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News Staff

Wed, 03/20/2024 - 06:44

Local Events Please let us know of any corrections: News@thetexasspur.com KENT COUNTY NURSING HOME will have its activity department making and selling Easter cookie decorating kits with 12 cookies plus frosting for $20. Cookie dough and frosting will be made from scratch.

WILDFIRE INVESTIGATION Rep. Dustin Burrows (Dist. 83) who represents Dickens and Kent counties has been named by Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan to serve on a committee investigating the recent, devastating Panhandle wildfires. | TEXASTRIBUNE PHOTO

House appoints Burrows to committee investigating Panhandle wildfires

Staff Reports

Wed, 03/20/2024 - 06:44

AUSTIN—On March 12, Texas House of Representatives Speaker Dade Phelan announced the creation of an investigative committee on the recent, devastating Panhandle wildfires. Rep. Ken King of Canadian will serve as chair of the committee, which will include Reps.

Nationwide closings of Family Dollar stores affect some area locations

Kay Ellington

Wed, 03/20/2024 - 06:44

Last week’s fourth-quarter earnings report for Dollar Tree Inc., which owns the Family Dollar chain, set media outlets nationwide buzzing with the news buried deep in the press release: the chain plans to close some 1,000 stores across the nation.

CALLING ALL DICKENS COUNTY PHOTOGRAPHERS

News Staff

Wed, 03/20/2024 - 06:44

If you are interested in participating in our photo contest, please submit up to 5 photos to the County Judge’s office by June 1, 2024. Registration forms can be picked up from the Judge’s Office. Winning photos will be displayed in the Annex building.

Spur to name pool committee

News Staff

Wed, 03/20/2024 - 06:44

BARBARA BRANNON | THE TEXAS SPUR In a special meeting March 5, the first order of business for the Spur city council was to cancel its scheduled May election and declare unopposed candidates duly elected.

Crews finished excavation and prepared for concrete work on the site of the new Spur swimming pool in Swenson Park under supervision of Galaxy Digital who has pledged to have the pool ready for use by Memorial Day weekend. | TEXAS SPUR PHOTO

CONCRETE CONTINUES

News Staff

Wed, 03/20/2024 - 06:44

AgTrust partners pledge $380,000 to assist after wildfire losses

Staff Reports

Wed, 03/20/2024 - 06:44

FORT WORTH—In response to recent devastating wildfire outbreaks impacting much of the Texas Panhandle and parts of Oklahoma, several Farm Credit System organizations, including AgTrust Farm Credit, have joined forces to contribute funds to support extensive recovery and relief efforts.

SPRINGEVENTS The 81st Annual Cottle-King Old Settlers Reunion and Rodeo, and a special musical performance by Jordan Robert Kirk in Roaring Springs, are among the entertainment options this spring in Caprock Country. | COURTESY PHOTOS

Texas Spur Country gearing up for spring events

Kay Ellington

Wed, 03/20/2024 - 06:44

For the next month, there’ll be events to attend every week in every corner of Caprock Country.

LIBRARY NOTES

News Staff

Wed, 03/20/2024 - 06:44

DONNICE CARRUTH | SPECIAL TO THE TEXAS SPUR In a town named Spur, surrounded by cattle ranches and the beauty of the untamed land of plateaus and breaks, you shouldn’t be surprised that quite a few of our readers love books about the Old West.

Training stone fruit trees

News Staff

Wed, 03/20/2024 - 06:44

In the March 6 and March 13 columns were guidelines for choosing fruit trees for our USDA Hardiness zones 7 and 8. In today’s column are guidelines for training stone fruit trees. Pruning of fruit trees is done to train the tree to a specific growth system.

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