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First Day Hike slated for Jan. 1 at CCSP

Take a step toward starting the new year in a healthy and invigorating way—celebrate the new year with a ranger-led hike at Caprock Canyons State Park in Quitaque. Join interpreter Juliette Garza on Monday, Jan. 1, 2024 from 10 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. for a First Day Hike on the prairie.

Chicken verde tamales for the holidays

Each year, kitchens across west Texas are warm and inviting, with the aroma of freshly made masa. The scent is intoxicating to me. The very basic ingredients in tamales create one of life’s most treasured meals, especially around Christmastime. Many of us can’t imagine a Christmas without tamales.

Marking the winter solstice, Dec. 21

December21, is the 2023 winter solstice in the northern hemisphere, which includes North America, Europe, most of Asia, and Northern Africa. The Earth orbits the sun on a tilted axis, half of the Earth is pointed toward the sun, while the other half is pointed away from the sun.

LIBRARY NOTES

The Dickens County- Spur Public Library along with the Dickens County Historical Commission would love to have you join us at the Library at 403 East Hill Street Spur, Texas, on Saturday, January 6, 2024 at 4:00 pm for “A Dickens of an Evening” with author Barbara Brannon.

Spur Senior Citizens Menu

The Spur Senior Citizens Center, located at 210 Burlington Ave., serves a noon meal Monday through Friday. The dining room is open, or if you feel more comfortable during the Covid-19 pandemic, we are offering a curbside lunch you can reserve by calling (806) 271-4472.

Dickens Country Stays opens in former Double H motel

According to social media posts earlier this month, new owners have renovated and repurposed the Double H Motel at 200 U.S. 82 in Dickens.

Kids’ letters to Santa: top wishes for Christmas 2023

It’s the most wonderful time . . . for schoolchildren across our newspaper coverage to once again put pencil to paper and let St. Nick know what they’d most like to see under their Christmas tree this December 25—or their hopes for world peace, family togetherness, and other wishes, whatever...

Highway 208 bridge in Kent County open again

Drivers on local highways between Dickens and points south—Snyder and Roby—have rejoiced already that travel for work, shopping or high school sports has once again been shortened by a few miles.

Local Events

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Contested races in Dickens, Kent set for March primary

The deadline for candidates to file to be on the March 5 primary ballot was Monday, Dec. 11. In Dickens County, county attorney Aaron Clements filed for re-election with Republican party chair Jody Duggan. Clements, the incumbent, will be running unopposed. The ballot for the March primary is set.