FLYING FIREFIGHTING A large airtanker dropped retardant on the Bell Fire in Dickens County on March 26, 2026. | COURTESY L. MCNEE; TEXAS A&M FOREST SERVICE.
GOLF HONORS Spur’s Kimberly Pafford came in second as an individual in the girls competition last week at the Motley County Golf Tournament. | COURTESY PHOTO
ON THE GROUND The Bell Fire in Dickens County displayed a large smoke plume as crews arrived on the scene March 26, 2026. | COURTESY OF J. TORRES; TEXAS A&M FOREST SERVICE
BATTLING BLAZES Scenes from last week’s Bell Fire in Dickens County were shared on social media. | FLOYDADA VFD
Last Thursday, while fire departments from Dickens, Spur, McAdoo, Motley County, Floydada and the Texas Forest Service were fighting the 435-acre Bell Fire in northern Dickens County, a drone entered …
