December 2024

Families across Pecos County have a new reason to celebrate this holiday season. Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, an internationally recognized literacy program that has provided millions of free children’s books across the globe, officially launched in the region on Thursday.

Sanderson - On the crisp SaturdaymorningofNovember 23, participants arrived early at the Sanderson gun range, ready for a day filled withfunandcompetition. Withtheeventsettobegin at 11:00 a.m., shooters were on-site bright and early to help prepare.

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Sanderson – Ferguson Motor’s Ford House Social is set to celebrate its 3-Year anniversary and grand re-opening tomorrow with live music, food specials and more. A story of triumph after the destruction the local hangout endured during the horrific tornado that hit the small town in June.

New Books for the week: Christmas with the Queen by Hazel Gaynor, Heather Webb I Think I Was Murdered by Colleen Coble, Rick Acker The Queen’s Cook by Tessa Afshar Dancing With Diana: A Memoir by Anne Allan by Anne Allan Where They Last Saw Her by Marcie R. Rendon Drop Dead Sisters by Amelia Diane...

This fall, The University of Texas at Austin’s Department of Astronomy welcomed the inaugural class of postdoctoral fellows to its Cosmic Frontier Center.

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House Speaker Dade Phelan withdrew last week from seeking another term leading that chamber. After three rounds of voting on Saturday, state Rep. David Cook, R-Mansfield emerged as the preference of most House Republicans.

It’s that time of year (while I’m still digesting Thanksgiving giblets and deviled eggs), that I unveil my yearly Christmas list of things that I really don’t want, but will probably get, anyway. Receiving what you don’t want for Christmas is traditional for fathers like me.

JOE BIDEN ANDREW S. MURR TEXAS REP.