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Walmart moves into Crypto

• Walmart moves into NFT’s, crypto. The retail giant is planning to offer consumers goods in the metaverse, according to MSNBC. com. In this virtual world, shoppers will be able to buy and own goods in a matrix-like universe.

Spur Hardware to serve as UPS service provider

Needing to ship a parcel from Spur without calling ahead? Spur Hardware, at 302 Burlington Avenue in Spur, has become a UPS authorized service provider as of January 2022. With boxes, tape and packaging supplies, the store is now a full service shipping provider.

Spur’s Palace receives $12K relief grant

In mid-December the historic Palace Theater in downtown Spur received one of the best Christmas presents ever.

2021 cotton crop likely to wrap up in Spur in late February

The 2021 cotton growing season is coming to a close, a year that had a lot of ups and downs for cotton farmers and ginners. According to Bryan Thomas of Spur Farmers Co-op, about 60 percent of area cotton has been ginned. But finishing the work hasn’t been easy, due to worker shortages.

In Dickens County, it’s Argo-go-go

Anyone who’s watched a major television event in recent days, browsed the Internet or read the national news can appreciate that blockchain technology and bitcoin are the hottest trends going in the global economy.

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Submit your community announcements (maximum 75 words) to news@ thetexasspur.com for events within the coming month, to run up to 4 issues. DICKENS COUNTY JUNIIOR LIVESTOCK SHOW will be held Friday and Saturday, Jan. 21–22, at the Dickens County Livestock Exhibition Barn in Swenson Park.

Argo announces Helios facility exterior complete

Matt Nackino, head of design and construction for Argo Blockchain, the international cryptocurrency company building a U.S. location in Dickens County between McAdoo and Afton, announced in a video on LinkedIn and Twitter on January 5 that the firm’s Helios facility’s main structure and outside...

West Texas town wraps filming stint for hit TV series

For a few recent weeks in King County, Texas, Samuel Burk Burnett himself might’ve turned the corner and tipped his hat to say hello to mustachioed wranglers and calico-skirted ladies and felt completely at home. The costumes and firearms and horse tack would’ve been familiar to him.

Dickens Commission approves consideration of reinvestment zone for Broad Reach Power

In the monthly meeting of the Dickens County commission Jan. 10, 2020, the court took another step toward enhancing the energy corridor in the northern region of Dickens County.

Exhibitors ready for 80th Annual Kent County Livestock Show, Jan. 14–15

It’s livestock show time again in Kent County, with this year marking eight decades of the event featuring local 4-H and FFA youngsters and their animals. The show is scheduled for Friday and Saturday, Jan. 14 and 15, 2022, at the Kent County Stock Show Barn in Clairemont.