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2024 Community Calendar

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.

White River Water Management District board tables Spur water contract, prepares for opening of ATV park

At its regularly scheduled meeting Feb. 20 at the water district headquarters building, the White River Water Management District had a full agenda occupying two hours of sometimes technical, sometimes personal matters.

Federal judge appears skeptical of new border law

AUSTIN— A federal judge is expected to rule quickly on the constitutionality of a Texas law about to go into effect that institutes new state penalties for illegal border crossings. During a hearing last week, U.S.

Shoot it!

Little Dribblers basketball has several things happening at once. Kids are being told to look, pass, shoot, dribble, jump, grab and steal. It’s a tall order for these short humans. When you do have someone who actually can run and dribble and shoot, the issue then becomes one of ball management.

Pitch made for new power plants

joined with the world’s largest investment firm to pitch investors on building natural gas power plants in Texas at a summit held last week in Houston.

Newspaper, chamber to host candidate forum in Spur

On Thursday evening, Feb. 15, from 6:00 to 8 p.m.

2024 Community Calendar

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.

Jayton man wanted to meet teen for sex in Lubbock, sentenced to federal prison

CAITLYN ROONEY, KAMC LUBBOCK— A Jayton man who was caught in an online undercover sting back in 2023, Cody Dean Sullivan, 34, was sentenced to six and a half years in federal prison for Attempted Transfer of Obscene Material to a Minor, according to court records.

Will the real journalist please stand up?

Ida Tarbell. Tucker Carlson. Elon Musk. • The child of an independent oil worker in Pennsylvania, this person went on to make a name in investigative journalism. • Another, after a mediocre media career, began a conservative commentary website in 2010.

Record number of Texans enroll in ACA

have signed up for health care coverage under the Affordable Care Act for 2024, according to federal health data released last week and reported by the Texas Tribune. The number of Texans in ACA programs, which offer inexpensive or free health care coverage, rose 37% to nearly 3.