

A centenarian in our midst

E D I T O R I A L

Tue, 06/11/2024 - 19:26

These days, according to the Pew Research Center, more Americans are living to age 100 and past it than ever before. The estimated number of 101,000 U.S.

Summertime, and the livin’ is easy

News Staff

Wed, 06/05/2024 - 13:20

Snyder, Texas, native Sue Jane Sullivan, will be back with her thought-provoking commentary after a summer hiatus.

Dickens County Commission, April: Court approves additional sheriff’s deputy position, considers questions regarding pool, disposal pit

Barbara Brannon

Wed, 06/05/2024 - 13:20

After a busy season with some very full newspaper editions, we’ve got a couple of public meetings to go back and catch up on.

Pooling a community’s resources

E D I T O R I A L

Wed, 06/05/2024 - 13:20

Rural Spur and Dickens County— situated in the bottom third of Texas’ counties with a per capita household income of just under $50,000 (Texas Association of Counties, 2022) — is by no means a backwater of poverty, though in recent years both county and city have been short on resources to boost...

Phelan wins re-election bid, seeks speaker post again

News Staff

Wed, 06/05/2024 - 13:20

AUS T I N — Ho u s e Speaker Dade Phelan, RBeaumont, narrowly won re-election in a hotly contested runoff race and has vowed to seek his third term as speaker, drawing threats from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to oppose any of his supporters in the 2024 primary.

2024 Community Calendar

News Staff

Wed, 06/05/2024 - 13:20

SPUR VISITOR CENTER, 101 Hill Street at Burlington Avenue, is operated by the Spur Area Chamber of Commerce and open during regular hours Tuesday–Saturday. Vistiors seeking information on the area may email spurchamber@gmail.com or call (806) 271-3097.

Additional disaster assistance approved

News Staff

Wed, 05/29/2024 - 10:13

AUSTIN— Seven Texas counties have been approved by the Federal Emergency Management Agency for grants for emergency work and replacement of disaster-damaged public infrastructure, after severe weather and flooding struck much of Deep East Texas, Gov. Gregg Abbott’s office reported.

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