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Fresh look, new tools, branch office coming for Spur Security Bank

Barbara Brannon |

Wed, 05/14/2025 - 14:24

Spur Security Bank has been Spur’s hometown bank for more than a century—with its headquarters anchoring the heart of downtown. For the first time, though, it’s adding a branch outside of Spur. According to CEO Kevin Bass, other new products and features are on the way as well.

RHYMES WITH JUICY’S, NOT BUC-EE’S The Boyd family of Dickens County have worked for months to refurbish the vacant convenience store at Dickens’s busy intersection, to meet pent-up demand for gas, rest rooms, and hot food. There are booths for on-site dining as well as ample parking, and covered, pull-through bays for pumping fuel. | THE TEXAS SPUR

Lucee’s opens to crowds seeking fuel and fried chicken

Kay Ellington |

Wed, 05/14/2025 - 14:24

When a new business opens in Dickens County that serves prepared meals, it’s big news.

Local students to compete at State UIL Academics

Staff Reports

Wed, 05/14/2025 - 14:24

Even as classes wind down ahead of next week’s high school graduation ceremonies across Dickens and Kent Counties, numerous academic high achievers will be heading to Austin for UIL State Academic competitions at the University of Texas campus in Austin.

SPUR SPIFF-UPS

News Staff

Wed, 05/14/2025 - 14:24

Recent clear weather, after weeks of rain and hail, has enabled numerous building and cleanup projects to move ahead. In Spur last week, the Back Door Inn Annex at the corner of Burlington and Harris got a new roof, thanks to partial funding via the Spur Economic Development Corporation.

Museum workshops coming to Slaton, other West Texas locales

Staff Reports

Wed, 05/14/2025 - 14:24

The Texas Plains Trail Region, Texas Association of Museums, and Texas Historical Commission have joined forces to bring a series of hands-on workshops to West Texas cities over the next few weeks.

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Motley County to host aquifer stewardship day May 15

Staff Reports

Wed, 05/14/2025 - 14:24

The Ogallala Commons organization, which works across the Great Plains to raise awareness of aquifer conservation, has scheduled an excursion to the AO Ranch (home of Steve and Ellen Fowlkes) in Motley County for May 15.

What's happening

News Staff

Tue, 05/06/2025 - 19:36

Submit your community announcements (maximum 75 words) to news@thetexasspur.com for events within the coming month, to run up to 4 issues Area High School Graduation Information JAYTON HIGH SCHOOL Friday, May 23, 7 p.m., school auditorium PATTON SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL Friday, May 23, 8 p.m.

Dickens County taxpayers to see 20% cut as communities prepare for Galaxy growth

Barbara Brannon |

Tue, 05/06/2025 - 19:36

To many zipping through rural Dickens County, Texas, toward the Metroplex on four-lane Highway 114/62, the county seat of Dickens might seem a place forgotten in time: a stone jailhouse right out of a John Wayne western, a dozen unpaved streets lined with derelict houses, and more retail and...

Spur, Jayton to welcome new mayors; Warren keeps post in City of Dickens

Barbarabrannon |

Tue, 05/06/2025 - 19:36

Elections were held May 3, 2025 across Texas, and numerous municipal and school board elections were on ballots in counties in the Texas Spur readership area. All information below is from unofficial results shared Saturday night with The Texas Spur by election workers.

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Galaxy announces intent to list on Nasdaq May 16

Staff Reports

Tue, 05/06/2025 - 19:36

NEW YORK, April 30, 2025 – Galaxy Digital Holdings Ltd. (TSX: GLXY) announced that it intends to list on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on May 16, 2025.

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